Fall Tree Sketching – Through Science, Writing and Art, 4th graders spent a fall day exploring Ft. Washington State Park. With Inspiration from the book, “Sky Tree,” by Thomas Locker, the students studied the trees around them and rendered the autumn colors and textures of the landscape. Lion and Tiger Collages- This project was packed with a punch of love, empathy and educational avenues. Students had an assembly presented by Philadelphia-area animal welfare educator and advocate Gigi Glendinning (founder of 22reasons). Gigi spoke about her experiences working with rescued circus lions (and one tiger) in Peru. She also joined 4th graders in art class to help them learn more about the names and personalities of each lion so that the students could connect and chose one individual animal in which to dedicate their artwork. The students also learned about two collage artists for this project. The first was famous collagist Romare Bearden, and the second was a young, up and coming artist named Megan Coyle. The students collaged the animal with paper that was printed with their animal’s real-life texture and color. The background was then finished with Gouache paint.
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