Textures in art for Kindergarten & 1st

January the kindergarten is moving into textures in art. This project fits into the study theme of day and night and earth. We started with a review of textures present in the classroom and a book, "Moon to Sun" by Sheila Sampton,  then developed the picture focusing on which textures were in the picture. We used textured metallic tissue, sand paper, felt, cardboard, a perforated doily, cotton ball, sequin stars for examples of rough, smooth, bumpy, fluffy, and soft.


This is also a skills project on gluing and handling various types and sizes of objects. It is hard for the kids to remember not to put the glue stick on items like the cotton ball, felt, and stars as they stick to it. We also worked on how to properly close the glue sticks to return them to the tote. 

The second texture project for the kindergarten was to construct the picture following directions to find a "fuzzy stem" and glue it on for a flower. Each group of students were given a plate full of items to "find"  each type of texture from. The large doilies were rough and served as the sun the remainder built our flowers and gave the group an additional gluing activity. 

The 1st grade took on a slightly different type of project to demonstrate texture by creating a mitten bookmark. Students were given a felt mitten and a selection of materials to identify fuzzy, soft, hard, rough and smooth. Each was able to create his/her own design then the mittens were attached to a  thick ribbon to serve as a bookmark. It was a very popular project with lots of variety in the designs.