Basic shape quilts.A great way to work with shape recognition and manipulation, pattern design, glue control, and fine-motor abilities for kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be art students is to use the quilt as a starting place. This is a lesson that uses many of these skills and has been successful for me all within one lesson in two, forty-five minute classes. Early in the school year, basic skills are introduced both in the regular kindergarten classroom and the art class. Preliminary lessons have been taught on identifying a variety of shapes, using ladybug-shaped glue drops, and holding the pencil correctly. These will be important skills for the success of this lesson and also some skills that the lesson naturally reinforces in a fun way. Looking at Quilts I introduce the lesson by bringing in a variety of handmade hand·made adj. Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine. handmade Adjective made by hand, not by machine Adj. 1. quilts, from the functional picnic quilt to the family heirloom. The class participates in a discussion about form and function of the quilt. We discuss its importance both as a work of art and a useful object and determine that it may be used for both purposes. Due to the student-made art quilts that hang in the halls of our school, students already have one more frame of reference about the purpose of a quilt. We look at Double Nine Patch, Amish Quilt, a study print from Crystal Production's Art & Math series. We identify shapes and patterns and discover that the quilt is divided into blocks. I relate this to their classroom building block center. I tell them that we will build a class quilt with our individual quilt blocks, then I give each student a plastic bag containing the papers they will need. Creating a Quilt Block As we begin, students glue 2" squares in each corner of the square 9" base. Have students glue the 1" squares onto the 2" squares using "ladybug ladybug or ladybird beetle Any of the approximately 5,000 widely distributed beetles of the family Coccinellidae. The name originated in the Middle Ages, when the beetle was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and called “beetle of Our Lady. " glue drops (step 1). Glue the rectangles between the squares, lining up with the edges of the base square (step 2). I ask for a volunteer to demonstrate how to make a square out of the four large triangles by pointing them inward in·ward adj. 1. Located inside; inner. 2. Directed or moving toward the interior: an inward flow. 3. . Students glue these to the middle of the base square and then place the small triangles in the middle of the large triangles (step 3). Students add line designs and their names with black fine-tipped markers to emulate em·u·late tr.v. em·u·lat·ed, em·u·lat·ing, em·u·lates 1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated. 2. the stitching in a real quilt block. Remind them to stay away from wet glue spots with the felt pens. Assemble quilt blocks on a large sheet of colored not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color butcher paper to make a large class quilt. Multiple goals are accomplished with this lesson: discussion of the quilt and its artistic form and function, shape recognition and manipulation for preliminary math skills, glue control, development of fine-motor abilities. Happy quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers with your kindergartners! Materials Needed per Student * 9 x 9" (23 x 23 cm) construction paper square as a base. (use same color base square for one class) * four 2" (5 cm) squares * four 1" (2.5 cm) squares * one 4" (10 cm) square that has been cut into four triangles * one 3" (7.5 cm) square that has been cut into four triangles * four 1.5" (4 cm) x 4" (10 cm) rectangles NATIONAL STANDARD Students identify connections between the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → and other disciplines in the curriculum. WEB LINK www.quiltsamish.com/photographies.html Beth Hubbert is an art teacher at Perrin Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Sherman, Texas Sherman is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,082 at the 2000 census. The population had increased to an estimated 37,623 in July 2006. It is the county seat of Grayson County. . bhubbert@shermanisd.net |
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