Obama Portraits

We made some nice portraits watching the Presidential Inauguration. Our school made it really great by being sure all the TV’s were hooked up.
Just a fantastic way to learn history.
Also a great way to get inspired to draw.

Thoughts on Dr. King from children’s lips to your ears

My class made a second movie set to music we listened to working…then they wrote.Recall they are in 1st grade, and Sheltered Immersion in a CA school trying to figure out why they get Monday home. ( I fixed some small things)
Here is what we have so far… Some 1st grade thoughts….
“Dr. King was important [...]

Sunflowers, Van Gogh and Our Art Project, Spirals, Heliotropism, Observation….

This is one of many things we did today in our classroom. ( Our teacher got home after 7:30PM exhausted)
Today we learned about artists, Vincent Van Gogh, sun flowers, spirals, heliotropes and observing things closely. Then we looked at a sunflower, got little cups of paint and Q-Tips and went to work.
Tomorow we will do [...]