Second graders traveled to the Mexican state of Oaxaca to discover its beautifully carved and painted wooden sculptures called alebrijes. These carvings helped to inspire the recent animated movie, Coco, and I took advantage of the students' familiarity with the movie by starting the lesson with a showing of a video read-aloud called Coca and the Amazing Alebrijes. They also watched a brief video of Oaxacan carvers and painters at work on the real thing.
A bold use of intricate pattern and vivid color is especially evident in these works, so they offer the students great examples of both elements. Students choose an animal tracer from my collection, trace it onto cardstock, and then fill it with any patterns of lines, shapes, and colors their imaginations can come up with.
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