"It is said that children do not distinguish between living and inanimate objects; I believe they do. A child imparts a doll or tin soldier with magical life-breath. The artist animates his work as the child his toys." -- Patti Smith
Students have been working on constructing puppets from pieces of cardboard. K-2 students have been making puppets of "someone who cares about me" and "someone I admire." Constructing the puppets helps students understand how the figure can be represented by putting together basic shapes (this will help them draw and paint figures). Clothing and adorning the puppets using pieces of fabric scraps, ribbon, beads, parts of found jewelry, etc. requires students to make many individual creative decisions as they carefully select what materials will match their idea as well as having new ideas inspired by materials they are attracted to. This entire project shows students they can make art entirely by re-purposing discarded materials.
2nd graders have been working on puppets of people they admire. Here are some finished examples from class 2-236. We discussed what it means to admire someone and read My Abuelita by Yuyi Morales and talked about how and why the boy in the story admires his grandmother.
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| above: From class 2-236: Olivia's grandma and Mercedes' grandma |
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| above: From class 2-236: Kayden's grandpa, Isaac's grandma, and Brooklynne's dad.
Kindergarteners and 1st graders have been making puppets of someone who cares about them. Here are some finished puppets by K-108 and K/1-116. Students shared about someone who cares about them and what that person does that makes them feel cared about. We read Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats and discussed how the characters show that they care about each other.
 above: puppets by K-108 students.
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