My kindergarten owl lesson really needed an update for this year! I decided to tie in some science connections talking about the night sky and leaves. We began by drawing an own using shapes. Kinders traced their drawing with sharpie and painted the shapes with water colors. The second week, we created the branch by twisting up brown butcher paper. Green leaves were added using construction paper and sharpies. Last, students used white oil pastels to add a moon and stars.

I realized that I tend to gear more towards mixed media projects that use a lot of different types of materials. I think it is important for students – especially at the elementary age – to be fluent in art mediums so that they can expand and grow as they take more art classes. As always I am so impressed with the work the students created! 🙂