Tag: movement

Kindergarten – Understanding movement with “Giraffes can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees

Kindergarten – Understanding movement with “Giraffes can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees

Description of the Unit – Inspired by the delightful children’s book Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees, students learned about ways in which movement can be expressed in art, later recreating their own dancing giraffe.

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1st Grade – Recreating Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night

1st Grade – Recreating Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night

Description of the Unit – Students observed and discussed Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting, Starry Night, and, using what they noticed in the painting regarding color, texture and movement, attempted to recreate it in oil pastel.

Vincent van Gogh's original painting of Starry Night, painted in 1889, and using heavily textured brush strokes to express the swirling of wind and twinking of stars.
Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889
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