This is a great beginning of the year project that can help you get to know your students. It's a super simple collage that makes a big impact when displayed.
I love to incorporate a good book into my lessons, so I read the book, 'What Do You Do With an Idea?' by Kobi Yamada. We then went back and painted a whole paper with our favorite bright colors, making sure to keep our paper abstract. I take photos of each child while they are painting. The following lesson we take our colorful papers, our photo and we collage it all together. Last, we add in some of the AMAZING things that are in our imaginations.