Monday, March 31, 2014
What is each seed?
Seeds were displayed on our light table today and children were encouraged to guess what they would grow into.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Paint Rubbings
The children experimented with the primary colours of paint and texture plates today.
After dropping spoonfuls of colours onto their papers they were able to mix and create designs in the paint.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Daycare Dramatic Play Center
Did you know we have our very own daycare right now for any babies brought to our school? The children have been so excited to bring their dolls from home for play in our new dramatic arts centre.
The babies are going for walks, eating, drinking, being read to, and sleeping.
If you have any baby materials that we might have or donate, it would be greatly appreciated. (E.g., empty formula containers, baby food jars). Also children wanting to bring dolls to school for play in this centre are invited to do so.
Also we are hoping to play a guessing game with the children. Please send in a baby picture of your child. We will return it. Thank you!
Eric Carle inspired Art
One of our student's family members visited us this week to discuss Eric Carle's illustrations.
The results? Stunning!
We learned that Eric Carle liked to create textured paintings using various tools.
We started our artwork by making our own textured paintings.
Once our paintings dried we carefully ripped them into pieces that once assembled would become a bird.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Textured Painting
In order to add a little excitement to our painting easel we decided to encourage texture in the artwork. These cups have quinoa added to them.
The children thought it was interesting to see the 'bumpy' paint and observed the quinoa made the paint thick and more difficult to brush on the paper.
The combination of colours and textures made some amazingly beautiful art!
