Kindergarten (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2019-2020 School Year
- Department
- Art & Music
- Description
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I will post optional Art Lessons here while we are learning from home. If your student needs some inspiration to create, please take advantage of the posted projects. Feel free to share the successful outcomes by sending me photos at [email protected].
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Chris Uphues-inspired Hearts
We are focusing today’s lesson on Chris Uphues-inspired hearts. (See attached examples of his work). Mother’s Day is next week! So, let’s show our moms or someone special in our lives how much we love them by making beautiful compositions inspired by Chris Uphues. Mr. Uphues is a working pop artist living in the United States. He collaborates with his wife to create colorful, playful, and fun murals and art pieces. Mr. Uphues’ aesthetic is an energetic mash-up of pop culture nostalgia and timeless optimism. You can see his work on walls (known also as graffiti) and shop fronts all over New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. You can see some of his artwork on his website, here: https://chrisuphues.com/pages/commissions
Pop art is artwork that challenges the traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books, and mundane mass-produced cultural objects. Graffiti painting is street art: writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on walls or other surfaces in a public place. You can learn more about Pop Art here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/pop-art
This year, Mother’s Day is celebrated on May 1oth. It is a day to honor mothers and motherhood.
From your supplies, you will need:
- Paper
- Crayons, colored pencils or markers
- 1 black marker
You can watch a video about how to create hearts in the style of Mr. Uphues here: https://youtu.be/B9Mkw6WFdRc. You don’t need to work on a dry erase board, but it is always a good idea to practice what you want to draw before you start on your final artwork. You can "sketch" out your plan and practice drawing hearts on a scrap piece of paper. Then, when you are comfortable with drawing hearts and your COMPOSITION, cover your drawing paper with hearts. I have attached a couple sample pages of faces, but feel free to create your own expressions! Fill in the areas around your heart with different types of line and pattern. You can even hide a special message to your mom or someone special in the artwork. What would you like to tell them? Then you can use crayons, markers or colored pencils to color you artwork. Work neatly and try to fill in the shapes without going over the lines. If you want to watch the 2nd part of the video about adding color, you can see it here: https://youtu.be/m1aqfeigbYw. She uses watercolor markers and watercolor paints, but you can just color your artwork with crayons, markers or colored pencils. Have fun, and create something special and full of love for your mom or that special someone you want to honor on Mother’s Day!
Please email me a copy of your finished artwork when it is complete at [email protected].
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The Day the Crayons Quit
Read the book, The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt: https://youtu.be/jTbINnlW4sI
Just like in the story, your crayons have quit. They no longer want to color the things they normally color. I want you to create a drawing full of exciting animals, fantastic creatures and thrilling adventures…but then I want you to let other colors have the opportunity to color something they normally wouldn’t. You can make the sun purple and the grass orange, if you want. Have fun, but DON’T MAKE ANYTHING THE RIGHT COLOR!
I look forward to seeing how you stretch your IMAGINATIONS!
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This week, we are celebrating Earth Day (Wednesday, April 22nd)! First, let’s read Eileen Spinelli’s Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green: https://youtu.be/R-UNKPdwpTg
Right now it’s more important than ever for parents to show their children how amazing the world is. That’s why, to celebrate Earth Day, NatGeo@Home is "hosting" neighborhood safaris to inspire everyone to engage as a family to explore the planet through its amazing animals.
Here’s how it works
Create a scene starring your children's favorite animals. Let their imaginations go wild (sorry—we had to say it) with sidewalk chalk sketches or original drawings and artwork. You can inspire younger children with these fun critter facts, or show older kids Nat Geo's encyclopedia of animals:
- Coloring pages:Find your favorite animals and download fun coloring pages.
- Animal facts:Learn about wildlife and discover your next favorite animal.
- Weird But True!:All the animal facts you didn't know were true—but are!
Then show off your family's creation to the community: hung from your house’s window, attached to your apartment balcony, taped to the roadside mailbox … wherever your family lives. Invite other families to join by hanging their art so everyone can take their own safaris—while practicing social distancing, of course—and spot different animals all over the neighborhood. The goal is that as you walk with your children around the neighborhood, they'll see how amazing the world is—and therefore want to protect it.
