by Dennas Davis | Sep 26, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Artists enjoy drawing a still life that features plants, and then using watercolors to paint it. There is some review of shadows and highlights during the artwork time. After a break, the kids cut jungle-like shapes out of colored papers and use them to make...
by Dennas Davis | May 13, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Our last class of the year has students going to an animal party. First, they use blank masks to pretend they are animals, then everyone finds reference and paints their mask to match a chosen animal. Pretend play and a game take up the middle of the class...
by Dennas Davis | May 6, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW A Desert scene is created using oil pastel resist with watercolors. Then the students will draw and color a lizard using a mock bark-painting technique using kraft paper (brown paper bags) black marker, and oil pastels. They have a choice of placing the...
by Emily Venturino | May 8, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW For our final lesson of Year A, we'll be making and decorating a big box party bus! It's great fun and students learn to work together. Then everyone gets to redesign their school bus, and invent a mobile house bus for the summer. – – –...
by Dennas Davis | Apr 20, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW After starting with a fun name guessing game, students adopt their color name for the day. Then there are 3 games. The first is a puzzle that reinforces looking for big shapes. Next is a color mixing challenge using paints. Finally, there is a creative crazy...
by Dennas Davis | May 13, 2022 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Our extra class is all about cartoon animals. We use simple shapes to build characters and then apply some funny expressions. The last project is a one-page, 4-panel comic book they create on their own using printed templates. If time allows, they get to make...
