This past Friday, the kindergarteners said goodbye to Australia and hello to Asia!
I showed students examples of Chinese ink paintings and talked about value (the range from dark to light within a color). Students told me that in order to make a color lighter you should add white paint and to make a color darker, you should add black. Since we were using ink, I demonstrated how to get a dark, medium and light value using water. All students watched me paint some bamboo that I brought in, since nature is often the subject of Chinese art. Students worked while I played traditional Chinese music, and stroke by stroke they created paintings of a bamboo forests showing a great range of value and attention to detail. Afterwards, they explored books about Asia countries such as, India, China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. I love these!
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On Friday, I read "Australia ABC's" by Sarah Heiman, to the kindergarteners to introduce some new facts about Australia. Afterwards, they went back to their tables and wrote a post card from Australia to whomever they wished. I LOVE their drawings and their notes are fantastic! We couldn't leave Australia without stamping our passports, so we closed class by students getting stamps and checking off another continent. Where to next?
On Friday, the kindergarteners set off on another trip, this time to Australia. I read facts from our Atlas, ranging from the climate, the animals, and how children go to school. They then studied Aboriginal dot paintings and learned the meanings of some frequently used dot painting symbols. Students used Q-tips to create their own dot paintings. They were asked to have their art tell a story using Aboriginal symbols. We will return to Australia during our next class.
Last Friday, we officially began our "trip" around the world by looking at the parts of our Atlas. After learning that we are more likely to see more penguins than people in Antartica, the kindergarteners set out to make their own penguins, adding fluff for texture. We also began a new routine of getting a stamp in our passports every time we "travel" to a new continent. Students practiced using their scissors and cutting out shapes to construct their Antartica keepsake.
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