Concentric Circles with Kindergarten

My kindergarten students created these colorful concentric circles using oil pastels. They had to practice making circles and varying the thickness of their lines. I led them through the making of the first one by using specific colors, but they got to choose their own colors for the last three. We took one class period for making the circles, using the rest of our class time to clean up.

The following class period, students laid out pre-cut rectangles of colored construction paper onto a separate piece of construction paper. They were to make sure that all the rectangles were going to fit and to choose the color layout they liked the best. Once they had a color arrangement they liked, they practiced their gluing skills and made a thin line of glue around the edge of the colored rectangles and glued them to their base paper. Of course, not all of them have mastered this skill yet, but they are making progress.

Finally, students cut out their oil pastel concentric circles. BEFORE gluing them down, they were to play around with the arrangement, seeing which circles looked best on which paper section. When they were happy with the arrangement, they glued their circles to the paper. Once again, they were practicing making a thin line around the edge of their circles.

Overall, they were very happy with their concentric circle art!