Using the prints to make a book 1st Grade

The first graders made styrofoam prints of a cityscape, as I posted earlier.  I went through their prints and selected one from each student, which I mounted and then displayed on the boards near their room.  The comments regarding the prints have been awesome! 

The next time the girls came to art, I gave them all of their prints back, from 5 to 25 prints per students. Some were quite prolific! They selected at least 4 prints and mounted them on white copy paper, and then signed the print. There are 4 students at each table, so they kept one print and gave one to each person at their table. If they were so inspired, they could mount more and hand those out to other students. They took two pieces of 9 x 12 construction paper and drew a cover on one sheet. After they were done, they assembled all the prints in the order they wanted, added the cover and back pages, and then I stapled them together.

As you can see, there were lots of prints and activity as the girls selected their prints and mounted them.

 

 

 One of the covers finished, some used "art" as the theme, a few liked the "city print" theme for their book.

And then the final book.  I let them take them home that day.  The parents get to see their own students' work as well as others.  It also is a great way to use the printing process in a practical way, a good reason for having multiple images.

They were very proud and excited about showing off their books!