The children revisited how families celebrate with light in various ways in this dark time of year. They created drawings with Sharpie on paper, beginning with large shapes, then added patterns. They chose three words to represent their drawing and/or how they felt about their family's celebrations with light this time of year. I photographed their drawing, then added their words using the app WordFoto. Those images were then brought into the SketchBook app, which is a free app that offers many features. They children learned how to draw in different layers, how to move layers, and how to make the layers more or less transparent. The first class with the iPads, all the students took turns with our 8 iPads in groups of three, so that they could learn the program (I wish that we had 12 iPads, but perhaps another year!) Next class they will finish the patterns on their original drawings, then use color on their drawings. They LOVED using the SketchBook app, and I highly recommend it!
For iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook/id883738213. It appears to also be available for Android.
