On Tuesday July 25 we had a makeup day at Glavin Rec. The first group of preschoolers practiced following directions , learned printmaking techniques, and used multiple mediums for one project. First I had them all trace starfish stencils onto their papers. Then they rotated between dipping bubble wrap in tan paint to …
At Samuels on Wednesday, we made self-portraits with our favorite food. I asked everyone what a self-portrait was, and most of the kids already knew! I told them to think about what they look like in the mirror while they were drawing. I then had them either draw or create …
On Wednesday at Glavin Recreation Center I read the book Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and illustrated by Ben Cort. Its a funny story about how dinosaurs were wiped out by an underpants war. Each dinosaur in the book had a different design on their underpants so I had …
On the first day of classes at Samuels Recreation Center on Wednesday, we made rainbow perspective gardens under a sunset. First, the kids were instructed to draw a horizon line and vanishing point in the middle of the paper. I explained how objects appear smaller as they go further in …
We made tape-resistant paintings on the first day of classes at Glavin Recreation Center on Wednesday. The kids were given pieces of painters tape to create a design on their papers. The kids then experimented mixing different colors with water-color pencils and watercolor paints on top of their taped papers. …
