Grocery Shopping with a TWIST~

Art Word of the Week!

This week's art word is: Mass and volume! Mass and volume "refer to a solid, three-dimensional body that has height, length, and width" (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 366). Mass and volume can be portrayed as: "heavy, light, delicate, opaque, transparent, angular, curved, hard, soft, big, small, stationary or moving" (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 142). When we go grocery shopping and inspect the food we want to purchase, we examine the food with concepts associated to mass and volume. For example, when we examine fruits we look at the size of them and think about how they feel. These two factors can help determine if the fruit is good or bad. 

This relates to ECE because by encouraging children to compare and contrast foods will expose them to new kinds of foods that they have never tried. It will cause children to become more critical about the foods they eat or want to eat in the future. They can think about foods in a new light such as describing them differently. Children can even be exposed to new cultural foods and learn about cultures through their cuisine.

For Art's Explorer #7, I decided to focus on a food category. The food category that I chose was SWEET TREATS! 

Here is a list of different sweet treats that vary in their mass and volume!

1. Strawberry Shortcake
2. Chocolate Chip Cookies
3. Ice cream
4. Candy
5. Chocolate Bars
6. Cupcakes
7. Brownies
8. Donut
9. Strawberry Cheesecake
10. White Chocolate Mousse
11. Pasteis de Natas (Portuguese dessert)
12. Pudding
13. Sweet Bread
14. Chocolate Fudge Cake
15. Tiramisu

These 15 food items have different qualities about them. For example, ice cream is cold and can melt but chocolate bars tend to be crunchy. The cheesecakes and regular cakes are softer to chew and bigger in size whereas chocolate chip cookies are crunchier and harder. Cakes tend to be larger than a donut, chocolate bar, and candy. Cakes also tend to be in a circular shape whereas chocolate bars and brownies tend to be in a rectangular form. 

And now I leave you guys with my three quick sketches! They consist of the ice cream, cupcake, and strawberry cheesecake: 

Sorry for the poor quality but since my scanner does not work I had to resort taking a picture with my camera and uploading it here.

Until next time!

~Kellz

References:

Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, E. J. (2009). Art & creative development for young children (6^th Ed.). Delmar, USA: Cengage Learning.