Our developmental art show was a great success! Many thanks to all the volunteers and participants who made it such a special event. Most of all, we honor the students whose art inspired us enter into imaginative spaces and think about "birds" in many new ways!
The drawings were, of course, the show stopper. Children's drawings are a representation of a myriad of stages in their development. The very youngest students are simply feeling the joy of the cause and effect relationship of the movements of the arm and hand coming in contact with ink and paper. There comes the realization that certain movements create different effects such as larger movements from the shoulder, swirling, tapping, more or less pressure, and so on. Soon the child is creating dots, lines, and circles. Those lines connect and become shapes, shapes repeat to create patterns, and patterns become texture. At some point those marks on the paper begin to represent something to the child. They might name it. "Mommy." "Truck." Bird." Students may observe that a net is round, and draw a swirling circle-ish representation of a nest, and this is a complex development. Further still is the point when the representations of the child become recognizable figures to an outside observer. But look closely, do you see dots of rain, or tiny lines of feathers, or a brightly shining circle of a sun with rays pointing in all directions?
Escuelita students have been studying birds for many weeks. They know much about the parts of birds, food, habitat, migration. We've observed birds, read many books, told lovely stories, played games, sang songs. What the students know is evident in the stories they've told about their drawings. We hope your child has shared his or her original drawing and story with you. They are all so enjoyable!
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| This favorite book allowed us to listen to bird sounds and songs. |
Our ceramics teacher Jessica, has been enrapturing the students with sculpture through engaging, interactive stories. Have you seen the nests?
Our lobby has a new art installation inspired by the Charlie Harper painting, Mystery of the Missing Migrants. This seemed a very appropriate artwork to study while learning about migration!
Teacher Sonja and her team cut the wood bird shapes, and Art students from Escuelita and Elementary painted the birds to be hung in formation.
Our classrooms are filled with vibrant paintings and creations from our fledgeling artists! Enjoy!
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| Painting with feathers. |
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| Play-dough & bird seeds |
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