We are out of school now for the summer, but I have some projects that I have not blogged about yet to share with you. I will update the blog throughout the summer with artsy thoughts, my summer activities, a couple art workshop updates and book reviews.
The third graders made tessellations in art class! How fun. This is a great project to tie in with geometry and other math concepts.
I knew there had to be some easy-to-follow tessellation directions on the internet to save some time explaining how we did these. I found a good site with the same technique we used:
http://mathwire.com/geometry/tess.html
These all turned out very beautiful. Some of the students struggled with the project, but they understood the general concept and created a lovely design.
what bright and interesting designs.
Hey Marcia- Your Etsy shop looks cool, I didn't know you did all of that! I do Tessellations with my 5th grade and have them actually turn the shape into something (this is a good creative exercise but tough). These are great for 3rd. You are brave.
Jessica
http://www.theartofed.com