Week of 1/7/2025 - New Year, New Rotation

How is 2025 already!? We went back to school on Tuesday, 1/7/25 after a 2 week break!

UTK, kinder and 1st grade students returned for another 2 week rotation. UTK students looked at the heart themed works of various artists like Jim Dine, Etta Vee, Romero Britto and James Goldcrown. We had a class discussion about how each artist created the hearts. I had hole punched along the edges of a brown card stock for each student. I also taped one end of a ribbon to the card stock and taped the other end of the ribbon to create a "needle". Students used the "needle" to go over and under each hole until they reached the first hole again. This is a great fine motor skill for the 4 year olds. Once done students traced a heart at the center of their paper, outlined it with a black paint stick and added colors inside their heart to complete their work.

 Kinder students created castles inspired by the art of Mary Blair! We looked at her art and noticed how geometric shapes were stacked up! I gave students blocks and tempera paint. Students used rectangles and squares with triangle dipped in different colors to create towers in their castle.

1st graders worked on clay! I found a clay cutter that has made creating clay slabs for lessons... SO simple!! I gave each student a clay slab - they traced a circle for the fish's body and cut it out using a template and a plastic knife. Using the remaining clay, that they cut, students created, fins and an eye using a slip and score technique. They also added textures using a loop tool, popsicle stick and a wooden tool. We will paint these during our next rotation after I fire the pieces.