During these two last weeks we started studying some great artists as an important way for children to learn about culture and to observe. Children can learn to love fine art. Vincent van Gogh, is one of those artists that children tend to love because of his use of bright colors and bold designs.
Here you can watch some photos where pupils at grade 1 were painting one of the most famous paint "Starry night"
The history about Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and why British people everywhere gather round bonfires every November 5th to burn effigies of Guy and more is in this presentation that Ella, our language assistant has made:
And if yoy click on this picture you can read more information about it:
The Starry Night is a painting by the Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting depicts the view outside his sanitorium room window at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (located in southern France) at night, although it was painted from memory during the day.
Here you have a video presentation about his short life:
Name Vincent Willem van Gogh
Date of Birth March 30, 1853
Date of Death July 29, 1890
Place of Birth Groot-Zundert, Netherlands
Marriage never married
Children no children
Education Attended Zundert village school; home taught by governess and when he reached 11 years old, he went away to the elementary school of Jan Provily in Zevenbergen. At 13 he went to a middle school, Willem II College in Tilburg
Career Dutch post-impressionist painter
Reason for Fame Van Gogh’s work has made him one of the most famous artists of all time.
Additional Information At age 37 and greatly depressed, he shot himself in the chest, survived the impact, but died two days later. He had little success during his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death.
He did over 2000 paintings and drawings in 10 years but he only ever sold one!
Most people think that he cut his whole ear off but it was just the lobe!
His famous painting The Starry Night has all the stars in the correct spot in the sky!
Vincent Van Gogh Art Gallery
Irises
Sunflowers
Bedroom
Starry night over the Rhone
Noon, rest of work
In this picture you can visit and walk around his museum
And here you can make a diorama in your own computerwithout scissors or paste
Learn how to start carving your pumpkin or how to carve a Halloween pumpkin in this videap where pupils till kindergarten to 6th grade were making a lot of different Halloweeen pumpkins.
Then, at grade 1 we carved pumpkins.
At grade 5 and 6 they carved some Halloween pumpkins, too.
We played Apple Bobbing, also known as bobbing for apples.It is a game often played at Halloween. We played it by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water. Because apples are less dense than water, they will float at the surface. we tried to catch one with our teeth. We couldn't use arms.
