Timeline of what we have done recently in kindergarten:
1. VTS Picasso's Gourmet
2. Drew a picture: What would you make in your bowl?
3. Made: A pinch pot
4. Artist Study: Chihuly, and Macchia
5. Made: Coffee filter macchia
6. Meret Oppenheim?
We are doing materials exploration using the theme of a bowl. Clay and glass. Bowl as utlilitarian, bowl as sculpture. I can not resist showing them a picture of Object by Meret Oppenheim. I MUST do it.
We have just come off of an artist study about Dale Chihuly. This is my first year doing an artist study with kindergarten. I have not done artists studies with kindergarten in the past.To be truthful, I am still leery of presenting artist information to such young students. I feel that when students study an artist, they need to get to the big idea an artist works with, not just imitating a style of art making. How do I present an artist in a nutshell to such young children? How do I bridge gap between what I "know" and what is developmentally appropriate for the age group? Maybe question based learning is the answer.
So, for the question based lesson, I am going to display an image of the furry bowl. I am going to do a modification of 50 Questions with the students to assess their reading of the image and their art vocabulary. In a whole class setting, will write down all their questions on moveable strips. I will then categorize their questions in front of them based on trends found in questioning. I will have them make a feather bowl and spoon. I will then ask the students if we have answered any of the questions by making the bowl.
Anybody else have different ideas?
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