Kindergarten Art

The students created a medium sized bowl using the terracotta clay. They rolled several balls of clay and then flatted them on the clay table. The students learned how to score or scratch the clay, apply slip, which is like clay "glue" and attached all the discs together by overlapping them inside a bowl form. This is a great project to teach them several basic clay skills while creating a functional clay piece. After the greenware has been fired in the kiln, the students will glaze their bowls. The glaze I use is food and dishwasher safe, so the students are very excited to use their creations. 

We began our Chinese New Year Zodiac and will continue with the unit this week. I am also going to present paper making to the students so they will each make a sheet of paper and learn some about the history of China and the invention of paper.