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GO BANANA'S!

 Food items have been used as a basis to a number of commercial adds. Like an Apple for the Apple Store that sells computers, ipod, iphones and ipads. Or chocolate M&M's as the spokes people for the chocolate candy on commercials. So this week our teacher asked us to think about the foods we see when we walk into the grocery store. How many ways can you view one food item. My Topic .... a Banana.

A Banana is Yellow when it's ripe.

 Green when it's not.

 It comes in a bunch.

 It has a curved shape.

                                                   You peel it to eat. 

That is one way to view a Banana in it's original form. Here are 14 other ways...
 Banana Bread
          Banana Cake
                 Banana Chips
                           Banana Smoothie
                                       Banana Muffins
                                                  Banana Split
                                                             Banana Fritters
                                                                       Banana Juice
                                                                                  Banana Pancakes
                                                                                               Banana Waffles
                                                                                                         Banana ice cream
                                                                                                                      Banana Pudding
                                                                                                                                  Banana Yogurt                                                 
                                                                                                                                         Fried Bananas


All these ways of serving Banana's change the way the banana is originally formed. Banana muffins, bread, pancakes, and waffles. All change the shape and texture making a banana turn into a bread like form. Instead of being a curved shape the banana it then shaped into either a rectangle or circle. Banana smoothies, juice, yogurt, pudding, or ice cream all change a banana into a blended smooth creamy, or cold texture. A Banana came be changed and use to create some delicious things!

So how can this apply to ECE, you may ask. Well have your students look at an object that is common, like a Banana, then ask them to look at it in a new way. Ask them how they see the Banana, you can look at the colour, shape, texture, lines, and the mass and volume of it. You then ask your students to be creative and turn the banana into something new. Who know's what they will come up with, a banana could perhaps spark their imagination!

ART WORD: Mass and Volume. 

Mass and Volume refer to a solid , three dimensional body that has height, length, and width ( Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009).  

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                                                                                      Banana's In Pajamas

Painting with Mosaics

After reading an article called Painting with Scissors by Honigman and Bhavnagri’s (1998) our teacher asked us to create an ARTs activity that communicates personal understanding and identity in the world. Taking on the ideas of the articles Painting with Scissor i went in the direction of painting with mosaic. So here it is...

image:best house painter

STep OnE:

 Give you students a choice of papers, and a variety of

colourful paints. Ask them to use the paint to cover the paper, 

while they experiment with what happens when you combine

colours to make new ones! They can see what happens when 

mixing red and blue or adding white to make a colour lighter. 

STeP Two:

Once the paint has dried , have the students rip the

 paper all up into different size pieces and sizes. Let them 

fun and enjoy doing something that may seem a little 

unusual.  

SteP THreE:

Have the students now take the paper                                               

that is all riped up and make a mosaic! You 

could show them examples of mosaic artists so

that they understand what a mosaic is. Give them the

 freedom to make an abstract mosaic or a picture from the pieces.

They can glue the ripped pieces on card stock from a firm backing.

This activity gives students the opportunity to express and explore

their personal identity in the colours they choose to paint with; in the 

way choose to place the pieces, and in what they choose to create. 

This activity gives students the freedom to explore and use their creativity

to represent themselves in an abstract way. 

ART WORD OF THE WEEK:

Colour: pigments used that can set moods, express feeling, and represent objects. It is something that must be seen visually. Colour is all around you. You see it everywhere and everyday!