Kindergarten Starry Night Neighborhood

 

For a first collage lesson, I had our kinders create a house using three colors and basic shapes. At the end of the week, I collected all the houses - some big, some tiny - glued them to a 40 foot long piece of black bulletin board paper and turned the whole scene into a "Starry Night Neighborhood" with some quick painting with acrylics. Although this wasn't meant to be a Halloween-themed project, a lot of the students were inspired by the time of the year to put jack-o-lanterns in front of their houses!  You can see the finished product hung in the hallway of the K-1 building.

 

 

 



4th Grade African (Maasai) Necklaces

Artwork by Hannah D.



Fourth graders recently learned about the Maasai people of East Africa and the symbolism of certain colors in their culture.  We adapted the beautiful and intricate designs of their necklaces (made from tiny colored beads) to a (large) paper plate and acrylic paint format, but many of the students' successfully mimicked the pattern and color found in the real thing.

(The unpainted centers of our plates will be cut out so that the "necklaces" can actually be worn by the students.)

Artwork by Erin S.

Artwork by Chasnee T.

Artwork by Shalo S.

Artwork by Desi P.