We love Pete the Cat!

We are wrapping up our shape unit with kindergarten and 1st grade. We ended our shape unit with creating Pete the Cat from the book Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin. This was a great project to end our shape unit because we used triangles, ovals, circles, etc. to create our Pete the cat. I began our art class by showing the Pete the cat video from the link  http://youtu.be/QfE5X-bn3uU

. I had a ball watching the kids dance in their chairs and sing to the jingle in the book. They had the most fun! After the video, we reviewed the shapes we would need to use to create our own Pete the cat. After much cutting, gluing and adding personality to our Pete's, students got to chose four shoe shapes. They could choose four of the same colors or they could choose four differently colors. Students added four shoes to their Pete the Cats and along with final touches such as shoe laces, and a background around their cat! They turned out so cute! My favorite moments during this lesson was seeing their personalities come alive while creating their own Pete the Cat!

What great personalities they each have!