Art for year 1

Preschoolers use recycled and repurposed materials to make a 3-dimensional recycled collage using glue, paint, dyed rice, yarn and pom-poms.

Children use colored collage material to make a rainbow from cardboard.

Each year our elementary school has an auction to raise money for the art program. As my daughter's classroom docent, I had to come up with a group project for the class to contribute to the auction. In the past, I have led the class in creating a collaborative canvas. This is from 3 years ago (I was docent to 2 classes): This is from 2 years ago: This is from last year: I really like to see the individual handiwork of each student manifest in the final product. I love seeing the uninhibited…

This was our first week back from winter break. I always have my students write about their goals for the new year. But, since we started so late into January this year I wanted to think of another new year project. I love reading Martin’s Big Words and celebrating MLK’s message to “fight with words

Fireworks painting activity - great new year's or other celebrations activity.