K, 1st, and 2nd grades make Painted Shape Collage Animals and People. Building on their texture/shape collage experience, students discover how they can put shapes together to make a creature in an environment.

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What shapes do you need to put together to make a person?

What special kinds of animals do you know about?  What special shapes do you need to put together to make that animal?

Where does your creature live?  What kind of background do you need to make to show that?

Do the cardboard shapes make you think of a specific type of creature?

How can you put shapes together to make a larger part of your animal?