I have completely loved working with the students in a new way and coming up with projects every week that will work for grades K-6th. I have found that most projects work with all ages with a little modification. This project that you see here was my form of a mural. I work with whole classes and I couldn't quite figure out how to have 20 students paint on one mural all at once. So, they're making a mural quilt. When they're done they will all be mounted on a piece of plywood and displayed in the garden. They turned out beautiful.
The first class I did this project with was the kindergarten class. The assignment was very structured. I showed them Georgia O'Keffe paintings and they were all asked to draw a close up of a flower. They were also told to fill up the entire square. No white paint showing.
This class shown here is a little older. I told them to pant something they like in the outdoors. I also put around the same inspirational pictures that I used in Kindergarten. I thought the paintings came out beautiful. I loved watching the focus and complete absorption of some of the same students who often have a difficult time focusing.
