Mrs. Atkin's Kindergarten: 100th Day of School and Kandinsky Art

Wow! We had a very busy week. It was so busy that I put everything in two different posts.

As a little background information, this past summer I attended McMrf at the Montgomery County solid waste district. Three days each year they save materials for teachers to use in their classrooms. I happened to come across a lot of circular objects varying in size. When I showed them to Mrs. Pinto, our art teacher, she was instantly inspired. Together we decided that the students could help to create a piece of work for her classroom. With the inspiration of the artist Wassily Kandinsky, we have been painting the circles and making our own works of art.

Two weeks ago, the students began painting small circles. Each student received 3 circles, and

they painted each with a different color.

This week the students painted large circles during art. They worked as teams to create a painting together.

Lastly, in our classroom each child got two medium sized circles. We drew circles and began painting with Tempera paint.

Mrs. Pinto has been working on getting the circles on her wall in the art room. It is not complete but here is a sneak peak. This Wednesday we are going to be presenting the students with a certificate to honor their hard work that was dedicated to the beautiful Kandinsky inspired piece of art permanently int he art room.

Thursday was the 100th day of school. It just seems like yesterday that I was meeting the students for the first time. Being able to count to 100 is one of the standards for the end of the school year. So, we spent most of the day counting to 100 in many different ways. We count to 100 by 1's, 5's, and 10's. We had a lot of fun stringing 100 fruit loops by groups of 10 to make necklaces.

Each child also brought a collection of 100 items to turn our classroom into a 100th day museum. Again, we counted and sorted our items into groups of 10. We made exhibit tags with the name of the collection and the collections owner. Enjoy the photos below!