These are the displays outside my room. The "ART" display is made from fun foam(very bright & fade resistant). I have my students create the art I have hanging on my slider bars the last week of school(knowing what theme I'm going to be using for the next school year). This past spring I had them create monochromatic turtles using markers, crayons, and colored pencils. They were instructed to create a design in the shell that would reflect something about them(3 &4) or to create an interesting pattern in the shell that is beyond circle square circle square(K-2). They then glued them to a piece of paper that matched their turtle & began to cascade the turtles downward. The results are not shaking the art world at its core...but they are fun. PLUS...it is so nice to have kid made art in the hall way the first day of school!!!
Oh Ted! I love the colorful squares and the word ART, but even more, I'm TOTALLY loving the student artwork. Can you please please please give some specifics about the project/process? The results are just fabulous; I just want to know how you got there!
ReplyDeleteI am doing the same theme (Art around the World) -- the other teachers LOVE it because I am incorporating all of their social studies curriculums. Last year, none of the classes did any social studies because we were concentrating on math, reading, and writing so this year I decided to add it into my class! Great minds think alike!
ReplyDeleteI posted a picture of my bulletin on my (new) blog if you wanted to peak at another take on the theme!
I love all these displays. Just found your blog. So excited to check it out.
ReplyDeleteHi, Mr. E....I posted a link to this post over on "Bulletin Boards to Remember." It's for art displays. I hope you don't mind. jan
ReplyDeletehttp://bulletinboardstoremember.blogspot.com/2012/02/turtles.html