17 Nov. Evidence: Children have been exploring 2D art forms. Asked, "What is art?" EY5A Responses: art is collecting things, drawing, painting, building, (no music or dancing), --> looking more at materials. EY4B looked at slides & went to gallery in tukul to elicit more: it's art if it's colorful & is painting/picture. Maya: Ballet is beautiful but it's not art; Online Ss: "What do you see?" Responses: noted colors, objects. ; Radhika and Ada identified art / decoration. No others -- Analysis: Thinking art is when it's beautiful or personal to self, art is old, "a gallery is a kind of museum", not recognizing that art expresses something unless it's not written or verbal. Many kids using feeling words like "scary" when seeing art.
17 Nov. Response: Use abstract (i.e. art piece of dots with different shapes (Ivana example) to have kids explain their perspective (I see ___) PE: Focus on music, movement, dance
Nov. 24Kandinsky art: what does the artist want to express and communicate. First thoughts: dots, then, images. Children then observed each others' art. Children were respecting the children's ideas about each others work with each other. We are continuing to mix colors and process art. Introduced white tint and shades. Mixing primary colors to discover what comes. Some are controlling this themselves, others it is a sensory experience. We guide these activities to help scaffold, then set them free.
outcomeswith clay, with mixing, and other materials, some children are showing regulation others are still exploring freely and teachers are scaffolding experiences to help them. This is something to pay attention to during the documentation process.
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15 Dec. PERSPECTIVE: Read "They All Saw the Cat" and "Duck, Duck, Rabbit," and "It Looked Like Spilt Milk". EY5A: explored how artists express stories through art and also how we can tell our own stories. Grace, "I'm happy. I really like this part until the paint splattered everywhere. Then I don't like it anymore." Online: body art; also explored the concept of perspective through the book, "They All Saw a Cat", also taking photos from the perspectives of kids and parents. Specials: Explored the stage today & identified what we do on stages. Explored more instruments and started learning school song.
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Online: Looking at art in storybooks; will examine Mo Willams art and others. Ryan also to make music & movement activities for Toddle. Repeat family dancing by having caregivers teach traditional dancing.
