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I'm a first time teacher and I don't know what is usually taught to kids about art in school. I used to do volunteer work for an organization and taught art though i have to admit my lesson was a bit chaotic.
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Depends what grade level you teach.
For middle years and high school I start with drawing from nature. We go out on the first day of school, first art lesson, with sketch books and pencils, and draw from nature. Leaves, dandelions. Kids concentrate on drawing the details. Drawing life sized or larger. Putting in detail.
I tell them they cannot draw what they can't see. We write that on the cover of their sketchbooks. Also _- "Draw what you see, not what you think you see."
Sometimes if the weather is not very nice, or if we want to decorate the classroom we start with colouring fall leaves. I give them a cutout of a fall leaf ( cut these out ahead of time, or make some patterns out of heavy paper, and let them trace these -- this ensures that they have a leaf that is as big as the piece of paper and not some tiny thing (I use 9x 12 inch paper so they are large leaves). I talk about fall colours and how these are supposed to be wonderful blended colours. If you children have oil pastels, this is a wonderful project for using these, and learning how to blend with them. Wax crayons also work well. If you have some autumn leaves already, bring them in and look at them, especially if they are from some trees which have a variety of colours on just one leaf. Some times I give them some guidelines such as pick five colours to use -- ie, red, red-orange, olive green, mustard yellow, line green, and then maybe black for the veins. They pick the colours, not you. Have them consider the way the colours go together. If you have some imaginative kid who makes his fall leaf purple, baby blue, pink, and mauve -- that is good too. We are learning to use col or and the material and to use imagination.
For little kids, like grade 2, this leaf lesson is a good one too. But I usually start with colour with them, not with drawing skills. Maybe you can find a video about mixing colours. You could show them how to mix colours with food colouring in clear glass dishes on an overhead projector. Then you could practise this in class with liquid tempera -- maybe make a col or wheel with the primary and secondary colours. Mixing paint is fascinating for all levels (I do this with high school and middle years classes too -- but use tertiary colours for them, and acrylic paints or oil pastel, or even coloured markers-- but we do this a little later in the year.)
Another good project with the little kids dealing with colour is to have them bring a bag of stuff of just one col or of thing (ie all yellow stuff) that they are going to use to make an abstract collage. (You will have to have some stuff on hand too, as there are always kids who don't bring things, and it gets worse as they get older.) Kids pick different colour. They make their collage on construction paper of the same colour. For example the kid bringing yellow might have brought some unpopped popcorn, a bunch of yellow bread clips, a yellow pencil, several yellow cupcake papers, a yellow crayon, some yellow material, some yellow thread, some yellow lego, the box from Juicy fruit gum, some yellow silk flowers, some broken bits of plastic that is yellow that they found in their toy box,some elbow macaroni, a yellow measuring spoon. Emphasize that they are not to bring good stuff (you might not use the lego) as you are going to glue it onto the collage, and so you don't want valuable stuff. This is a recycle project as well, you see. The whole "gather stuff from home" business is good for kids as it helps them remember directions, gives them responsibility, and gets some home involvement in their school projects. Kids create an abstract collage with some or all of the junk that they have collected. You teach them the word "monochromatic" as well. Kids also learn something about sharing as there is bound to be some kid who has enough for 6 kids, and some kids who show up with nothing, so the other kids shares, and gets to be a bit of a hero.
The key to avoiding chaos is to have the materials ready ahead of time. Have an example of the project to show what sort of thing we are aiming for (if you are doing the project, especially for younger students, don't make it too sophisticated. In later years, you will save good examples of student work to show. Put the directions on the board. For going out to do drawing, establish rules ahead of time (ie walking quietly, heading out as a group, no throwing rocks, whatever seems appropriate) and be sure everyone has their materials before you leave the classroom. Take a couple of extra pencils along, and a pencil sharpener. Don't allow much erasing.
Depends what grade level you teach.
For middle years and high school I start with drawing from nature. We go out on the first day of school, first art lesson, with sketch books and pencils, and draw from nature. Leaves, dandelions. Kids concentrate on drawing the details. Drawing life sized or larger. Putting in detail.
I tell them they cannot draw what they can't see. We write that on the cover of their sketchbooks. Also _- "Draw what you see, not what you think you see."
Sometimes if the weather is not very nice, or if we want to decorate the classroom we start with colouring fall leaves. I give them a cutout of a fall leaf ( cut these out ahead of time, or make some patterns out of heavy paper, and let them trace these -- this ensures that they have a leaf that is as big as the piece of paper and not some tiny thing (I use 9x 12 inch paper so they are large leaves). I talk about fall colours and how these are supposed to be wonderful blended colours. If you children have oil pastels, this is a wonderful project for using these, and learning how to blend with them. Wax crayons also work well. If you have some autumn leaves already, bring them in and look at them, especially if they are from some trees which have a variety of colours on just one leaf. Some times I give them some guidelines such as pick five colours to use -- ie, red, red-orange, olive green, mustard yellow, line green, and then maybe black for the veins. They pick the colours, not you. Have them consider the way the colours go together. If you have some imaginative kid who makes his fall leaf purple, baby blue, pink, and mauve -- that is good too. We are learning to use col or and the material and to use imagination.
For little kids, like grade 2, this leaf lesson is a good one too. But I usually start with colour with them, not with drawing skills. Maybe you can find a video about mixing colours. You could show them how to mix colours with food colouring in clear glass dishes on an overhead projector. Then you could practise this in class with liquid tempera -- maybe make a col or wheel with the primary and secondary colours. Mixing paint is fascinating for all levels (I do this with high school and middle years classes too -- but use tertiary colours for them, and acrylic paints or oil pastel, or even coloured markers-- but we do this a little later in the year.)
