Winter by the pond
Ice hangs from a craggy tree
Where did the frogs go?
-Dean
ArtHouse provides a focal point for Language Arts projects at all grade levels from
pre-literacy through the middle grades. As shown here, ArtHouse provides a lovely
place to display short poems in an interesting, thematically appropriate context.
The students envisioned a Japanese garden in winter, and imagined viewing its
weathered trees from the perspective of the original haiku poet, Matsuo Basho, who
lived in a humble gardener's hut.
Every ArtHouse decoration tells a story - that's why we call them "storyboards".
Sometimes the visual art comes first. Viewing it, kids are inspired to interpret and
tell stories. Or, like storyboards in the film-making and advertising industries,
making storyboards can be a tool for students to test and develop creative ideas
from the brainstorming to the writing stage. A third scenario is demonstrated here:
students wrote haiku poems and created visual artwork to aid presentation.
ArtHouse is a great teaching aid for Language Arts - it makes lessons more memorable.
Visit The Haiku Poetry Page To See The Class Project Assembled
Return to the Children's Art Gallery