Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Fish weave, kindergarten


Kindergarteners are learning the weaving skill using a subject of great beauty in our world - tropical fish! After discussing the shapes found on a poster like this one, we drew large ovals and prepped them for weaving by cutting the slits in the center. 


The following week, we used "over and under" patterns to weave the centers of our fish, creating texture and color patterns. We finished them off with a group of paper shapes for fins and tails, and some fish faces - some scary and some cute!


9 comments:

  1. Very interesting way of applying this technique. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  2. How did you get your K kids to draw their fish so large?

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    1. They love to draw tiny, don't they? I demonstrated putting my pencil near the top edge of the paper and slowly made my way around, curving at the corners. After they watched, most of them got it and the few that didnt turned their paper over and I guided their hand for them.

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    2. Also, making just the oval first was much easier than including the fins and tail in the first drawing. We waited til after the weaving was complete to add those parts on.

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  3. They turned out beautiful! Did you cut the slits for them? If not, how did you introduce it to them?

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    1. Thanks Jennifer! As they were coloring the faces, I went around the room and folded them in half and drew lines for slits on the back. They were all puzzled by why I was doing this and I told them to wait until everyone had theirs and we'd find out the answer. Then I demonstrated cutting on the lines and the first weaving strip, and they were ready to go!

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  4. Thats a really good way of doing it :)

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  5. About how long did it take the kids to do this project?

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    1. The drawing/coloring of the fish and cutting slits took the first 45 minute session. The second session was for the weaving ( most finished) and one more session for fins, tails, and pics for Artsonia.

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