Lines that wiggle art lesson

This project is relatively simple and takes learning about lines into the third dimension. I posted about this project back in 2013 and it was one of my most popular blog posts. I usually do a line painting project with the kindergartners. This is a great way to learn about types of lines, practice painting with a paintbrush and develop all those great fine motor skills you want the little ones to learn such as gluing and coloring. 1. The … Read more... →

We did a really cool "Line Day" in my kindergarten classes a few weeks ago. First we read Candace Whitman's Lines That Wiggle: (They LOV...

I am currently doing a unit on literacy, and reading children's books to inspire art lessons for my youngest artists. For this project we read the book Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman, and then stood up and pretended to be different types of lines. Then they created a collage based on the cover illustration. First they glued pre-cut shapes to create the image of a monster sitting down to a bowl of spaghetti. They used crayons to decorate the table, the bowl, and their monsters. Lastly…

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Lines are an excellent starting point for lessons with Kindergarteners. To begin this line unit, we read the book Lines That Wiggle. The students used colored tape to make straight lines across their paper. We talked about horizontal, vertical, diagonal and ziz-zag lines. During the next class period, the students used tempera cakes to paint a variety of lines: wavy, loopy, dotted, dashed, squiggly, spiral, jagged and more. Aren’t these lovely and expressive? After the painting project, we…

First grade artists are thinking about the art elements. We talked about what things artists use to make their artwork fantastic. We checked out the lists (and posters) of: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Pattern, Space and Form. Next, we read a book called, "Lines that Wiggle" that had all sorts of lines in it. We practiced drawing lines by brainstorming different sorts and having children draw them on the board in a list. We used cut paper shapes to create our monsters, puffy paint to create…

The kindergartners have been learning about LINES and discovering the many types of lines in the world. This week, they used wire and chenille stems to create a line sculpture. The base is styrofoam. Aren't these fantastic?

Nylah Khan on Instagram: "Going grayscale here with a little variation to my lines lesson with Kinder! 🖤🩶🤍(Y’all asked for details, so here you go…) Day 1: Read the book, Lines That Wiggle by Candace Whitman. We watched ours come to life on @vooks and my students absolutely LOVED it!!! :) We learn and discuss the various kinds of lines (Line posters linked on my storefront ) Then we proceed to painting different kinds of lines with black paint on white paper after we learn how to hold our…