i forgot to credit my source for the dancing cow idea. i found this project at deep space sparkle. it's listed in the1st grade project section and i am totally planning on doing this with my first graders, too
to make dancing cows you will need:
first, we dressed in cow costumes and spent some time crawling around in the backyard grass. just kidding. we did begin with a game of freeze dance though. if you are not familiar with freeze dance, you play music, move to the music, stop the music and freeze. as we stood there frozen, we examined the position of our bodies--where our hands were placed, were both hands pointing in the same direction, were both feet on the ground, were our torsos twisted or bent? then we danced, froze, and examined again. i challenged the boys to come up with a new pose each time.
next i directed the boys in drawing a cow. we practiced using pencil and paper. when they were comfortable drawing a dancing cow, i gave them a black oil pastel and they drew their cow with that. we talked about coloring in the spots fully to make them pop. they could add details in the background or not. finally we painted using watercolors.
it was a fun project and once the kids got going, they worked at their own pace and did their things. i love the way they turned out.
zachary
benjamin
taylor
seriously, who wouldn't love a dancing cow picture framed in their kitchen? so cute!
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Is it a boy cow ?
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