Under the Sea

Kindergarten K-100

Under the Sea

Pre-K, K, and 1st Grade

After reading and discussing the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni, looking at images of ocean life on the smartboard and naming many different creatures and plants that live in the sea, students created these underwater ocean scenes. First they drew different ocean creatures and plants of their choice using oil pastels. Then they painted a wash of blue liquid watercolor over their oil pastel drawings which resisted the paint because oil resists water.

While their paintings were still wet, we sprinkled salt onto them. The crystals of salt absorbed the wet paint. When the paint dried and the salt was brushed off it left interesting speckles on the paper. Sprinkling salt onto the watercolor paint which is representing the ocean water connects to the fact that ocean water is salt water.

Pre-K-136

1-118