Friday, January 17, 2014

Artistic Expression: Collage

Creative thinking and expression is an important component of the Cardinals’ early learning experiences. One of the many opportunities provided for them to develop their imagination and creativity is by attending Art class with Amanda.  


During our Art class this week, Amanda introduced the artistic composition of putting things together that is called a collage. “We are going to glue things together”, she began by saying.   Amanda explained to the Cardinals that the word collage is a French word “and it actually means glue.” She invited the Cardinals to create pictures of roads and houses by using cut out pieces of construction paper in a variety of geometric shapes and colors. She encouraged them to first start by laying out unglued shapes in an overlapping design. Once they crafted their picture, then they could begin by applying glue to the back of each piece.  Once done, they could draw details in their picture with a marker.

Everyone had so much fun with this activity! The Cardinals truly enjoyed the challenge of using their imagination to create their very own house. Ask them what details they added to their masterpiece.























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