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9/25/15

In preparation for their 3-D abstract wooden sculptures kindergarteners practice making faces with all appropriate face parts

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children are getting plenty of practice in creating a face. 


Each child gets a visual checklist so that they can make sure all the main facial features are included. 

Here are some sample finished facial collages. 



Kindergartners use a visual checklist to make sure they included allparts of the face in their portrait





9/15/15

Second-grade skill building and painting

We begin the unit with some line exploration



We discover what happens when we combined red and yellow paint
The uni them extends into some color mixing practice. Yellow, Red, Blues.....and making and labeling primary and secondary colors. 

The next day children explore how to make green by combining blue and yellow. This is done right on top of last weeks explorations of red and yellow.
Since all the lessons are purely exploratory in nature for each new color mixing lesson children JUST paint over last class' painting. 



The lesson then extends to uplifting some drawing skills. Combining basic shapes to make more complex structures and creatures