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Kindergarten Goals
Learn how to use art tools safely
Develop fine motor skills such as drawing shapes, tracing, cutting, tearing, opening and closing supplies
Practice artist behaviors like using a calm body, using a quiet voice, and trying our best!
Try a little bit of all kinds of materials!
September: Welcome to Art!
For the month of September we will be learning about Art room procedures and assessing our fine motor skills. We will also get to make a personalized piece for a school-wide collaborative display! Stay tuned for photos!
Line Centers!: Kindergarten artists learned that a "line is a dot that goes for a walk". Those line walks can be straight, wavy, zig-zag and more. Students practiced making lines by rolling dice, spinning spinners, rolling dough, and cutting.
Crazy Crayons!
Crazy Crayons!
Continuing with our line work, kindergarten artists made some crayons come to life, drawing all sorts of colorful, line styles across their papers. We discussed how lines create movement, whether they make something look like it is moving or make our eyes follow across the paper.
October: Piet Mondrian and Primary Colors!
Kindergarteners looked at the artwork of Piet Mondrian searching for lines in the 3 directions: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal. They realized he did not use many diagonals, but he did use the Primary Colors of red, yellow, and blue in almost every painting he made. Students used various sizes of construction paper to collage a Mondrian inspired creation, trying to use all 3 kinds of lines, spreading out the 3 colors, and leaving a little white space. Well done students!
Sutton K.
Sutton K.
Mrs. Andreas - Elma
Elijah W.
Elijah W.
Mrs. Iliohan - Elma
Jeffrey W.
Jeffrey W.
Mrs. Olszewski - Elma
Rainbow Coil Pots
After learning how to mix the primary colors to make the secondary colors, Kindergarteners used primary color markers to turn white Model Magic clay all the colors of the rainbow. Then they rolled their colored clay into coils and built up their own pots!
Woven Blankets - Kindergarten artists continued exploring functional art, or art that is made to do a job, by learning to weave! They practiced moving paper strips over and under the paper warp to make a blanket for their animal, and then tucked them into a cozy bed, just in time for cold weather.
ACTION Painting!
ACTION Painting!
During the month of January, Kindergarten students celebrated the birthday and work of famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock.
They learned that Pollock's style was called Action painting because he used big motions and unusual tools to drip, splat, squirt, and pour paint onto a canvas on the floor.
Students had the chance to BLOW paint with straws, SNAP paint with rubber bands and ROLL paint with toy cars down a ramp.
We also tied this art unit to Kindergarten science curriculum, discussing how each of our actions could be a push or a pull force.
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