Kindergarten- Free Form Monsters

Apparently in elementary art I have a thing for monsters and alien. I just feel like the result cant go wrong the kids love it so much.

I got this project from we heart art . I too read Jeremy Draws a Monster but I also read Lines that Wiggle. 

 What you do is take a piece of string that is tied in a knot and drop it on the paper. You trace the contour line of the string or in K terms the outside, around the string. Then you start adding your monsters physical features. This creates a great discussion to ease drop on. The kids start taking about what their monster does and what powers it has.. It is soo cute and it keeps their attention the entire time.

I see the common theme is not knowing how to color around what they have drawn, for example the eyes, nose and mouth. We will have to work on that. I have to remind myself that this is the first time a lot of these kiddos have done a real art class. So when they are beaming proud, I am beaming proud. Enjoy!!

Kindergarten- Texture Turtles

I love to read childrens books to inspire a lesson. In this lesson I read Dr. Seuss's Miles and Miles of Reptiles and Yertle the Turtle. We drew our turtles and then glued different donated fabrics to our turtles shells. Some even tried to create patterns! The kids loved them and I think they are adorable.

I used to be against glitter and google eyes but once I saw how truly happy it makes the kids I have to use it.. :) I think the little things that make them happy are starting to rub off on me too.... 

Kindergarten Humpty Dumpty

In this lesson we sang the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. We then practiced following step by step direction to create Humpty Dumpty. In this lesson we focused on following directions, nursery rhymes and patterns.

Kindergarten Chica Chica Boom Boom Trees

In this lesson we read Chica Chica Boom Boom and practiced their Frog Jump Letters from their handwriting in their class. We used step by step directions to create our tree, and letters. We rubbed crayon over texture plates to create the implied texture.