Rainbow fish- watercolor project


Description: For this lesson, we learned about different watercolor techniques and read "The Rainbow Fish" is a children's book written by Marcus Pfister. The Rainbow Fish is about a fish that finds happiness and fulfillment in sharing, and it becomes beloved among the other fish for its generosity rather than its external beauty. The class was taught a multitude of different watercolor techniques and then had the chance to practice them. We used a diagram to cut out the fish. Next students chose a few of their favorite techniques and painted the fish. At the end of the activity, we wrote 3 sentences about what our special gift is.


Extension activity: You could play a game that emphasizes the idea of sharing and kindness. The game could just be a twist on "pin the tail on the donkey", instead, "put the scale on the fish." Each student gets a turn to be blindfolded and put a scale on the fish and then after they need to share something kind about another student in the class.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Elements and principles of design

Image
  Description:   In this project, we were tasked with capturing images representing each element and principle of design. Once we had our photos, we worked to create a PowerPoint that defined these elements and principles, providing a way for students to further explore and understand them. Extension Activity: An activity would be to go outside on a nice day with the class and do a walk around the school. Students could then point out and describe different things that they saw that we examples of elements and principles of design.
Read more

Printmaking flower project

Image
Description:  For this lesson, we used square pieces of Styrofoam to do printmaking. To make the design of a flower we used pencils to draw flowers onto the Styrofoam. Each student made their own flower design and chose their own paint color. I was teaching this lesson and one thing that some students struggled with was using too much paint so it would get into the crevices of the flower design when you rolled it on. Once the flower was ready students could press them onto their paper. Next Students moved from station to station pressing all of the other designs onto their paper. The vase was made by taking a piece of construction paper and folding it in half to create a shape and then cutting it out. The last steps were to glue the vase under the flowers, decorate it, and draw stems connecting the flowers. Extension Activity: Something that could go along with this lesson is a lesson about diversity. This art project is a collection of different parts made by all of the classmates t
Read more

Weaving Project- Bracelet

Image
Description: In this lesson, we made bracelets or bookmarks by weaving yarn through a loom made of straws. We focused on Mexican culture and the importance of culture in art. We learned about the history of weaving the loom. The majority of the activity was very relaxing and therapeutic. However, trying to take the completed project off of the loom was tricky and stressful. Thankfully the instructor was able to keep a close eye and the group and help out when students struggled with this step.  Extension Activity: To extend this lesson you could have it be done over a week. Students could first learn the history of the loom and weaving practices. Next they could do a lesson on culture and its significance in art and expression. After that Students could make the craft. And finally at the end of the week the students could write a reflection about culture in their own lives and artwork.  
Read more