Teacher Reflections: It's just Art-breaking

Let me fill you in with my schedule, and hopefully that'll explain this title. My Kindergarten through 2nd grade come to Art every 2 weeks, and with last week's snow day on Monday, those classes had to miss. It turns out that the same Monday group has to miss again due to school closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. So, with that background information, one 2nd grader asked her teacher when they will have art again. The teacher had to break the news that they won't have art until February, in which that student said, "That's "art" breaking!"

Now, let's talk about some art making. I broke out the paints this week for my Kindergarteners, and in a mere 30 minutes, we discussed primary colors, how to hold the brush, how to clean the paintbrush, what cleanup looks like, and finish over half of our painting. It's a full and busy classtime, and each of my Kindergarten classes handled it perfectly.

Over to the 3rd grades, we continued painting. This project focuses on Paul Gauguin, his bright colors, and the works he created in Tahiti. The first step in this colorful project is to mix primary colors onto paper. While the paint is still wet, the students add texture into the paints. Later on, we'll cut these out and create paradise island collages.

Lastly, I started a new project with my 7th graders. The focus on this project is to challenge their creativity as they make their name and letters to look like objects. One student brought in every Nintendo console controller in as inspiration. The N64 controller made a great "E" and arranging the original NES controllers into an "H" and so on. His approach to the project is creative.

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