Sunday, February 26, 2012

Mondrian with Kindergarden


My most recent completed lesson was with Kindergarden.  Students studied Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie.  We noticed how he only used the 3 primary colors and horizontal and vertical lines in his work.  We took a look at a map of New York City and see how he was inspired by the straight lines of the streets and talked about how he loved Boogie Woogie music.  The town where I teach is called Delmar.  So, using a bit of alliteration, we decided to name our artwork, Delmar Doo Wop.  Students worked in teams to create these "maps" of the town while listening to some Doo Wop music.  I loved hearing how the students parents or grandparents listen to "this music" :-) Click here to view the Mondrian Powerpoint Presentation that I used.

New to Blogging

Wow..so after Pinteresting for a couple months, I've found that all of the best lesson plan ideas have come from Blogs.  Never having really paid attention to blogs before, I decided to finally check out what they're all about.  So, please forgive me as I get my feet wet and try to create a blog showcasing my elementary art lesson plans and student work for all to see.....here's to nothing..err...something...cool!


Prior to this blog, I had been really good about keeping up with putting student artwork on Artsonia.  So, if you'd like to see some projects from previous years, check out the Delmar Artsonia Page


I also have a wiki..I was quite ambitious for awhile ;-) Again, I'm not doing soo well in keeping it updated.  Here it is: Delmar Art Wiki