MiXeD Up aNiMals!
The kindergartners began this mixed up animal unit by reading Eric Carle's The Mixed Up Chameleon. We then played a collaborative drawing game to make mixed up animals! Each student started with a big piece of paper, drew one animal body part, and passed it to the person next to them. We kept doing this until we had our original paper back in front of us. The students had a lot of fun with all the mixed up creations!
The next class, we talked discussed texture and found textures in Eric Carle's art. We then painted paper with texture in preparation for making collages. We then began to brainstorm our ideas for our own mixed up animals. Now- on to collage!