Summit Hill Elementary Art EDventures

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Summit Hill ElementaryArt EDventures

• Wheat Stacks
• 1st Grade Math-Measurement of Time
• Claude Monet
• Brought to you by S.H.E. PTA

PLEASE NOTE This presentation is to be used for
educational purposes only. Do not reproduce.
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Who Was Monet?

• Claude Monet was born a long time ago in Paris,
  France. When he was your age (5) his family left
  the big city to live by the sea.
• Monets father worked in a grocery store that
  sold supplies to the sailors. Monet met all
  kinds of amusing people and was free to frolic in
  the fresh air and sparkling sea.
• (Hit enter)

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Funny Faces

• Claude became very good at drawing and spent much
  of his time sketching silly pictures of his
  friends and teachers.
• When he was a teenager, people even paid him to
  make funny pictures of them.
• He must of had a very good sense of humor.

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Impressionism
Monets Way

• When Monet got older he loved to paint outside.
• He never made practice drawings- he just painted
  right on the canvas.
• He often worked on several canvases at once--
  catching his subject at different times of the
  day and in different light.
• (Hit enter and wait to see three of his
  paintings.)

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Wheat Stacks
One day Monet noticed the local farmers storing
their wheat in large rounded stacks. He set up
his easel and watched them from sunrise to
sunset. For two years he returned to the wheat
fields during each season (spring, summer, winter
and fall) to paint them. Amazingly, he
completed 25 wheat stack paintings in all.
What time is it? Is this after a sunrise or
before a sunset?
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Series Seasons
Winter
Spring
Match the season to the painting!
Summer
Fall
(Hit enter to reveal each season.)
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Monet On Display
Monet intended all his wheat
stacks be shown in an ensemble or group. Today,
however, Art Museums all over the world usually
own only one or two. It is very special when
they can be seen together!
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More Seasonal Studies
Monets Jardins de Bordighera
Spring-
March, April, May,
Summer-
June, July, Aug,
Fall-
June, July, Aug,
Hit enter for Spring months. Hit enter
again for Summer months. Hit enter a third
time for fall months.
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Water Garden

After his wheat stacks, Monet painted many other
things in a series like Poplar trees, gardens
and Cathedrals but his water lilies were his very
favorite. He painted his pond during different
times of the day, days of the week, months of
the year, seasons and weather until he
died. (Hit enter)
(Hit enter only once then 5 images will begin
to auto play.)
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Art EDventures Sample
Wheat Stacks The Monet Way Now its time to
paint like Monet! The class will divide into four
groups-spring, summer, winter and fall. Each
group will paint a wheat stack tile to reflect
their assigned season and calendar months. Then
the class can display their series.
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Project Art EDventures

• Divide the class into four groups/ four seasons
• Spring-March/April/May
• Summer-June/July/Aug
• Fall-Sept/Oct/Nov
• Winter-Dec/Jan/Feb
• If you have a 5th table just pick a
• season to repeat.
• Tile Painting
• Pass a tile out to each child
• Place an assortment of tile paint on each table.
• Hand out brushes and water
• containers.
• (Have paper towels on hand to help
• clean the brushes in between colors.)

• Turn tiles over so the rough side is facing up.
• Sign your name and draw the paw so others will
  know this is an Art EDventures project.
• Turn the tile back over and begin to paint a
• wheat stack like Monet with the colors of the
• seasons/months assigned to your table.
• (There really is no wrong color)
• Simplify the shapes for the kids by drawing a
• wheat stack on the white board. Its
• basically a square with a triangle on top. You
• can try to have them add in a field around the
• wheat stacks and a sky.
• A volunteer from each class will need to
• take them home and bake them as directed.
• (Approx. 30 minutes at 300 degrees and they MUST
  cool
• down slowly. The actual baking time and temp
  depends on
• the brand of paint used.)

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Project Art EDventures

• If you have time, you can play a game of Monet
  Says if they need a break before
• you start the project. It is played just like
  Simon Says. (Have fun!)
• Monet says to.
• Put on the art apron that is behind you.
• Put your tile in front of you.
• Sign your name on the rough side of the tile and
  Draw the Paw next to your name.
• Look under the table for ceramic paint and
  brushes.
• Hold your paint brush above your head.
• Pass your brush to the person sitting to the
  right of you.
• Stand up.
• Sit down.
• Pass your brush to the person to the left of you.

• Now you just covered many of the GPS
• standards and are ready to begin!

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Supply List

• Ceramic Tiles- (found at Home Depot/Lowes in
  several sizes. We chose 4 x6 because the kids
  can paint a 4x4 tile very quickly.)
• Paint Brushes
• Ceramic Paint-five different colors per table
• Water Bowls to clean brushes
• Paper towels
• Optional cork backing, felt feet or round
  plastic pieces for the bottom but then it cant
  be washed.

Pebeo Porcelaine 150  These water-based paints
can be applied to any heat-stable surface
porcelain, crockery, terra-cotta, metals,
ceramics, glass, etc. Fire them in a home oven at
300F for 30 minutes for a finish that's as
permanent as baked enamel and can be placed in
the dishwasher.
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G.P.S. Ties

• M1G3 Students will arrange and describe objects
  in space by proximity, position, and direction
  (near, far, below, above, up, down, behind, in
  front of, next to, and left or right of).
• M1M2 Students will develop an understanding of
  the measurement of time.a. Tell time to the
  nearest hour and half hour and understand the
  movement of the minute hand and how it relates to
  the hour hand.b. Begin to understand the
  relationship of calendar time by knowing the
  number of days in a week and months in a year.c.
  Compare and/or order the sequence or duration of
  events (e.g., shorter/longer and before/after).

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Art AdventuresMade possible with your donations
to S.H.E.s PTA
Art AdventuresMade possible with your donations
to S.H.E.s PTA
Dear Mom, Dad or Caretaker, I learned about
Claude Monet today during an Art EDventure. Did
you know that he was from France? He made funny
drawings of people as a kid called caricatures.
We looked at his Wheat Stack series. Then we
matched the four seasons/months of the year to
his paintings. Ask me about the very special
wheat stack tile I made too! Claude
Monet Wheat stacks
Dear Mom, Dad or Caretaker, I learned about
Claude Monet today during an Art EDventure. Did
you know that he was from France? He made funny
drawings of people as a kid called caricatures.
We looked at his Wheat Stack series. Then we
matched the four seasons/months of the year to
his paintings. Ask me about the very special
wheat stack tile I made too! Claude
Monet Wheat stacks