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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Kindergarten | Texture Pumpkins

Today in Kindergarten art we started a NEW fall project!  The TEXTURE PUMPKIN!! 
Ask your child what "texture" is.
 
We talked about the fall season, fall colors, pumpkins, texture, and texture rubbings.
 
We finished the first step of making our "texture rubbing" today.
 
Check back to see the finished TEXTURE PUMPKINS! :)

 









Friday, September 13, 2013

Second Week and Self Portraits


This week in art we have almost completed all the "welcome back" information to help make our art room run well.  We reviewed and introduced for some the "Art Notebook" time.  If you'd like a good explanation of what this is- ask your kiddos :)
Art notebook is a five minute time the students are given as soon as they walk in the door.  In this time they READ the plan for the day and the "notebook" question, they WRITE their answer, and they ILLUSTRATE their answer.  So, in 5 minutes we've covered three very important items! 
 
**See if your child can remember what their "notebook question" was for this week!
 
We've also started easing into our first actual art projects!  SELF PORTRAITS!!!
 
K-5th grade will all be creating a self portrait. 
 
Ask your child "Who is a self portrait a picture of?"
 
Below are some Kindergarten students starting the first steps to creating their own self portraits.
 
Look for these in the Halverson halls soon!
 
Until next week...have a GREAT weekend :)
Mrs. Bremer




 
 

 

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Our Hopes and Dreams for Art!

This week in art we have been busy getting comfortable in the art room.

Some of the things we've talked about include:
- Entering the room
- Give me 5
- Take a break
- Line up
- Hallway
** See if your child can tell you what is expected of them for each of the items listed above!

Now that we are all familiar with our classroom routines and know what is expected of us in art, the beginning of our year will go much smoother!

Today we started discussing our "hopes and dreams for art".  Below are some student examples.  Some students said, 
"My hope for art this year is...
- to use paint
- to have my art displayed in the Halverson Hall of Fame
- to draw a whale
- to use clay 
- etc...

My hope for everyone this year in art is to have fun!





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