JACKSONVILLE —
As first graders divided their paper into four sections and drew leafless trees in each quadrant, the students waited for art teacher Carolyn Cornelius to give them their next instruction.
As the leaves are changing colors and the cooler temperatures approach, Westside Elementary students worked on an art/science project about the four seasons.
“First graders don't really know about seasons,” Cornelius said. “We try and emphasize changes occur according to the weather.”
After the students decorated fall trees with orange, brown and yellow tiny pieces of construction paper, Cornelius gave each student five cotton balls to demonstrate the snow for winter. When they found out three of the five cotton balls could be used to make a snowman, the students shouted enthusiastically.
Jason Lopez said the two things he knew about winter was “snow is white and it is cold.”
Transitioning into spring, Cornelius asked the students what the trees would look like. Without glancing at the season posters on the wall, hands shot up into the air.
“They will have flowers,” Daniel Lane said.
Cornelius gave each of the students tiny squares of tissue paper to demonstrate the flowers.
When it was time to paint the green leaves to emphasize summer, Cornelius notified the children the paint brushes they normally used were being used by another teacher, so she said she had another idea in mind.
“We're going to use something you probably never thought you could use to paint with,” she said. “We're going to dip the flat end of the color pencil, not the point end, and press it along the branches.”
As the students had the opportunity to dip their color pencil in the paint, smiles from ear to ear formed and they shouted “cool” to the idea of breaking the rules and not using paint brushes.
Proud of his work, Jayden Jackson made sure his tree was full of green and proudly showed it to Cornelius.
“Look Ms. Cornelius, I made a lot of leaves,” he said.
Cornelius said she not only likes to teach the different items than can be used in art, she also likes to teach different techniques that can be used.
“Art is very hands on, but so is science,” she said. “You're not going to learn if you're not having fun,” she said.
As the students put their finishing touches to their summer trees and left them to dry, and they signed their artwork.
“I have them sign their name because I want them to be proud of it,” Cornelius said. “It's their artwork.”
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Concentrating, first grader Daniel Lane decorates his spring tree with pink tissue paper to demonstrate the flowers. Progress photo Marivel Resendiz
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