2/3s Begin Weaving

Finished work with beads

Another finished weaving

Weaving the center

Getting some help from a 9th grader

Figuring it out

Two graduates offer assistance

The 2/3s were very excited to tackle their first weaving. With the help of two Parker graduates who were visiting school, the students strung their round looms (paper plates) and began enthusiastically weaving.

4/5 Wycinanki

Finished Wycinanki

And another

Cutting the fine details

Getting the main shape

Gluing the design together

Wycinanki is a Polish word for paper-cut designs. These beautiful paper cut-outs have been used to decorate the interior of Polish homes since the early 19th century! The 4/5s tried their hand at their own Wycinanki designs. They drew out their idea, copied it onto colored paper, carefully cut away the negative areas, and then glued it to a contrasting colored backing paper.

6/7/8s Begin Working in Water Color

Landscape with sheep

Vertical landscape

Sunflower

Mixing colors

Working on a specific image

Painting flowers

Laura sharing some of her work

6/7/8s started a unit on water color painting by experimenting with the paint on wet and dry paper, mixing colors together, and adding details to wet and dry surfaces. Local water color painter and Parker Admission Director, Laura Mandelson, came into class to show the students some of her work and to talk about how to achieve different results with this medium.

2/3s Think About What Dinosaurs Would Do Today

Dinosaur as ski lift

Dinosaur as night watchman

Painting snow!

Thinking about the colors

Painting dinosaurs

Working on the sky

Getting all the details in

Drawing the dinosaur from a model

If dinosaurs walked the earth with us today what kids of jobs might they do? How might they help us out? They 2/3s used their imaginations to answer these questions in their latest paintings.

K/1s Get Inspiration from the work of Eric Carle

Cutting shapes from painted paper

Adding another shape

Textures in blue

Variations in red

The K/1s looked at the work of author, illustrator Eric Carle. They painted different colors and textures on paper that they'll cut into shapes to create their pet collages.