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How to make still-lifes fun for 1st graders!

4/25/2019

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Do toy dinosaurs and building block towers sound fun to you?  Well, ask any 1st graders and they would definitely answer "yes!"  So, here's the thing.  To be totally straight-forward, kids do not usually enjoy making still-life art.  They say things like "this is boring" and "can we do something else?"  As a teacher, it is my job to take these queues and make learning more exciting.

Over the years I've started teaching 1st graders how to draw still-life imagery by giving them colorful dinosaur toys to draw and letting them build towers out of colorful blocks and draw them.  These activities are engaging and it teaches students to practice drawing what they see.  Being and observational artist is important!
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