Some of my young art students are very challenged when it comes to fine motor skills. So, although this lesson can be used to teach children vocabulary, such as, "medium" and "collage,"or concepts such as "overlapping translucence shapes creates new shapes and colors," and, "repetition creates a sense of unity," it also hits on the extremely basic skill of tearing tissue paper.
That's one of the things I love most about art education. You can use the same project to reach children with a huge range of ability levels. Some will go home to tell their parents about the importance of Abstract Expressionism in American history. Others will go home knowing how to pat down a piece of glued tissue on paper.
After talking about the medium of collage, I introduced the students to printmaking. I found some dot makers, which I believe are used for BINGO. Is there a more simple way to learn stamping? Some students made multiple pictures, entirely with dots, since it takes so little time. Sometimes I stress to them the need to slow down and make conscious decisions.
In the end, though, I found there wasn't a bad one in the bunch.
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