Ms. Farlow's Visual & Performing Arts Classroom(s)

4/3- Easter  I saw this cute Easter bunnies on Pinterest and knew it would be a great lesson to talk about the art element line and patterns! The kids really enjoyed this craft, as did the IA's and SA's.  Click Here for the Easter Bunny Idea 4/10- Water if Life Poster Sweetwater Authority, the water company that supplies water to the school and parts of Chula Vista, is having a poster contest that I thought would be cool to enter. We talked about water conservation and how entering art contests, even simply ones like these, are how some artists start out.  4/17- Japanese Kimonos & Spring Blossoms The kids enjoyed this spring art craft, especially blowing with the straws! I didn't really understand how the example one had such perfectly blown lines? I just kept adding water to the paint but they ended up a little blotchy. Idea for Japanese Blossoms Here Idea for Paper Kimonos Here 4/24- Earth Day- Dirt cups & Recycled magazine silhoue...

I'm always looking for unique projects to try with students while incorporating aspects of real world events. This month, definitely exceeded that.  3/6- Dr. Seuss Art Craft  (Read Across America)  I've been on the look out for a good Dr. Seuss craft that isn't too "young" as many of the kids at Daly are older boys. I saw a picture of a painting Truffula tree from the Lorax and almost immediately after I saw an article about a woman who paints with her feet. I put them together, and I got a fun sensory activity the students LOVED. Some of the older kids weren't as interested so they painted with their hands.    Click here for the article of the foot painter 3/13- St. Patrick's Day Celtic Knot NOT my original idea but I saw this celtic knots on TPT and I thought my students would be up for the challenge and they totally were! For my younger students, we did a simple rainbow/stripe on white paper and a cutout of a shamrock to mirror....

2/6- Rosa Parks Pop Art  February 4th was Rosa Parks Day, I thought it would be good for students to have a refresher of who she was. Most of the students knew the gist of who Rosa Parks was, but it was good for them to be able to build upon their knowledge and clarify what they thought they knew; one student thought Rosa Parks was married to Martin Luther King.  Click here for the idea for this pop art Rosa Parks Click here for the idea of doing pop art words CCSS. Visual Arts (Kinder, 2 nd , 4 th , 5 th ) Kinder : 2.2 Demonstrate beginning skill in the use of tools and processes, such as the use of scissors, glue, and paper in creating a three-dimensional construction. 2nd : 2.4 Create a painting or drawing, using warm or cool colors expressively. 4th : 2.8 Use complementary colors in an original composition to show contrast and emphasis. 5 th : 2.7 Communicate values, opinions, or personal insights through an original work of ...