What I want. (Grade 1) part 3.

The japanese page is this page.

 

Students from class C.

 

We used pastels to colour any places we didn’t paint before.

Some groups still used paint.

You can use the brush stroke to represent different things.

 We worked together to put work in the drying rack.

Here is some of the work.

Ms. KM’s work “ I can see the Earth while eating candy on a rainbow.”

 “I opened the door at lunchtime and saw a rainbow with my friends. The big rainbow is a slide.”

 

Ms. TM’s work “I want to go to an exciting country.”

 “There is a house on a cake, and in the morning a strange town in the universe.”

I wish I could be like this (Grade 1)

The japanese page is this page.

 

 Students from Class A

This is the last subject of the 2^nd semester.

Students will use their imagination to draw things from what they have seen so far.

Everyone was working hard. It was interesting to see how fast they moved their pen as they drew. There were lots of people who drew with the theme of food.

People could work in groups, or from looking at the person in front of them.

 The 1^st graders have used exchange activities and the sharing of ideas to come up with different things and work well together to think of new things.

Lots of different art supplies were used to make the effect on this beautiful cloud.

Lots of new ideas can come out.

The students are able to think of so many new and creative ideas at this age.

Many stories are hidden within the pictures. For example…

The pineapple faced girl is left enchanted by Prince pineapple! The story develops from here, but has a theme that it is good to eat pineapple.

 

Using a large piece of drawing paper gives the students a big area to express their thoughts.

It is great to see such creativity.

I wish I could…. (Grade 1)

The japanese page is this page.

 

Students from Class C.

 

In this work we are going to think of things, but also then add some imagination.

The image or memory I have in my head; I will try to inflate this image, what I wish had happened.

We first briefly sketched some of our favorite things.

 “Are you sure you want us to draw that teacher?”

Someone said happily.

They remembered going to the spa…

I think of my family…

A trip…

The theme is this.

Each image is going to be sprinkled with some imagination as we draw it.

Each person drew their own picture, but were sitting in groups.

There were no particular positions.

 “Ohh, how about a house made of sweets!”

 “Ohh, what a nice dream!”

And lots of people in the group started to talk.

It’s nice to paint with our hands.(Grade1)part6

The japanese page is this page.

 

Students and work from class A.

 

As well as learning to work we also need to learn how to prepare, and then clean up afterwards.

Today we could start quickly because we learned where lots of the materials are, and how to use them in last lesson.

After explaining the goal of the activity I let the students use their imagination.

Students worked at their own pace in the activity.

 “Teacher, my fingers are bald!”

and I looked back in amazement.

 We started to put the paint onto the paper.

Some people working found a way to express their enjoyment silently.

Not just painting is involved. Here we have thunder and lightning shown by scratching.

 

During break time we have a chance to look at each other’s work.

Lots of people were changing ideas after talking to their friends after getting more inspiration (although some people were determined to draw rabbits!).

We had some gestures to try and show what they could see.

 

The activity continued after changing the paint.

There are subtle differences in colours, for children these differences can be important.

 

I’ll introduce some of the work.

 

It’s a duck.

 

It’s a car.

 

 It’s a cloud of tadpoles.

 

And if you wait for tadpoles…

It’s a frog!

Then it’s time to clean up!

I don’t need to say anything and the students make the room spotless!

It’s nice to paint with our hands! (Grade 1) part 5

The japanese page is this page.

 

Students and work from class C.

 

After painting with our favorite colour for a time we had a short break.

We looked at each other’s paintings and had ideas about what we could see in the painting.

 We split into two groups to look at the patterns we have made so far.

People were using gestures to try and show what they had seen.

It was interesting to see that some children could see things when the page was horizontal, and others when it was vertical.

After the activity I asked if the children had been able to see different things after the activity.

Here is some of the work we produced.

 

It’s a crab.

It’s a rabbit.

The middle of this picture looks like work by van Gogh!