I like these websites:

developing fine motor skills in young children

top ten skills children learn from the arts

importance of art in child development

The latest from the art room . . .

Kindergarten students painted autumn leaves ...

... and continue their painting unit. Today they painted using dots.

Mrs. Hannah's 4th grade class created art work that focuses on positive and negative space

Third grade students working on their art elements illustrations

    

From the Art Room . . .

Great Art websites for kids:                         

http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm

http://www.metmuseum.org/learn/for-kids

          scroll to the bottom of  the page for online activities and books about artists

http://kids.albrightknox.org/index.html

http://www.getty.edu/education/kids_families/do_at_home/index.html

Students have made reflection / sketch  books and are now beginning first projects:

             

fourth grade clay mask

third grade art elements illustration

second grade tree drawing

         

first grade IB person figure drawing

        

kindergarten line design




(These photographs are from previous years)

Fourth grade mask research worksheet

From the Art Room . . .

4^th grade mask research worksheet

Student name­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________________

Class ID______________

Group continent: Africa    Asia    Europe    North America    South America    Oceania

Visit the websites listed below to find a mask from a culture of country in your continent.

http://www.kidzsearch.com/search.php?q=masks+of+the+world+.com&cx=006015089471652033071%3Astiinuf_qms&lang=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&cof=FORID%3A10&safe=active&aff=ks&sa2=++Search++#.VAXVW01OXcs&gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=masks%20of%20the%20world%20.com&gsc.page=1

http://www.kmop.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&lang=en

Africa:

http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/

http://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asimages/2936?t:state:flow=9f2d99ba-2c71-4101-a537-668b6878fd11

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/african-masks-history.html

Asia:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/japanese-masks-and-meanings.html

http://asianhistory.about.com/od/arthistoryinasia/ss/KoreanMasks_2.htm

Europe:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/italian-masquerade-costumes-and-masks.html

North America:

http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/collections/web-galleries/native-american-masks-northwest-coast-and-alaska

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=north+american+masks&tag.cstype=all

South America:

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=south+american+mask&tag.cstype=all

Oceania:  Australia, New Zealand, Papua/ New Guinea

http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/masks-oceania

Print a photo of your mask and answer the questions on this page.

Right click on the photo and select “copy”

Open a word document and paste the photo into the document “ctrl v”

Select print preview and modify the size to make it larger or smaller

Print “ctrl p”

Where is your mask from ? __________________________________________________________________________

What is the country or culture? ______________________________________   

When was it made? _______________    

What materials were used to make it? _________________________________________________________________

What is the purpose of the mask, what is it used for?_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

Welcome to Fernway Art!

I will be sharing photos and descriptions of our Fernway School art class projects on this new blog. As a novice to blogging, I may have a learning curve but I am excited to share the amazing work our students create in art class. Stay tuned . . .

Mrs. "M-C"