Room 5 is "Under the Sea"

Still stuck on colored paper making art projects (since we had SO MUCH FUN with the Kinders with it) I started a series in the 1st Grades.
And boy-oh-boy, what fun we have!

Our 1st Grades are working on habitats right now and every class has a different habitat they "investigate".

Room 5 is discovering the ocean and when I saw Eric Carle's "Mister Seahorse" I had found our new project.

First the kids made two sets of colored paper using the same techniques the Kinders did.
Then they also made one colored paper using liquid water color which served as the background for our mystery animal.

After we finished the first session (paper making) I left the kids with clues as to what kind of animal it could be. Then they were on their own for one week to figure out what it could be.

Today I marched in, revealed the mystery animal (Mr. Seahorse) and we completed the session.
The kids traced the seahorse onto one of their sheets of colored paper, cut and pasted it onto the background sheet and then used the other colored paper to add decorations to their creations.
We added some sparkles, eyes, some got a crown or a octopus friend, others got more seaweed to hide in.

At the end of the session we took a tour through the "Milpitas Seahorse Exhibit".
Every child introduced their seahorse and told us a bit about it (most of their seahorses love to eat gummy bears and popcorn, one was a super hero seahorse and all of them were very well behaved :).

I really love adding these art presentations by the kids after we complete a project.
It helps them practice public speaking.
Some of the kids are so shy and just whisper into my ear and others have a whole lot to tell about their art piece.
It also gives them a chance to share their thoughts behind their art work.
Everybody earns a big round of applause and walks away with a big smile (and secretly very proud too).

So please come with me and take a look at our 

Underwater-World of Room 5

GREAT WORK Room 5!!!

After all that talk about oceans, seahorses, moving around like crabs and pretend swimming like sharks I know you are all experts when it comes to the ocean and it's many inhabitants.

As always, it was a PLEASURE visiting you guys.
I hope I can come by one more time before you guys become 2nd Graders!

Underwater-Art-Attack ... successfully completed!

This art project was inspired by yet another Deep Space Sparkle session.