Photo posts are temporarily on hold (apparently I'm out of photo upload space in my google account...) until I figure this out without having to pay for more space...hmmm.
For now, a Nugget Art Post.
This week I talked to the kids about how different works of art can make you feel different ways; about how a drawing, painting, etc. can carry a certain emotion with it even without a real-life representation. I chose five emotions: angry, sad, confused, relaxed and happy. First, we reviewed the meanings of the words and what an emotion is. Then they each picked one of the emotions out of a hat and were told not to tell their classmates what word they had chosen. They were given a piece of blank paper to represent the emotion in an abstract way - only lines, shapes and colors were allowed. (As I've said before, spanish children seem to have more trouble with non-realistic drawings, so we try to practice this and stimulate their creativity). When everyone had finished, each drawing was shown to the class and the nuggets had to vote for the emotion they thought the drawing represented. Anything involving a vote always gets kids excited, am I right? They go crazy. We wrapped up the class by discussing what colors and lines and shapes we thought were most commonly used for certain emotions.
For now, a Nugget Art Post.
This week I talked to the kids about how different works of art can make you feel different ways; about how a drawing, painting, etc. can carry a certain emotion with it even without a real-life representation. I chose five emotions: angry, sad, confused, relaxed and happy. First, we reviewed the meanings of the words and what an emotion is. Then they each picked one of the emotions out of a hat and were told not to tell their classmates what word they had chosen. They were given a piece of blank paper to represent the emotion in an abstract way - only lines, shapes and colors were allowed. (As I've said before, spanish children seem to have more trouble with non-realistic drawings, so we try to practice this and stimulate their creativity). When everyone had finished, each drawing was shown to the class and the nuggets had to vote for the emotion they thought the drawing represented. Anything involving a vote always gets kids excited, am I right? They go crazy. We wrapped up the class by discussing what colors and lines and shapes we thought were most commonly used for certain emotions.
So....... did most of them portray the correct emotion?
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