Another good project with the little kids dealing with colour is to have them bring a bag of stuff of just one col or of thing (ie all yellow stuff) that they are going to use to make an abstract collage. (You will have to have some stuff on hand too, as there are always kids who don't bring things, and it gets worse as they get older.) Kids pick different colour. They make their collage on construction paper of the same colour. For example the kid bringing yellow might have brought some unpopped popcorn, a bunch of yellow bread clips, a yellow pencil, several yellow cupcake papers, a yellow crayon, some yellow material, some yellow thread, some yellow lego, the box from Juicy fruit gum, some yellow silk flowers, some broken bits of plastic that is yellow that they found in their toy box,some elbow macaroni, a yellow measuring spoon. Emphasize that they are not to bring good stuff (you might not use the lego) as you are going to glue it onto the collage, and so you don't want valuable stuff. This is a recycle project as well, you see. The whole "gather stuff from home" business is good for kids as it helps them remember directions, gives them responsibility, and gets some home involvement in their school projects. Kids create an abstract collage with some or all of the junk that they have collected. You teach them the word "monochromatic" as well. Kids also learn something about sharing as there is bound to be some kid who has enough for 6 kids, and some kids who show up with nothing, so the other kids shares, and gets to be a bit of a hero.
The key to avoiding chaos is to have the materials ready ahead of time. Have an example of the project to show what sort of thing we are aiming for (if you are doing the project, especially for younger students, don't make it too sophisticated. In later years, you will save good examples of student work to show. Put the directions on the board. For going out to do drawing, establish rules ahead of time (ie walking quietly, heading out as a group, no throwing rocks, whatever seems appropriate) and be sure everyone has their materials before you leave the classroom. Take a couple of extra pencils along, and a pencil sharpener. Don't allow much erasing.
Does anybody know a website where I can download and print some activity worksheets for car journeys?
Christine
I want something that isnt too 'school work'. Just something fun and easy like, can you find all these things? And things like that...all i seem to find is maths and english and thats not fun at the best of times let alone on a 4 hour journey lol!
Answer
You ask for 'worksheets' but check out www.KidActivities.net for loads of tips, ideas, and games to make road traveling with kids fun! :-) One idea is to put together an activity box...
Depending on the age of your children-- you can take: pipe cleaners, stickers and paper, aluminum foil (they mold it into whatever they want), scotch tape and post-it-notes, band aids (by the time you get somewhere they may be wearing the entire box--and that's OK if it keeps them happy! With this--you won't later find melted crayons on your back seat!
How about also taking:
⢠Books to read as well as age appropriate activity books, comic books and sticker books
⢠Threading sets (pictures with yarn)
⢠Magnetic Travel-size games such as Monopoly, Sorry, Battleships, Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, and Chinese Checkers
⢠Travel-size Magna- Doodle and Etch-a-Sketch
⢠Small Lego sets in Ziploc bag to store the pieces
⢠Travel Desk sets
⢠Wipe of easels (white-board) with board markers
⢠Miniature worlds: little houses, etc. with figures, hand-sized playsets
⢠Small magnetic puzzles
⢠Small wind-up toys
⢠Decks of Cards such a "Go-Fish" and regular...
⢠Miniature cars--sold in portable sets
⢠Small sets of plastic figures such as dinosaurs and animals
⢠Yarn and string for finger knitting and making Cat's Cradle, etc.
⢠Blank Paper for Tic Tac Toe and Hangman
⢠Hand-held toys with the sound turned off
⢠DVD players-and favorite movies
⢠CD players
⢠Handheld electronic games
⢠A map to mark follow and mark off--how about a compass too!
⢠And of course...favorite snacks!!!
See actual 'Tips & Games' at http://www.kidactivities.net/category/Tip-Page-Traveling-with-Kids.aspx
You ask for 'worksheets' but check out www.KidActivities.net for loads of tips, ideas, and games to make road traveling with kids fun! :-) One idea is to put together an activity box...
Depending on the age of your children-- you can take: pipe cleaners, stickers and paper, aluminum foil (they mold it into whatever they want), scotch tape and post-it-notes, band aids (by the time you get somewhere they may be wearing the entire box--and that's OK if it keeps them happy! With this--you won't later find melted crayons on your back seat!
How about also taking:
⢠Books to read as well as age appropriate activity books, comic books and sticker books
⢠Threading sets (pictures with yarn)
⢠Magnetic Travel-size games such as Monopoly, Sorry, Battleships, Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, and Chinese Checkers
⢠Travel-size Magna- Doodle and Etch-a-Sketch
⢠Small Lego sets in Ziploc bag to store the pieces
⢠Travel Desk sets
⢠Wipe of easels (white-board) with board markers
⢠Miniature worlds: little houses, etc. with figures, hand-sized playsets
⢠Small magnetic puzzles
⢠Small wind-up toys
⢠Decks of Cards such a "Go-Fish" and regular...
⢠Miniature cars--sold in portable sets
⢠Small sets of plastic figures such as dinosaurs and animals
⢠Yarn and string for finger knitting and making Cat's Cradle, etc.
⢠Blank Paper for Tic Tac Toe and Hangman
⢠Hand-held toys with the sound turned off
⢠DVD players-and favorite movies
⢠CD players
⢠Handheld electronic games
⢠A map to mark follow and mark off--how about a compass too!
⢠And of course...favorite snacks!!!
See actual 'Tips & Games' at http://www.kidactivities.net/category/Tip-Page-Traveling-with-Kids.aspx
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