This month the PreK students are learning about Jackson Pollack and we couldn’t sit still for these activities! Jackson created art by splashing paint, splattering paint and even throwing paint. His body was always in motion when he made his action art. First we made Jackson Pollack shirts by squeezing fabric paints onto plain white shirts. We used the playground bridge as elevation to create paint splatter masterpieces. Fittingly our story this month is The Three Billy Goats Gruff which has a bridge as a central feature. We made trees out of brown paper bags and used a splatter technique to add different colored “leaves” to represent the different seasons. In a mindfulness art activity we conveyed the emotions music gave us using just one crayon. Things got even messier when we made our own paint color by filling up squeeze bottles and drizzling them over cardboard. I learned my lesson after bridge painting that paper can’t hold up to this much paint! For our last action art activity we did string paintings. We dipped strings into different colors of paint and then pressed it between two pieces of white paper. These will become colorful feathers for an artist tribute turkey!