Wild Things

First Graders read the story Where The Wild Things Are.  We were then inspired to design our own wild things.  Students also drew visual textures on their creatures and added even more texture with texture plates under their work while coloring!

Wild Things

Kindergarten students explored color mixing and textures by creating two paintings- one using primary colors and the other mixing their own secondary color.  Once the paintings were complete, we read the story Where the Wild Things Are.  Students designed a face for their own Wild Thing by cutting a variety of shapes.  Finally we used our paintings to create shapes to describe the body, arms and legs.  Everything was collaged together to create our own Wild Things!

Wild Things

First Graders read the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.  We then examined the illustrations and noticed that the Wild Things resembled many different animals.  Using this as inspiration, students drew their own wild things.  We then examined the textures we found in the illustrations and compared them to the textures of different animals.  Students discussed the difference between an actual texture and a visual one.  We discussed how to use lines and shape to create our own visual textures that reminded us of different animals.  After applying textures to their work students used watercolors to add color to their creature!

Monster Mouth!

Kindergarteners began this project by decorating a paper plate with patterns and textures.  In the following class we looked at the story Where the Wild Things Are.  Students were then challenged to transform their plates into their own Wild Things!

Wild Things

First Grade students looked at the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.  After discussing his work as an author and an illustrator we began looking more closely at his drawings.  Students paid special attention to the texture he used when creating his wild things (some were hairy, scaly, etc.).  Students then set out to create their own sculptures of these wild beasts.  Using cardboard tubes and constuction paper students learned how to manipulate the paper to create different effects.  ome even added their own texture to their creatures!