We have been talking about the fall season, the fall harvest, and what farmers grow such as corn. I reinforced the letter “C” for crow by showing the students my fall harvest fake stuffed crow named Carly. I gave them a corn handout to color and trace the letter “C.” Then, we built another scarecrow using a step-by-step process and counted the steps. Each little artist glued his/her scarecrow on a piece of paper. Then the little artists drew crops on the farm that the scarecrow is protecting like pumpkins, corn, and wheat. To help them, I gave them a scarecrow coloring sheet that had a scarecrow protecting the farmer’s crops.
Today the little artists built a scarecrow! We followed a step-by-step procedure. I gave the little artists each a scarecrow’s overalls with straw hands and feet. First, they colored the scarecrow’s overalls and then added fabric patches. Next, they glued the overalls to the head arms and torso and added googly eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Lastly, they glued on the hat with straw and hair.
Today the little artists built a scarecrow! We followed a step-by-step procedure. I gave the little artists each a scarecrow’s overalls with straw hands and feet. First, they colored the scarecrow’s overalls and then added fabric patches. Next, they glued the overalls to the head, arms, and torso of our scarecrow and added googly eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Lastly, they glued on the hat with straw and hair. They were focused and excited about the project!
I gave the preschool artists three different types of pumpkins on paper and one wooden pumpkin ornament to paint. They each got red and yellow paint in a cup and mixed up their own orange. This was good color theory review.
I created a large 5' tree out of brown construction paper. I gave each student a sponge and several brown and tan paints. They used their sponges dipped in paint to create the texture of bark on the tree trunk and branches. Then I gave them fall leaves that needed to be colored. I had the little artists paint as many leaves as they wanted. This activity is good for following directions, learning step-by-step procedures, and improving motor skills and craftsmanship.
I read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds to the students while they finished their snack. I showed them an example of dots I had created with different designs and colors. I had circle stencils for them to trace and modeled how to trace the circle stencils on paper. Using circles as dots for the theme, each student created designs in color with colored pencils and crayons within their circles to create interesting patterns and compositions. Then, I collected them and cut them out. I gave them to Dr. Sarah to work with the class to arrange them into a pleasing composition for the classroom. This was a fun and collaborative creative exercise that helped with fine motor and design skills!
As a class, we made the letter A shape with our arms. We put on our smocks and created an apple basket by gluing burlap strips onto an outline of a basket on paper to recreate the weave of the basket. Then I gave each student an outline of a tree on paper, and we painted the top of the tree green. They enjoyed using paints and brushes. Then we mixed red and green paint to make brown for the tree trunk. I gave each student a red pom pom apple to glue onto their trees. They did a super job with the art materials!
Teddy designed and assembled a Mini Teddy figure out of cardstock today in art class, He drew his face, designed his hair and clothing, and assembled it together. He took great care to design his shirt, pants, and sneakers in the colors red, orange, and blue. He also skillfully created his hair in yellow felt. Then Teddy wanted to create something in air-dry clay. He made a clay hat with eyes and eyebrows for one of Cam's lizards. Very creative!
