Pr K, Kinder and First

 Using art to share feelings and emotions. 

This month we explored several fun books and took on drawing mini monsters and shape monsters!

These were some of the books we used that inspired our own Creature Creations! 

Pre Kinder and DHH Kinder creations 2017-18

What did we do this year in Art?

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

 My Winter hat- Showing emotions in art, parts and placement of features on the human face using precut shapes to create their own Happy, Sad, Angry… expression.

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,

Rainbow Zebra

Wacky Winter hats

Fun Holiday and or seasonal inspired project perfect for little hands. Lots of pre cut options for creativity.

Kinder Fall Leaves

Changing a Summer green leaf into a Fall warm colored leaf, using oil pastels and for a bit of detail with added a cut and glued yarn center vein.


Student works were displayed on the bulletin board near the front office for all to enjoy.

More Cute Cookies

What a sweet and fun way to learn , what are the parts of our face and where are they located. Where are my arms, legs and tummy...coloring, cutting, gluing and creating!

Black Cats

This fun activity allows for lots of creative expression and skill building

Wild Animals

3-D paper wild animals

Up Up and Away

Several steps to complete this project. Lots of teacher support

Super Hero Masks

Cool Zebras

2 Part project, painting the faces and adding details with pre cut collage elements.

Special Pre K and DHH Kinder

This is me...what are the parts of the face?