Today I started my very own lessons with the kindergarten students. The lesson is focused on ocean life because the students are learning about this topic in their original classrooms. The Ark Charter School does this with all their art projects and is a great idea to do because it makes a deeper connection for the students. Todays lesson began with reading a book called Hooray for Fish. This was a fun and cute book to start the lesson because the students got to see all the different types of fish they can create. 
Throughout the book we pointed out different shapes, colors, and designs we saw. One part in the book their were three fish and each were yellow, blue, and red. We talked about the fish being primary colors, and how other fish in the book were secondary colors. We even used math during the lesson as well because we counted fish on certain pages. This book was fun to read because the students laughed really hard at certain parts. One part they loved was when there was a fat fish, or an upside down fish. And of course all the students had to say ewwwwwwwww when the little fish kissed the mom fish. I just found the students so comical with the reactions they had. 
Next in class I had a small conversation with the students about the different fish they saw and which fish they would like to make. I told the students that fish are really simple to make as long as you break them up into simple shapes. From here I gave the students a demonstration on how to draw some fish and their surroundings. While the students began to work, I then put on the video version of Hooray for Fish so all the students could see the image and gather some ideas. The movie was a hit as well. The class and I did a great job so far!!
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