Art

Welcome to 2025 and the start of Quarter 3! I hope everyone had a safe, joyful, and restful break. Northfield students have been superstars in art class, and I’m so proud of their creativity and hard work. I encourage parents to continue supporting their children’s artistic growth by inspiring them to stay creative at home! For our younger students, don’t forget to keep practicing those important fine motor skills. All students- keep exploring, experimenting, and developing your art skills—you’re all amazing! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year filled with creativity and inspiration! :)

Best,

Miss Danielle Miller

danielle.miller@nordoniaschools.org

• Artsonia: Check out your kiddos digital portfolio! Please let me know if you have any trouble getting connected
• Artsonia is a digital portfolio of your child's artwork. All funds raised will go towards supplies needed in the Art room. Thank you for your kindness on Artsonia!
• Shoutout to my wonderful volunteer, Mrs. Dostal, for helping me photograph so much artwork! :)

• Amazon Wishlist! If you have a moment, click on my Wishlist and see if you would consider donating anything to the art room this year. :) Your donations are so greatly appreciated!
• 🔁Recycle your plastic grocery bags to the art room! :)

• We are delighted to welcome Eliana Conrad, a student teacher from Kent State University, to our team from March 17th to May 9th. It’s a pleasure to have Ms. Conrad join us here at Northfield. For more details, please click on the link below.

Kindergarten students have been building on foundational skills like line, color, and shape, while also exploring new concepts such as pattern and texture. In the second quarter, they created a variety of exciting projects, including Veteran’s Day Poppies, Winter Wonderland Snowmen, Funny Face Buildings, and Printed Evergreen Branches! I encourage parents to support their child by practicing fine motor skills at home, such as cutting, gluing, and coloring with care. :)

First grade artists had a fun and creative quarter! They kicked things off by finishing their Veteran's Day hearts inspired the artist Romero Britto. Next, students embraced their inner royalty by creating "Royal Self-Portraits" as their very first self-portrait of the year. To wrap up the quarter, they explored symmetry by designing dragons in celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year on January 29th!

Last quarter, second graders finished their Sugar Skulls, Chalk Pastel Flower Arrangement, and Self-Portraits inside a Clay Picture Frame! So cool!! This quarter we will begin by learning about the Northern Lights and landscape artwork. Keep being creative!

Third graders created some fantastic art last quarter, all with a winter theme! They made Winter Birch Trees, Ceramic Hot Chocolate Mugs, and Pastel Light Strips. To kick off third quarter, students will glaze their mugs and add the finishing touches to their light strips. And the best part? They’ll get to use their mugs for an art party in class, enjoying some real hot chocolate! :)

Fourth graders have been working hard and making great progress on their projects—well done, everyone! At the start of the last quarter, students completed their self-portraits, then got creative designing and inflating balloons in celebration of the Macy’s Day Parade. They also worked on their incredible dragon eyes, which turned out so cool! Up next is an exciting clay project—can’t wait to see what they create next!