Kristin planned a great lesson for the Quarks, which Chris and I were able to lead with messy but fun success. We headed into the trees to look through the book Snow Birds about various birds in winter and then
Art: Apples & Bees
We discovered how well we knew each other with a silly game of Apples to Apples!In the game, the cards have words or phrases. One person picks up a green card. Then, all others anonymously submit a red card they
Art: Ice Spheres
Sorry for the late update, but this past week the Quarks read a charming story of mischievous Curious George wreaking havoc on the ski slopes and then we decorated ice spheres. First we sprinkled some (or gobs) of salt on top and
Art/Drama: Pictionary & Butterflies
We started with a game of pictionary. We used cards from our charades game. It was largely way easy but fun and silly. We then explored symmetry by drawing one half of a butterfly on orange paper. A friend then
Art: Name Creatures
In art today, the Neutrons and Electrons crafted creatures out of their written names. They folded a paper in half lengthwise, then wrote their names on it. Some kids chose cursive writing, some bubble letters, and some printed letters. Then
Art/Drama: Puppet Show
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Art/Drama: Vanishing Point
Today we explored perspectives in drawing using the vanishing point. They first drew a dot anywhere on their paper. They then drew straight lines from that dot. Using those lines, they each created a perspective of a setting.The kids got really
Art/Drama: Penguin Problems
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Art: Bear Books & Masks
Continuing the theme of migration (and bears!), we walked out to a cool lean-to in the forest where we read Bear Snores On and sang a song about animals in winter. We then returned to the building to make our
Art/Drama: Bloody Murder & Clay
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