In honor of Arbor Day- Wolf Kahn - Crayon Resist

Arbor Day

This is a very special date on our calendar. It is a day when young and old are encouraged to plant and care for trees. It usually happens on the final Friday in April.  The customary observance is to plant a tree. On the first Arbor Day, April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted.

Links:

https://www.arborday.org/ 

https://www.arborday.org/kids/carly/lifeofatree/ 

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/forests/types_of_trees.cfm

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/

Vocabulary

- Background

- Foreground

- Extraordinary

- Horizon Line

- Unusual

- Middle Ground

- Crayon Resist

- Watercolors

- Blending

- Mixing

- Lightest

- Darkest

- Wolf Kahn

Who was Wolf Kahn?

Born in Germany in 1927- 
Lives in NY City - 
Known for his combination of realism and color