Winter Singers

I was reviewing the concept of near and far (placement and size) with my 1st graders as we did some winter landscapes.  It occurred to me that as pretty as the trees were, the pictures were a little... "Blah".  So, we created carolers to be in the foreground.  It was a cute way to finish up this project, and the kids were really pleased with the results.  It allowed us to work in a little direction following and paper sculpture skills- the arms bend out and give a 3-D effect.

Snowbird visits... by accident

OK, I look forward to a visit from Snowbird as much as everybody else, but today, he showed up unannounced.  Seems he was supposed to be at another school in the area, and showed up at our school instead.  The kindergarten students had so much fun, and I had them right after, and figured, if you can't beat em, join em.  We were going to do winter landscapes with textural details anyway so instead of doing trees, houses, etc, I decided to go with it, and let them make penguins in the snow.  What fun- and not too shabby for a last minute switch up.