Desert art preschool

"Momma, we live in the woods." This has been one of my preschooler's recent observations, and I think it is because she's really understanding different climates as we have been enjoying our Desert Discovery box from Mother Goose Time. As we studied the Mojave Desert this week, we had some special fun learning about Cacti. Cactus Simulation My girl had never really seen cactus besides the little tiny ones at Lowe's. I asked her what she thought was inside a cactus... "I don't know." MGT had…

Desert Animals Cut and Paste Activity

Here's a lesson I have posted about many times, and I think I have found the best presentation so far - so new post! Here goes - first I'll share a few pics from earlier... We have made these clay pinch pots with cacti and succulent plants for several years in 4th grade: And since starting our Artsonia portfolios, we needed a better presentation method, so we tried some different ways of photographing our 3-D works, starting with variegated tissue paper which looked a little like a sunset…

This lesson will be done with Kindergarten and First Grade. I started out this lesson with books to look through for comparing night and day desert. We compared what we thought it was like at both times and why. The two books above would be great resources if available. I may order them for next year, but I just used the ones located in the library with pictures as our reference material. The previous assignment we worked on was focusing of cool colors only. See Previous lesson here, the…

Are you in need of a cactus pattern for your next craft? This free printable cactus template is the perfect tool to help you make creating with cacti easy!

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COLORFUL DESERT SKY Student Gallery 2021 4th period Estrella, Jorja & Grayson Addison, Zoe, Kaitlyn, Vanessa Michael, Jaylee, Victoria, Josie, Katherine, Zane. 8th period ------------------------------------------- 2019 1st period Ambria Ruben, Yuka, Jason and Katie (above) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd period deserts Chris, Mariana, Lucy & Yareli --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd period…

Desert Scenery for kids

Illustration about Desert background paper cut and paste. Illustration of presentation, craft, natural - 56805635

I knew cactus could store a lot of water, but I had no idea how much! Did you know that a fully-grown saguaro cactus can soak up and store up to 200 gallons of water during a good downpour? A…