Second Semester: Kindergarten and First Grade
We are so proud of our students' accomplishments! Having work displayed in the annual school art show is an accomplishment in and of itself: only our best pieces went on exhibit and all the students had multiple pieces on display. I am very pleased with my students' commitment to excellence, respectful attitudes, and hard work! We have amazing kids at HCA!
Congratulations to the following students for their wins in our 2021 school art show! Many thanks to our judge who spent several hours choosing winners: Ms. Sharon Christman, retired art educator from Mountain Brook City Schools and university professor, UAB.
I am so pleased to see such beautiful works of art created during this year of all years. Covid tried to hold us back, but thanks be to the Lord, we made it happen anyway.
It was such a pleasure to teach these groups of students! We had so much fun, and I thoroughly enjoyed each and every day with kindergarten and first grade. Thank you, parents, for all of your support this year! We couldn't have done it without you!
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| Jordan, K5, shows off his first place design! This piece also was one of the pieces to compete in the AISA District Art Competition this year. Way to go, Jordan! |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Division
1st Place Most Creative: Bella M, K5 (this piece also won first place in the AISA District Art Competition!)
2nd Place Most Creative: Leighton J, K5 (foil design)
3rd Place Most Creative: Cayden S, K5 (Robot Collage)
1st Place Mixed Media: Jordan K, K5 (robot collage)
2nd Place Mixed Media: Colton H, grade 1 (volcano)
1st Place Best Effort: Kingslee S, Grade 1 (Tree collage)
2nd Place Best Effort: Raegan T, grade 1 (Elephant)
1st Place Craftsmanship/Neatness: Jackson W, grade 1 (origami fish)
2nd Place Craftsmanship/Neatness: Annabelle C, grade 1 (Elephant)
3rd Place Craftsmanship/Neatness: Brittish B, grade 1 (robot collage)
1st Place Drawing: Brittish B, grade 1 (vase of flowers)
2nd Place Drawing: Kingslee S, grade 1 (foil design)
2021 ART SHOW
Starting in January, the first grade class began meeting separately from the 2nd/3rd grade class for art. We had many virtual students return to school, thank God!
Below are a few examples of what Kindergarten and First Grade students learned during the second semester of 2020-2021. For more information, please click on this link: Curriculum Report January - May. Our kindergarten class had 14 students and our first grade class had 9 students.
January 24-30
Essential Questions: What does God say about me? What does Elmer the elephant learn about himself? How do the elephants celebrate their unique differences? What is one way to draw an elephant?
Learning Targets:
Discuss Psalm 139 and answer the question, "What does God say about me?"
View and discuss the video, "Elmer the Patchwork Elephant."
Answer the questions: "What does Elmer learn about himself? What do the rest of the elephants do at the end of the story to celebrate how different each of them are?"
Draw a simple elephant step by step.
Use water, a paintbrush, and colored tissue to create a beautiful pattern of color all over the paper.
Students will apply black ink to their elephant drawing and add imaginative details to the scene with the Sharpie marker. They will add color with regular markers as well.
Supplemental Materials/Biblical Connections:
English Language Arts
Psalm 139, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant video (based on the children’s book), How To Draw an Elephant
Essential Questions: What does the Bible say about honoring one another? What can we do to honor each other? How can we use our gifts to help other people? What are some ways I can show kindness to others? What is a relief sculpture? How do you make a picture of a person's body?
Learning Targets:
- Discuss Corinthians 12, all about the body of Christ. What does this mean? Paul teaches that each of us Christians is like the different parts of a body, we each are extremely important and we really need the rest of the body to function. The eyes wouldn't be able to listen to music or hear funny stories if they didn't have the ears, and the ears wouldn't be able to see a beautiful sunset without the eyes!
- View and discuss the video, "BIBLE STORIES FOR KIDS | Mr Potato Head | One Body Many Parts"
- Review and discuss the video, "Elmer the Patchwork Elephant."
- Discuss the finished art pieces from last week. How are they different? How are they the same?
- Draw a simple self-portrait (video: How To Use Shapes To Draw People)
- Review I Corinth. 12 and discuss what it means to be a part of the Body of Christ: we all have different gifts and abilities and we need each other. We need to honor one another no matter how different we may be.
- Discuss ways to be kind after viewing children's stories about kindness: Be Kind: A Children's Story About Things That Matter, and, One.
- Use a variety of materials to construct a relief sculpture.
- Follow steps to construct either a person's body or a robot's body with cardboard and wallpaper scraps, then apply aluminum foil to create a relief sculpture.
- Students will apply aluminum foil and work with soft tissue and a q-tip to bring out details.
- Supplemental Materials/Biblical Connections: I Corinth. 12
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| by Brittish, grade 1 |
by Kaden, grade 1
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| by Kingslee, grade 1 |
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| by Cayden, K5 |
Essential Questions: What are some ways to draw flowers and leaves? How can I use my powers of "looking closely/observation" to make a better drawing? What happens when I mix primary colors in paint together? What happens when white paint is mixed with a color?
Learning Targets:
Students will discuss what they see outside in the spring: lots and lots of flowers! They will do several drawings of flowers based on close observation after completing one step by step guided drawing.
Students will complete their observational flower drawings/paintings from last week. They will use markers to add detail and color on top of the dried watercolor.
