Art class provides a unique opportunity for the kindergarten children to discover books in a different way than they do in their regular classrooms: as artistic inspiration. Reading a beautifully illustrated book to the kindergarten classes and focusing on how the story unfolds in pictures as well as words has been an exciting vehicle to launch new projects. Recently, the children explored the pages of Eric Carle’s A House for Hermit Crab and then made their own depictions of how a hermit crab would decorate a home.
The Geometry of a Dwelling
The kids began with the basic shape of a hermit crab shell – the spiral. And that was the only thing that was basic! Colors not typically seen in crab shells under the sea were vividly on display in these marker drawings.
Feathering a Nest – or Decorating a Shell
Like the hermit crab in the story who adorned his plain shell with everything from sea urchin to starfish, the children were incredibly inventive in adorning the shells in their pictures. Flowers, rainbows, fish and even a pumpkin or two found a way into the kids’ designs.
Home Sweet Home
Each of the kids put their creativity, hard work and lots of love into the hermit crab shells – a pretty good recipe for a happy home!
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