March : My Dream House

    Today we helped reinforce our students' creative confidence by asking them to create their dream house! Going round the table, some dreamt of bright coloured houses, rainbow-coloured roofs, huge pools, big fruit trees and one wanted a small hut to house his pet dinosaur! Such exciting ideas!!! 

     This activity presents a fun and fluid form of creativity which encourages the maiden process of transforming a dream into reality and the pleasure of seeing a three-dimensional structure emerge quickly. So parents, your children definitely have ideas of the home they dream to live in.... 

     Learning Outcome: Freedom of expression, build up of creativity in 3-dimension, confidence in speaking through art!

February - Colour Wheel!

Today we adopt the hands-on learning method to help our 5-10 year olds understand better, the colour wheels. Starting with explaining the primary colours, our students then got their hands “dirty” exploring the wonders of colour mixing.

Next, they recorded their colour findings in the form of a colour wheel.

Learning outcome: Understanding of colour mixing, basic colours (primary colours), introduction to the element of design and loads of fun!

February - Happy Monster

Today our Kraftee Bugs explored and engaged with their creative senses by creating their very own Happy Monster! While most can relate well to Monsters, the choice of "Happy" was to put them in a comfort zone of positivity and thinking out of the box.

     Next, they presented their creation to the class; sharing details such as the monster's name, likes and dislikes and its physical descriptions.

Besides helping to foster comfort and creativity in drawing, this exercise aimed to give confidence in public speaking.

     Learning outcome: Explore creativity, awake the imagination, stir positivity and confidence in drawing, and engage in public speaking

February - Alpha Collage

Class 2017 kicked-off with ‘Alpha-Collage’! Collage has been around for hundreds of years and grandmasters such as Picasso and Braque are well known for this presentation of art.

We chose collage as an ice-breaker as research proved it has been able to overcome nervousness. Applying their personal initials today, our students created their own collage masterpiece. The activity allowed students the freedom to express their creativity, sharpen their sense of composition and exercise patience in art.

Learning outcome: freedom of expression, sense of composition, patience in art

November – ‘Perspective!'

Never too young to learn about ‘one point perspective’!

Today we’ve opened the doors to the basics of architecture by introducing ‘one point perspective’ drawings. Class discussed the meaning of ‘perspective’ and its relation to space and distance.

Working within the constraints of ‘Buildings, Trees and Road’, participants were tasked to exercise their understanding of today’s lesson.

Learning outcome: Introduction to One Point Perspective, Art composition and Creativity

November – How do you feel today?

Researchers found colours are able to spell or tell a variety of emotions ranging from joy and comfort  to hostility and anger. Today we discussed the types of emotions and the participants were given the task to choose their own colours to represent these emotions.  Against all norms,  participants were not pre-empt which  colour represents which emotion.

In addition to that, we incorporated a ‘fun-crafting factor’ by creating an ‘emotion cube’ to showcase the many colours and variants of emotions and  as a tool to express their feelings.

Learning outcome: types of emotions,  colour representations and what is a cube

November – Body Tracing Self-Portrait

Today our students worked in pairs to create self-portrait body tracings.
They were given large brown sheets of paper that were placed on the floor together with paints and rollers to create their masterpiece.

Our aim is to encourage working in pairs as well to allow students to explore the world outside of a plain white drawing block. It was nice to see students enjoying the freedom given, making the artwork their own, by the different colours they chose and how they decorated their self-portraits.
This activity allows students to be free to express their individual creativity.

Learning outcome: freedom of expression and space, team work, creativity