"I Want My Hat Back" in 1st grade

 

In 1st grade we read "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen.  As we learned about the bear looking for his hat, we noted the textures and the use of red to emphasize certain items in the book.  We also discussed the use of animals doing human things in books, and why that would be done.  Some other books that used animals were also looked at.    I got the idea for this from Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists blog, here.

 

 

The elephant above broke his student chair while the lion was teaching!  The artist used yellow to emphasize the broken chair!

 

The snake is taking a bubble bath.  I guess the artist wanted to emphasize the red rubber duck!

 



Snowmen.... when it is 80 degrees!

 

Yep, it is December 4th and 80 degrees in Dallas.......

 

 

Let's make snowmen!!!  The Prekindergarten girls drew a snowman picture with Sharpie Markers, and then painted them with white paint.  The next class, the used oil pastels to add details, redraw noses, or add more snow.  I think I made these when I was little.. a throwback I guess!

 



Paper Weaving

 

The Prmer girls worked on weaving with paper during the past week.  After they did their first project, they were given a watercolor on water project done a few weeks ago.  They selected another piece of colored paper, and decided which piece would be the warp.  I have always loved these weavings.

 

 



Gyotaku Printing by Primer and Kinder Girls!

Gyotaku prints is an old Japanese way of recording the size of a fisherman's catch.  Because it is hard to actually believe a fisherman's tale, the Japanese would ink up the big fish and use newspaper to capture a print of the fish.  This was before having your picture snapped with the fish in your hand - or beside it!  I would love to use real fish for this project, but the number of students and the smell, well, we use the old rubber variety.  The girls practiced the first day using paper, and on the second day they printed on burlap.  When the work was dry, they added sand and shells or little pearls. 

I am glad the girls noted that fish do not always swim parallel to the ocean bottom!