Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18
We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked
questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey
created some great art too!
Pre K Special Day Class & Pre K Kinder DHH program
overview
Objective for students: first experiences to a variety of mediums
and techniques for creating art. Hands on development of fine motor skills and begin
to follow a basic direction.
Kinder Kats- Exploring
materials and creating, using precut cat shapes, crayons and color pencils Fine motor skills, hands on experience
Mini clay pumpkins- first clay experience creating a sphere shape. Part
II adding color and paper hand shaped leaves with student’s names supports Pumpkin Unit/Seeds/plant cycle
City at Night- Color blending to create a
starry night sky. Using pre-cut shapes artists build a city skyline. Sky/Ground, City/Country
Shape house- Pre-cut forms to build a house
following a series of directions. Shape
identification and skill building.
Expressive Color painting- Using 6
rainbow color tempera paints to cover the paper in an expressive and
exploratory project. Color theory
Magic Snails-
following a series of directions artist blend 2 colors of clay (model magic) to
create a coil form and build a snail shape.
Art History
connection: Warhol, pop art, Bearden,
Glad Monster Sad Monster and Very Hungry Caterpillar book, Van Gogh Starry
Night,
