I lucky that my kids love art so much! They beg to do it! This summer we went to an amazing place called Bookworm Gardens in Sheyboygan Wisconsin. It is a botanical gardens with sculptures and interactives for kids all revolving around children's books. Loved that we found some art related sculptures! My 6 year old son has such a huge passion for art. He wants to be an art teacher when he grows up. :) At our cabin this summer we made art with things found in nature.
At the end of the school year, we had an art show and ice cream social in the basement of our church after mass one Sunday. It was a great way to show off to our friends and family all the neat work we did the second part of the year. (We had an art show like this mid way through the school year as well). Overall, I very much enjoyed teaching this group of kiddos art once a week! I hope I instilled in them a new love of art!
Students had fun creating these line design artworks that give the illusion of form on a flat piece of paper.
I showed my home school group the master of tessellations, M.C. Escher's work. Afterwards we made our own tessellations!
We looked at the beautiful illustrations from the book Snowmen at Night and talked about value, tint and shade. Next, students drew a snowman showing an understanding of what they learned!
