B is for Butterfly

It might seem odd to focus on butterflies in the fall, but I still see them flitting about here in coastal Georgia. Kindergarten spent several weeks drawing, cutting and pasting, and painting after reading the picture book The Very Hungry Butterfly by Eric Carle. (Note to art teachers: A band saw is a life saver when cutting apart cardboard based egg cartons for 150 kindergarten students to turn into caterpillars!)  Now our kindergarten  hallway is full of beautiful butterflies.  As I don't always carry a camera around with me, but want to post pictures for you, these are a few whose owners have moved away. I will try to add more of those in the hallway soon.

Perfect Square

I was a Kindergarten teacher for almost 10 years. One of the reasons I wanted to return to the art room was because I saw the need for students to produce art for art's sake- for their own sake- and to development skills needed as they get older. I'm better at making the art with the kids than documenting this process. Here is a project that we did last quarter, using the book Perfect Square by Michael Hall as a starting point.

Perfect Square Michael-Hall