Kindergarten Snow Suit Designs

We recently read the book Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch. It was a very funny book. Afterwards we traced templates to make our own snowsuit kids. What do you think of our designs?

Kindergarten Snowsuits from Cindy Blakely on Vimeo.

Bunny Glyphs...

Mrs. Blakely and Mrs. Borczak saw this idea on the First Grade blog: First Grade a la Cart and thought it would be perfect for us. They tweaked it a bit so we could combine both grade levels to work together. We divided our classes up...some Kindergartners went to work in Frist Grade and some First Graders came to work in Kindergarten.

Take a look at us working well together:

This is the legend/key to "read" each bunny:

Take a look and see if you can apply the legend to learn more about each bunny's creator:

We had a lot of fun with this activity! Thanks again to Mrs. Lavv for sharing this idea on her blog!

Making SnowPeople...

We were inspired by the video "The Snowman" by Raymond Briggs. In the video, a young boy made a wonderful snowman.


We used tons of scraps of paper that we've saved all year to help us get very creative with our designs for making snowpeople. Take a look at how hard we worked to create some really nice snowpeople.

Check back soon to see our finished snowpeople!

Symmetrical Artwork...

We continue to learn about line symmetry. We drew pictures with black marker pens. Mrs. Blakely took our drawing and used the copy machine to make the reverse image. We used colored pencils to color both pages so they would be symmetrical. Don't our pictures look nice?

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Using The Paint Program...

In the Computer Lab we all worked in the "Paint" program. It's a basic drawing or beginning graphics program that is standard on most PC's. The kids really enjoyed working with it! The way they opened the program and worked with the tools was very impressive! I was most pleased with the way they were willing to share knowledge with one another. Many of the kids weren't sure they could find the program on their home computers; so I promised them I would make a little tutorial to help them find it. We haven't really worked on saving our drawing just yet; so far we have just been learning how to work the program. The kids know that when they want to start a new drawing, they go to "file", then press "new" and when asked if they want to "save" choose "no". If you have any questions, feel free to Email me. I hope this video helps:

Remember, go to start, programs, accessories, then paint!

Be sure to check back later for drawings created using Paint!

Abe Lincoln...

Today we had a short history lesson. We learned about Abraham Lincoln. He was the 16th president of the United States of America. Illinois is called the "Land of Lincoln". Many people think he was born here, but we learned he was not! We drew portraits of Lincoln wearing his famous black hat. Watch our video to find out some brief facts about Abe Lincoln.

Computer Drawings...

Some of our Easy Tech lessons teach us how to begin using GRAPHICS programs on the computer. One lesson has us making "Self-Portraits". Take a peek at what some kids have done. Keep in mind, they are trying out a new skill....DRAWING with a computer mouse!

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Check back soon, as more kids will complete the GRAPHICS lessons and have pictures to share here as well.