With my first grade classes we read several poems from the book Winter Eyes by Douglas Florian. His poems are perfect for young readers and best of all, he illustrates each poem with really great paintings that are also very approachable for young artists. Florian's images provided an excellent springboard for teaching my lively first graders about warm/cold colors and also the opportunity to teach them how to draw the interior of a room.
We read a few poems and then zeroed in on two in particular. One was about a cold "wintry, wondrous" night. The other was about being cozy and warm inside. We looked at the details of each painting and especially at the colors. I demonstrated a few possible approaches to drawing either a Cold Outside picture or a Warm, Cozy Inside picture.
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| Cold Outside |
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| Cold Outside |
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| Warm, Cozy Inside |
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