Finally, share your safari art by emailing me photos of your “safari” and post to social media (if you wish) using #NatGeoEarthDayAtHome. Happy adventuring!
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Assignment
- construction paper (dark blue/light blue)
- oil pastels (or crayons)
- scissors
- glue
What You Do:
- Draw messy circles on the blue construction paper. (Use a variety of browns from light to dark).
- Then, add some black circles and swirly lines.
- Layer some white over the brown and black to blend the colors.
- Add some branches.
- Draw some leaves on the branches using light and dark green.
- Fold a strip of construction paper into 4 sections.
- Cut out oval shaped eggs.
- Decorate the eggs with spots/dashes.
- Glue the eggs to the nest.
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Artists have been inspired by WATER as long as there has been art. I’ve attached some artworks about water by different Artists for you to look at. One of those artists is David Hockney. David Hockney is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. An important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Another is Zaria Forman. Her hyper-realistic pastel work often documents climate change. She has flown all over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada to inspire her work. As you can see from the detail below this artwork, her work is large scale and she often works with her fingers. Another famous artist who paints water quite often is Claude Monet. Monet is an Impressionist, an artist who is more concerned with capturing light and the feeling (or impression) of a place then creating a photo-realistic image. We will look closer at his paintings of Water lilies next week. How does he apply paint to the surface of his canvas? What do you like about his painting of the Houses of Parliament? What time of day do you think this is? How would the painting look different if it was a different time of day? What do you think the weather is like? Where do you think the boat is going?
For today’s project, we will make a PAPER BOAT using a process called ORIGAMI, a process of folding paper to create forms.
I’ve attached two examples of different types of paper boats.
- You can WATCH a video tutorial on how to create a simple ORIGAMI paper boat here: https://youtu.be/b3QZpBL8-Tg
- You can WATCH a video tutorial on how to create a more CHALLENGING origami paper boat here: https://youtu.be/kfk7AsBW0-0
I have attached a step-by-step VISUAL on how to make the simple origami paper boat.
You can COLOR your paper and design your boat however you like! Then, try out your boat in the tub, a pond, the sink, a pool or some other body of water. Please send PICTURES of you making your boat to me. I have suggested materials below, but please use whatever you have at your home. And, HAVE FUN!
From your supplies, you will need:
- Paper or newspaper
- Crayons (if you only have white paper)
- A tub filled with water for tomorrow’s class
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Kindergarten Art Projects are Optional. However, if you do complete the work please share it with me. I would love to see what the students are doing!
Wild animals are exciting! They roar and have interesting hair and teeth; and they have families, just like you and me! This week, you will be creating wild animal finger puppets and LEARNING about the zebra. The ZEBRA is an African wild horse with black-and-white stripes and an erect mane I’ve attached some photographs of zebras along with this lesson. What makes zebras special? What other animal do they kind of look like? You can try and draw a zebra with our friends at Art for Kids Hub here:https://youtu.be/3z3ClG9eM0E
Now, let’s enjoy an AWESOME story called, Animal Strike at The Zoo. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/JWBkN1nn2Nc Next, you can create wild animal finger PUPPETS! You can make an elephant, a zebra, a panda bear, or whatever you like! Follow along with the video here: https://youtu.be/9kt_iBqXIOw You will need the help of an adult to complete this project.
From your supplies, you will need:
- Card stock or Construction Paper
- Crayons
- Pencil
- Black Marker
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Googly eyes (optional)
To practice more animal names and sounds, you can watch this video: https://youtu.be/43ui14tgDbA
If you make a finger puppet, I would love to see it! You can email a photo of your finished artwork to me at [email protected] . Thank you!
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Assignment
Animal babies look like their parents in some ways, and different in other ways! What about you and a human adult?
- What are some ways you are the same?
- What are some ways you are different?
- Draw a picture of you next to your adult, then add some animal friends and color your drawing.