Monthly Archives: September 2011

Grade One: Mixing Colors!

Posted on September 29, 2011 by godfreyl

Grade One Artists have been working on mixing colors.  Many of the students knew the words primary and secondary colors but we wanted to thoroughly understand them and mix them ourselves.

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Preschool: Smush bugs

Posted on September 29, 2011 by godfreyl

Our Preschool artists have been exploring mixing colors, imagination and symmetry.  We created smush monsters and bugs by dabbing paint to half the page then folding it over to see what we had created.  There were many discussions about what … Continue reading →

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Kindergarten: Books!

Posted on September 29, 2011 by godfreyl

Our Kindergarten classes have explored “taking a dot for a walk” to make organic shapes.  We told stories about where our dot was going and turned the lines into shapes.  We ran with this idea of combining storytelling and shape … Continue reading →

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Grade 4: Birds!

Posted on September 29, 2011 by godfreyl

We finished our birds and installed them in Ms. Markovich’s classroom.  We had many decisions to make as collaborative artists.  We had already decided they would hang from the ceiling but the class had to come up with how they … Continue reading →

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Kindergarten: Henri Matisse!

Posted on September 8, 2011 by godfreyl

To begin studying shape, we read the book: Henri Matisse Drawing with Scissors by Keesia Johnson and Jane O’connor and Illustrated by Jessie Hartland.  The students learned that as Henri Matisse aged, he could no longer stand for long periods … Continue reading →

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Preschool: Explore!

Posted on September 8, 2011 by godfreyl

Over the past few weeks, our Preschool artists have been working hard on collaborative work therefore it is time to do some individual exploration!  We wanted to know what artists make.  Most of the children said that they make paintings!  … Continue reading →

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Grade 4: Classroom Collaboration!

Posted on September 8, 2011 by godfreyl

We missed Grade 4 art last week due to the holidays.  This week, we got right back to work and started full force into designing, working as a team and making our classroom installations.  Previously, our grade 4 students had … Continue reading →

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