Tag: art lesson
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Virtual Preschool: Butterflies
This week we are talking about butterflies. We will make a lapbook. I do not think we have made one yet this year… basically, you need a paper folder (or two sheets of paper taped together to look like a folder) and we draw, cut and paste a lot of things into it to make […]
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Color Exploration
Going back to school holding a pumpkin spice latte in the rain to do an exploration unit of color and you know it’s September. We always start that way in one form or another. All our kids love mixing colors, making new ones, giving them names… and are fascinated by the relationships of primary and […]
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Matisse Self Portraits
Henri Matisse is always a hit with the kids. They like the idea of painting with scissors and they absolutely love guessing what animal is hiding in his painting (though they rarely think it is a snail). We are starting our journaling next week. I got the primary journals for the kids all ready […]
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Our Narrative Blanket, part 1
I have always admired Faith Ringgold and her narrative blankets. She does such a wonderful job capturing the emotion, combining different textures, colors and moods. I have always wanted to make an art inspired by her with my students. Tar Beach (Part I from the Woman on a Bridge series), 1988 (Gauggenheim Museum) Being a preschool […]
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Mixing our Primary Colors
I like opening the school year with this simple open-ended art project. We talk about primary colors – what they are how they can make other colors (but you cannot really make these by mixing any other ones). Kids love guessing the colors they will make. They know yellow and red make orange, red and […]
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Working Together
One of my favorite artists to introduce to the kids is Henri Matisse. They always love the fact that he ‘painted with scissors,’ they usually want to dip the scissors to paint and do it as well 😉 and they really enjoy doing the paper collages. This time, we decided to work together to create […]
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Self portrait and lines
What is a line? A dot that went for a walk. — Paul Klee I started today’s at project with a mission in mind – I’m documenting kids work during the year and would like to make them a book (presentation folder) that will hold the most memorable moments. And that book needs an awesome […]
Artree: online preschool 