First Graders Create Beautiful Animals and Their Habitats
In only six weeks, First graders at San Ramon School worked with Mentor Artist Julia James to create very personal masterpieces.
PLAYGROUND DESIGN: Magical play spaces
Students were given the opportunity to design and build a model of a new playground for the first grade. Students began with sharing ideas about what is important for a playground.
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Gluing: Count to 10 to make things stick!
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Students make different lines to create their playgrounds
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Students explore how paper moves, they practice folding, rolling, cutting and gluing.
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Envision = imagining something and making it real.
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More paper exploration
CREATING ANIMALS AND HABITATS
Students researched any animal and its habitat. They collaborated by sharing ideas, supplies, tools and art. The final habitats were amazing!
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Using pencil, oil pastels and watercolors, students planned out their habitat.
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Learning about clay and making a 3 dimensional animal. Adding textures, eyes and ears
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Glazing. Learning about art materials. Glaze is different to painting: the colors show u[ after they are fired in the kiln.
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Building on learning from imaginary playgrounds, kids built trees and more for their habitats.
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Students painted habitat backgrounds for their animals
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Cutting and gluing our habitats.
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Cutting and gluing our habitats.
Adding pop ups and other three dimensional forms – such as trees and plants.
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Adding our fired animals to the habitat
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Whale
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Eagle
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Eagle
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Whale
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Polar Bear
