Recycled collage.

I found a bunch of paper in the hallway that was going to get thrown out so I saved it and handed it out to my first graders to create a one day collage.  We discussed overlapping shapes and texture.

More lizards.

Daisy tiles.

First graders learned about real texture as they designed a tile that can hang on a wall or doorknob.  We also looked at pictures of daisies and sculpted one for the center of the tile.  Then came the beads and wire, the students were happy with the outcome.  

The making of the bees video.

This is the short video that we put together while the busy bees were working.  It's funny because two of my own kiddos got a hold of the ipad and "video bombed" it in the end.  Kind of like "photo bomb" but with video instead.  I think kids these days are just naturally techno smart!

Texture bees.

Kindergarten learned about visual texture and used a sponge to paint this bad boy....I mean bee.  The students thought it was strange to paint with a sponge until they saw that it makes cool marks into the paper.  We tried to make them "fuzzy".