Class 7: Body Silhouettes/ Today I Feel Like...

We read Eric Carle's Head To Toe and then the students worked with partners to draw each others' silhouettes keeping in mind a particular animal or thing they might feel like today. It was ok for them to just feel like themselves, too, as many chose to create self-portraits. Here they used their drawn silhouette as a jumping off point and/or inspiration. Some had in mind the animal or creature they wanted to be beforehand and their partner helped them get their body into a good shape. Others chose a position they wanted to be in, then thought of what they wanted to be and elaborated afterwards...