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Early Childhood
Education Center at Fulton
Kindergarteners learn
about artist, build stabiles
 Students
in two kindergarten classes at Fulton Early Childhood Education
Center recently learned about Alexander Calder who was an
American sculptor and artist who is famous for inventing the
mobile. The students had an opportunity to see
Calder's mobiles when the classes took a virtual field trip to
the National Gallery of Art.
Following the
virtual visit, the students accepted a challenge to make an
underwater "stabile," which is a term given to Calder's
sculptures that have a base and stand like a sculpture.
The young student artists put their creative juices to work and
built stabiles using various materials. For example, they
used lines to add detail to the fish.
In a follow-up
lesson, the students created underwater backgrounds by drawing
objects and life forms that are found underwater. They
then cut and folded paper to create a tripod on which their
stabiles would be placed.
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