Throughout the year, second graders enjoy extending their learning with art projects and activities. Using art as a medium for expression helps to reinforce concepts and allows students to uniquely display their creativity.

Watercolor silhouette paintings inspired by Native American legends.

 

Beautiful poinsettias inspired by The Legend of the Poinsettia written by this month’s featured author, Tomie DePaola.

 

Pointillism paintings in the style of Georges Seurat whom we studied while on our virtual travels through Europe.

 

Turkey gobble wobblers reinforce scientific observations about the details of turkey feathers.

 

Polkadot pumpkin paintings inspired by Yaoi Kusama.

 

Clay continent maps reinforce geography skills.