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Fw: Kindie Ideas

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Larry Cox (L_J_Cox)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 21:58:18 -0600

This is in my files...want more? Linda in NM
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From: AbeleSmith <AbeleSmith>
To: BluesTruth <BluesTruth>; artsednet.edu
<artsednet.edu>
Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: Kindie Ideas

>Kindergarten artists love drawing each other. I have them stand on the
tables
>one at a time while the other students draw. I let them use one dark
crayon,
>12 x 18 paper, tell them to put the head at the top and the feet at the
bottom
>of the paper. We go over body parts, like head, neck, shoulders, arms
(even
>then we get arms coming out of heads). I remind them to look at how the
model
>is standing, whether or not they have on short or long sleeves, etc. The
kids
>seem to enjoy doing this, and their drawings improve drastically over a few
>class periods.
>
>In a 30 minute class, we usually have time for 2 models, sometimes three.
>Depends on how much instruction I have to give. At the end of the class, I
>let them add color and details and background to one of the pictures.
>
>Terry