Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Painting a Rainbow

Spring is in full bloom here in Albuquerque! 
 Inspired by all the pollen in the air (allergies have hit hard) we did this great activity.  I love to tie literacy to art projects and I have been so fortunate to have so many great ideas modeled for me in the CDP program.  
This idea came from Evelyn Turney at Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary.
The Book is: 

The kids really love the colors of this book and they were really inspired to draw their own flower rainbows.

Here is the wonderful art they made: 





I decided to put them up in the hall for everyone to enjoy.  It's like our own little garden.





*NOTICE: I have explicit permission to use the images of my students that you see in my blog. 

1 comment:

Sharee Gariety said...

Wow, I love those art projects! They are so bright and happy! I want to do one too. ;)