We Will Always Remember

The Art Show was a great success! There were so many wonderful art projects created by the entire cohort, with a variety of ideas. I was in a kindergarten class for practicum and I was unable to get a whole class set of art projects due to the little time given with the permission forms, so my teacher and I decided it was the best to do a collaborative sample as a class and submit that for the Art Show. We created a poppy and named it We Will Always Remember to honour all the people who fought in the war for Canada. I introduced the idea of Remembrance Day with a child-friendly book and a class discussion to see where my students' understanding was, and it turned into a great discussion with complete engagement and lots of questions. The actual poppy was created with the use of crepe paper, construction paper and water. It was age-appropriate and I would do it in another kindergarten class if the opportunity arose. In my original art lesson plans I had it as a finger painting activity, although my CT and I decided that the students weren't at the skill level to use the paint so crepe paper was used as an alternative.