food face...

Last year I went to the National Gallery in D.C. and saw an awesome exhibition on Giuseppe Arcimboldo. His paintings are incredibly detailed and super interesting. I have been dying to do a project that relates to his art.

Finally, the time has come. 3rd grade is studying botany. They had a whole bunch of veggies brought to school and they studied, drew, dissected, and tasted all the different vegetables. When they were finished examining the veggies, I had them brought to art class. We learned about Mr. Arcimboldo and created some faces from the vegetables! So cool. It was also a great exercise in working groups and to get another use out the vegetables!

The final product... (all waste was composted and will be used in the school gardens!)

 

Artwork at the top of post:

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumnus, 1590

name tags...

Where oh where do you start with Kindergarteners? Well I like to dive right in with my first project (well technically my second proejct)...

Name tags! Kinder kids start off learning the letters of the alphabet. So, I do a couple of projects that go hand in hand with letter learning.

I write each student's name on a piece of cardboard. They get to decorate the letter with different kinds of "stuff"... I have things like pompoms, feathers, string, noodles, pipe cleaners, beans, etc.

We look at the letters and how we know they are letters. What an outline is? What happens if something goes outside the letters? We also go over liquid glue use. How much is enough? What does too much look like?

The kids do a great job with this project!

More with letters soon...