Thursday, February 20, 2014

Japanese Kites & Native American Art

This has been a very culturally rich month looking at Japan and Native American art in the elementary grades. For the new year we created Japanese koi kites in 6th grade and K, and 1st grades. We looked at the national childrens day custom of flying the carp kite in honor of the family members in each home. The carp fish represents tenacity and strength in Japanese culture as it has the ability to swim against the current. Here are some finished examples...

 

The little ones made a windsock kite using tissue paper and tag board, making their koi fish more 3dimensional 

Speaking of flying objects, 7th grade is doing a beautiful job studying aerial perspective. For their first assignment we created skyscrapers from a birds eye view on the iPad. Then we used oil crayon to create a patchwork landscape with hot air balloons popping up. Here are the results 

 

Lastly, 3-5th graders have been studying Native American artwork from orca whales to dream catchers, and just recently, medicine shields. I loved learning about the animal symbolism and different superstitions of Native American culture! We could discuss the difference between worshipping the Creator vs. Creation, while still honoring the beauty of different people groups.


 

 

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