Pre-Kinders learned all about Matisse. We read these books to learn a bit about him:
After a scissors demo ( I usually sing a silly song I made up about keeping your thumb on the top and your elbow glued to your side) kids attacked some construction paper to make these beauties:
As we were working we were thinking about what our picture reminded us about. I think this kiddo might've told a story about a frog in a pond: (side note- this pre-k kiddo has some seriously awesome scissor skillz)
After finishing up these (more traditional) Matisse collages I wanted the kiddos to really explore some of Matisse's organic shapes. I have two Pre-k classes, so each class looked at one of these Matisse collages:
We talked about what we saw and what the shapes made us think about. Then each kiddo got a piece of model magic to make either a leaf-shape or a star-shape. Kids got to choose where their shape was glued down.
These are our finished 3-D Matisse Masterpieces!
