Category Archives: Kindergarten

CLAY WEEK!

  Its clay week! Kindergarteners are learning how to make a pinch pot by making their hands quack like a duck! First graders taught me about butterflies and made beautiful butterfly sculptures! Second graders are creating a plate for apples … Continue reading

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Kindergartners learned what a landscape is and the terms  foreground, middle ground and background. They use a liquid tempera paint and markers to create a masterpiece!  

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Kindergarten

  Kindergarten students learned about primary and secondary colors while making the cutest birds ever! Some birds had long feet while other birds had short feet, they are adorable! They mixed the primary colors; Red, Yellow and Blue to make … Continue reading

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Pre-K and Kindergarten

Preschoolers and kindergarteners learned about primary colors. The artists played color mixing games on  the Smart Board and mixed yellow, blue and red clay. They were so excited to see the results when the primary colors were mixed! Red + Blue= Purple Yellow + Red= Orange Blue + Yellow= Green … Continue reading

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten students learned about author and illustrator, Eric Carle. Eric Carle illustrated Mr. Seahorse, Brown Bear, Brown Bear and wrote and illustrated The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Mixed up Chameleon. They created a collage using paper, sequins, paint, oil pastels … Continue reading

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Kindergarten Lions

Lots of lions with lots of lines! Artists learned about lines, there are wavy lines, straight lines, zig-zag lines, scribble lines and more! The lion’s mane will have all of these lines in a variety of mediums.

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THE DOT

Its International Dot Week!! Schools across the world are celebrating the book, The Dot, by Peter Reynolds.  Mrs. Hallett, our library/media specialist,  organized a wonderful week full of dots! Pre-schoolers listened to Mrs. Hallet read the book, The Dot, and … Continue reading

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Kindergarten Portraits

       Kindergarten self-portraits are incredible!!!!!!! We learned about facial expressions and emotions. They used the Smart Board to create a face! Kindergartners practiced making a portrait, they made sure to include eyes, nose, mouth, hair, neck and shirt! They redid … Continue reading

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Welcome to Art!!!!!! 2012-13

It is going to be a great year in art!!! We are  starting the year off with self-portraits! Kindergarten explored emotions using the Smart Board! They are working on sketches of their face. First graders studied artist, Frida Khalo and … Continue reading

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Matryoshka Dolls- Kindergarten, First & Second Grade

Matryoshka Dolls! When I was a little girl I would go to my great-grandmother’s apartment every Shabbat. I would play with the nesting doll, Matryoshka, that she brought over from Russia.  Kindergarten, first and second graders looked at the same … Continue reading

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