Lois Ehlert - Part 1

https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/2012/09/lois-ehlert-author-study-virtual-book.html

The Author Spotlight was on Lois Ehlert during the month of November.  She turned 82 years old on November 9, 2016.  She is the author of numerous books, most of which lend themselves beautifully to the creation of art in our library.  We read The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life.  My students and I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot about Lois Ehlert and the style in which she creates her art.  I highly recommend this book!

In the past I have had students create art using the book Eating the Alphabet but this year we used Snowball and Oodles of Animals.

This is how we made our snowmen after reading Snowballs...

Each student got to choose 3 torn "snowballs".  

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I used a chip and dip tray to organize the supplies.  There were feathers, buttons, noodles, black beans, scraps of fleece, pom poms, and ribbon.

Supplies, paper and glue all set up for a Pre-K class.  They weren't good at writing their names yet, so I wrote their names on the paper and had them look for their name :)  

Some of the finished products...