Though these are one of the simplest projects for the kinders to tackle, the product is one of the cutest they ever create. After learning about portraits (with a focus on the Mona Lisa) and self-portraits, students created their self-portrait with Sharpie and colored it with markers. (I have a special set of skin tone markers now, so every child can find one that the feel matches their own -- not always easy with markers.)
Before we drew these, I told the students that I'd be holding on to their self-portraits for 5 years! I do this in order to pair it with the one they'll eventually create in 5th grade. Upon graduation, they'll present the pair of portraits to their parents, which is always good for a few parent tears. The 5th graders also get a huge kick out of seeing how they (and their classmates) drew themselves as kindergartners.
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