To help convey this idea, we created wild "creatures" using various types of shapes!
We read the book Where the Wild Things Are, and then with the use of our big imaginations, got to work.
Our kindergarten and 1st graders had to reeeeaaach under the table where a wild forest had "grown" (just like in Max's bedroom in the book!) and capture a wild creature. The thing was, only they could see it! So, they had to create a portrait of their creature for everyone to see. They chose a main shape for the body, and then added features with small geometric shapes.
After naming their creature, their portrait was complete!
Are you dying of cuteness overload here, because I sure am! Words cannot express how happy I was to have these little guys staring back at me for a few weeks :)
Our grades 2-3 also created "Wild Creatures" but focused on organic shapes instead of geometric. With watered down paint, they selected colors and then blew the paint around on their papers with a straw. We pretended that they stepped on these invisible creatures on the way in, and that's why they are "splatted" on the paper!
Hyrum C's puzzled Cyclops and Lucy M's surprised 4-eyed creature.
Daniel's buck-toothed friend
Waylon's cool-colored creation
It goes without saying that we had a WILD time learning about shapes in art!
Super fun and cute projects!
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