We will discuss Picasso's Bouquet of Peace and will complete a flower painting, first applying one color plus white to the entire background. Students will observe what happens when white is mixed with a color.
Students will think about proper brush handling and care as they apply tempera paint to their papers.
They will also mix primary colors to make secondary colors.
Supplemental Materials/Biblical Connections: Matthew 6:28-32
Don't Worry; Saddleback Kids YouTube
Bouquet of Peace Demo, Bouquet of Peace
KINDERGARTEN: FIRST SEMESTER
(1st grade art examples from the first semester can be seen at this link: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade)
Welcome to our kindergarten art class! Below is a small sample of what we have accomplished the first semester of 2020-2021. If you would like to see the entire set of online resources, learning targets, standards, and art projects, please click on this link to our curriculum document: HCA Kindergarten Curriculum.
I am very proud of my K5 students: they are one of the very best groups I have ever taught! I thoroughly enjoy teaching these kids and seeing their amazing ideas and terrific art pieces. I can't wait to see what else they will make this year and I'm looking forward to next semester!
Thank you to all the parents who have sent art supplies: we are having an interesting year with Covid procedures! Each student has an individual set of art supplies so that the children are only touching their own things. This made quite a challenge for me at the beginning of the year, but we are making it work thanks to all of you. I appreciate the support of HCA families so much!
Please enjoy this "Virtual Art Show" of our fabulous kindergarten artwork. I can't express enough how proud I am of them!
Mrs. Anna Nichols
Visual Art Instructor
Heritage Christian Academy
During the weeks before the holiday, the entire Lower School worked together under Mrs. Manston's guidance to bring some Christmas cheer to some neighborhood shut-ins. The students practiced singing carols and made cards in art class to give away. Families collected gifts for the gift bags. Even the K5 students worked hard to design original Christmas tree cards, each one was exquisite! Here is a link to more photos of their work: Kindergarten Christmas Trees and here is a link to some photos of the kids singing to the shut-ins: Heart of Heritage on Facebook. It was an honor to be included in this heartfelt outreach, to have the opportunity to show the love of Christ to members of the community. Thank you, Mrs. Manston!
Why do we celebrate Christmas? I asked the kindergarteners this question one morning before the holiday and was glad to hear the answer. They knew that we give gifts on Christmas day because of the greatest gift of all, Jesus!
We read part of Luke chapter 2, then did a step by step drawing of Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus in a nativity scene. They practiced using glue dot by dot before adding a tiny bit of glitter to the star above the stable.
We practiced our drawing skills this week, drawing several turkeys as well as a Thanksgiving feast. Students were encouraged to use overlapping when adding the dishes to the table (and to draw their favorite foods.) We also did an open-ended imaginative drawing of things we are thankful for.
One of the most basic elements of design is a shape, and we played with shapes to make all sorts of pictures. K5 students experimented with little wooden shapes to build temporary birds, flowers, robots, etc. We also practiced drawing circles and ovals, designing several different simple animals such as a fish, bear, and snail. Drawings at this young age are not always recognizable, but are always valuable in developing fine motor skills and imagination! I love hearing the kids' creative ideas!
For Veterans Day, kindergarten students learned how to draw a poppy flower as well as a new math skill: finding the middle of a shape. They used this skill to find the center of the heart-shaped paper, then drew a line to divide it in half. They continued to find the center of the remaining shapes in order to draw stripes for their heart-shaped flags. Students added creative additions to their poppy drawings as well, making each one as unique as they are! All of these art pieces went on display for our Veterans Day program - they were wonderful! To see more from our Veterans Day display, please click this link: Veterans Day Art
Kindergarten students had a great time drawing undersea creatures and viewing the video, "The Rainbow Fish." This is a story about a fish who learns to to share what he has with others. We had a great discussion about ways we can show others kindness!
After drawing and coloring the fish, K5 students made it into a puppet by adding a popsicle stick. They also thoroughly enjoyed painting watercolors on their octopus drawings. The results are beautiful!
One of my favorite lessons to teach is about pattern - there are so many patterns to discover! Students used their powers of observation to identify patterns in the room and on their clothing, then we looked at patterns in nature. God has designed so many beautiful patterns for us to enjoy: from zebra stripes to the spots on a fish and even the lines on a shell are amazing! The kids practiced drawing a simple repeating pattern, then we learned about one animal with a super power! The chameleon can match its environment, changing colors almost magically. We drew a chameleon step by step, then used aluminum foil, water and markers to transfer a beautiful color pattern to our drawings.
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| Kindergarten students make pictures with small wooden shapes |
During the first week and a half of school, we talked about Who the First Artist is: God Himself! He is the one who designed every animal, every ocean, plant, person, and star in the sky. He is an amazing Artist! He has also created us to be artists, too. We are all created in His image. While practicing art classroom procedures and expectations, kindergarten students experimented with spraying water on a colored coffee filter. They loved watching the colors move and spread all over the filter! Then, we carefully constructed a butterfly by bending pipe cleaners around the middle of the dry coffee filter and curling the ends for antennae. We had a few extra minutes, so the kids continued to experiment with their pipe cleaners! This was such a fun activity!
All of these lovely sculptures went on exhibit in our display case in the hallway upstairs. I am so proud of their work!
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