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| Build & Draw |
I took my first Studio class with
AOE this past summer, Studio Drawing. If nothing else, the course gave me the "courage" to try a few new techniques with my students. I also re-evaluated some of the ways I presented a few of my lessons for Kindergarten. After taking the Reggio Emilo class a year ago, I have been beginning the year with my Kinders doing creative play activities using a variety of manipulative and not jumping into the year with projects. After four weeks of creative play, I introduced my students to a draw and build. They used three children's blocks to build something and then drew the shapes using a whiteboard. For an entire class, they built, drew, rebuilt, drew, etc. This week, five weeks into the year, I handed them pencil and paper for the first time. They repeated the build and draw on one piece of paper, three times, then were given colors to practice their coloring skills. This was a terrific way for me to establish a baseline for observational skills, shape identification and reproduction and coloring. I am so happy with the results!
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| Kinders are standing to do art this year |
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| Progressing with their drawing |
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| Ready to build again |
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| Focus |
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| Great Concentration |
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| Building |
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| Let's get started! |
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| Trading blocks to build again. |
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| Lots of building imagination |
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| Starting to add color |
I took my first Studio class with AOE this past summer, Studio Drawing. If nothing else, the course gave me the "courage" to try a few new techniques with my students. I also re-evaluated some of the ways I presented a few of my lessons for Kindergarten. After taking the Reggio Emilo class a year ago, I have been beginning the year with my Kinders doing creative play activities using a variety of manipulative and not jumping into the year with projects. After four weeks of creative play, I introduced my students to a draw and build. They used three children's blocks to build something and then drew the shapes using a whiteboard. For an entire class, they built, drew, rebuilt, drew, etc. This week, five weeks into the year, I handed them pencil and paper for the first time. They repeated the build and draw on one piece of paper, three times, then were given colors to practice their coloring skills. This was a terrific way for me to establish a baseline for observational skills, shape identification and reproduction and coloring. I am so happy with the results!
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