Movies made by 4th graders

         Children in 4th grade have been introduced to the basics of stop motion animation. For this project, children were encouraged to pair themselves into groups to create a movie of their choice, using any materials and backgrounds they chose. Here is a sampling of some of these videos. We used a combination of apps to make them. Some kids used Imotion app, some used iMovie and yet, others chose to work with Stopmotion studio by Cateater. 

Kinder printmaking continues

Children in Kindergarten will be making stamps of insects for their final printmaking project. As all projects, we begin with sketches. This class we focused on connecting simple shapes and lines to make insects. Children were offered hundreds of resource images to look at and be inspired by to make their drawings. They were to make 10 drawings of 10 different insects during a 35 minute class. The next class they will choose one of these to illustrate on a sheet of 4"x6" scratch foam. Making of the printing plates will take at least 2 days seeing as the focus will not only be on drawing the insect but also in thickening the lines and coloring in some areas so that the printing plate is both interesting, visually pleasing and somewhat complex with lines and shapes in all areas of the printing plate.

 

4th graders create Picasso- inspired portraits

I am super proud of these creations. I had to be out of school Tuesday and left some lessons plans for the substitute. The lesson plan for the 4th graders, who normally come to art for an hour and 10 minutes needed to be involved and complex to fill the whole time. I had the teacher read a biography about Picasso to the students first. After, they used a worksheet to help them plan their faces. Last, they used oil pastels to color in the faces and the background. I think I may use this again soon. The results were very pleasing.