Art Studio
At Forest Hill Nature Preschool, we believe that children learn best when they have opportunities to explore, discover, and create. When children visit the Art Studio, they are given the opportunity to work with a variety of materials and mediums in a relaxed, open-ended environment. Each child visits the Studio once a week, for about 20 minutes. Each month, children will get to meet a real life artist and learn to work with various materials centered around a common theme. Parents, be sure to check out the Art Studio page for small descriptions of our projects, as well as photos of your child's visit.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
About Miss Theresa :
Miss Theresa has been teaching for 7+ years but this is her 1st year as an Art Studio teacher. Her background is in art education and early childhood development. She joined us last year and fell in love with the students. She loves to paint and get messy in the art room and encourages the students to do the same. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso
Miss Theresa has been teaching for 7+ years but this is her 1st year as an Art Studio teacher. Her background is in art education and early childhood development. She joined us last year and fell in love with the students. She loves to paint and get messy in the art room and encourages the students to do the same. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso
In the Month September students came to the art room and were introduced to shapes, colors and line. Each class focused on a certain area based on their age and appropriate cognitive level. The 2's classes identified colors while making a watercolor painting and moved on to shape recognition using foam shapes to make a collage. The 3's classes worked on color recognition as well and were asked to identify all the colors in their watercolor pallet while creating their art portfolio's. They later used these skills to help them paint their line project. The 3/4's class worked on identifying several colors and shapes while decorating their portfolio's and then moved on to their line project. For their line project we worked on the different kinds of lines we can make with our fine motor skills. Their pattern skills were put to the test when asked to then paint their lines using the rainbow. The 4's classes jumped right into an overall review of colors, shapes and lines. They then focused on 3D shapes and process art. For the next two months they will continue to talk about 3D shapes and how they can be used to create different types of sculptures. Their first was the Crayon name sculptures. They had to identify the letters in their own name first, fill them with crayons, bake them and them stack them in whatever desired form they wished,
In the Month October we had a Parent Artist come in and talk to the kids about photography. All the kids came to an artist talk and later got the chance to be Nature Photographers of their own. We walked around the school and took pictures of the animals we care for here at FHNP as well as the adorable baby chicks. We moved from photography to Charcoal shapes and Pottery. Stay tuned for an update on these current projects!!!
In the Month October we had a Parent Artist come in and talk to the kids about photography. All the kids came to an artist talk and later got the chance to be Nature Photographers of their own. We walked around the school and took pictures of the animals we care for here at FHNP as well as the adorable baby chicks. We moved from photography to Charcoal shapes and Pottery. Stay tuned for an update on these current projects!!!
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