Kindergarten+and+1st+Grade


 * __Kindergarten and First grade__ started the year learning about all kinds of lines: straight lines, curvy lines, dotted lines, happy lines, sad lines, excited lines and more. Using paint, crayons, markers and glue and scissors students continue to learn how to use a variety of art materials to communicate ideas about themselves and the world around them.**
 * Literature studies have helped to inspire both grades.**
 * Kindergarten read the book 'Pezzettino' by Leo Lionni and created unique creatures using squares. Connections to math standards helped to make this lesson both creative and multidisciplinary**


 * First Grade studied proportions of the human figure and then created and assembled their own "Frankie ' based on the book, 'Happy Birthday Frankie' by Sarah Weeks and Warren Linn**


 * Lessons in color followed our study in lines with the book 'Mouse Paint' by Ellen Stoll Walsh helping our Kindergarteners learn about primary colors and mixing secondary colors. First Grade used paper and scissors to create unique paper texture work of art using complementary color combinations.**


 * We will finish our December art classes reading 'Sandy's Circus: A story about Alexander Calder and creating fun and playful sculptural art. Alexander Calder lived in Connecticut thus adding to our local artist theme for the year.** **New vocabulary words including, mobile, stabile, three dimensional and more will be introduced as we go into December.**