4th Grade Hero/Shero Paper Face Animations!

Fourth graders are finishing up their incredible paper animation projects!  I've never done this with 4th grade before, usually with upper level students but these kids are doing amazing work!  I'll post some of the videos later-  these are to give you an idea of how they worked!

FULL Circus movie with ALL circuses! And LS Art Celebration!

Here is the movie of all the kids' circuses together!
And some photos of our Lower School art show Celebration!  THank you Bato Bato for playing again!

4th Grade CIRCUS VIDEOS!!!!

Here they are!  Our 4th grade Circus Videos!

The link for our Feeney/Kust Circus is HERE~

The link for our Shafer circus is HERE!

Here is the link for Nelson's Circus!

And this is the link for Pape's!

Photos from our 3rd Grade MIA Trip

Yesterday, Feb 23, we had our Third Grade trip to MIA to see selected works from the Native American collection, and everyone was just great!  The time always flies by so fast and the kids asked such great questions.

3rd Grade Applehead Dolls!

We have been working really hard on our applehead dolls!  We started these by carving apples, stringing them on wire, dipping them into lemon juice and sprinking them all over thickly with salt and then dangling them over newspaper for a few weeks to dry and shrink. While they shrank, students twisted wire and fabric together and learned how to design and sew clothing for their figures.  Hair, eyes, hands and feet have all been added, and other accessories.

Students have been finishing up props and backgrounds and writing a tiny bio for their figures.  They will all be on display in the glass cases just outside the artroom by next week.  Come on up and take a look!  See if you can figure out their occupation before reading about it!

A Gardener

Two Blacksmiths at work

A Blue-Haired Astronomer

Keno, who loves the outdoors~

Stephen and Einstein have lunch together~

4th Grade Circus'!

We are working hard on our circus performers and acts in 4th grade-  after viewing Alexander Calder's "Cirque De Calder" and discussing six basic Simple Machines (lever, wheel and axel, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw), students started planning and designing their own performers.  Go ahead and ask them to describe these machines to you!
Here's some photos of students learning how to use the tools and create their performers~

Third Grade Paper Bird Stop Animations!

Great way to start our new school year!  We are looking at birds and the natural world in 3rd grade art, and one of our first projects will be our seed art birds.  As a prelude, we've made these 3D paper birds, decorated with line and pattern, and we've created a paper animation for each third grade class!  Ask your student which bird is theirs~

Ms Hunninghake's Class video~

Ms Jacobs-Smith's class video~

Ms Moore's class video~

Enjoy!