African art for preschoolers

First graders watched a short video about African culture and what it is like for a child to grow up in Africa. They learned about some of the everyday routines of African children, like going to school, helping with animals and crops, getting water for their families, and of course playing. They are in many ways very similar to the lifestyle that they lead. First graders learned about Kente cloth. Kente cloth has its origin with the Ashanti Kingdom, and was adopted by people in the Ivory…

Pen and paints at the ready! Here’s a wonderful selection of online art lessons for children that you can do at home or in class. Free online art lessons for children Using simple art materials, these lessons will guide your children through wonderful, creative art projects. Your children can: :: have fun :: […]

African Line Art Kindergarten thru 5th grade This was a great project to introduce a couple of art terms. Proportion and composi...

This African sunset shadow tracing art is a great actvity for kids. A fun way to use toys in arts and crafts for kids.

This was a project completed with blood, sweat and tears- all mine!!!! My Gr.2 students made these but it was a long, slow process for sure! I found the lesson HERE on the "Color Like You Mean It" blog. She made them with her Kindergarten students!! So I am totally impressed with that! For my kids, I felt there ended up being too many steps- they managed to make them in the end, and they turned out great, but next time I teach this, I'll try it with Gr. 3 kids instead, I think. You need…

During a recent African unit, my kids and I made Kente "cloths." Here's how we did it.

The children looked at the patterns and imagery adorning West African tribal masks, before creating their own striking examples. Each child was given a mask shape cut out from brown paper, which th…

Awesome Elephants! Kindergarten -Sponge Painting -Pattern - Black + White = Gray For more information please follow me on Instagram @youngschoolartwithmr.g Like me on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/youngschoolart/ The students enjoyed sponge painting all of the different parts of the elephant. They cut out each piece and carefully glued it into place. Finally, they added details such as eyes and tusks. Kindergarten students are WILD about Art!

Students will practice using geometric shapes to design their own Kente Cloth strips.

Who's having the best year ever? I'd say 5th grade hands down. This year every single project we did in 5th grade was AWESOME. Now, I'm not saying all of the other projects I did with the other grades weren't, but overall in 5th grade everyone enjoyed the projects, learned a lot, and were extremely successful in both the process and final product. Here are links to the projects we did this year: Kandinsky Abstract Painting Lego Self Portrait Abstract vs Realism Still Life Minion Sculpture…