Arts Integration
Musical Science
Today you are going to build your own Xylophone!! What is a Xylophone you ask…? Here is a video of a xylophone playing Baby Shark! Materials: 4-6 glass jars or glasses the same size water food colouring (optional) spoon (wooden or metal) Instructions: set up your jars/glasses in a line on a table fill each … Continue reading
Sidewalk Chalk Paint
I have an new science & art experiment you can try…you can mix your own sidewalk chalk paint! This three ingredient sidewalk chalk recipe is so easy you can make it yourself! And the making is half the fun! Ingredients/Materials: corn starch water liquid food colouring small plastic bowls or a muffin tin (as many … Continue reading
Animal Research
As we near the end of our animal research it is time to start collecting items that you will use to showcase your learning. Next week we will be building a habitat for our animals. This is called a diorama… “A diorama is a 3-dimensional scene created to illustrate an academic subject, a plot of … Continue reading
Poetry Writing
What is a Poem? “Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader’s imagination or emotions. The poet does this by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.” (Kids Britannica) As we begin our poetry exploration we are not expected to have words that rhyme … Continue reading
Story Telling Basket
Yesterday for DRAMA we created our own Story Telling Basket using a variety of toys and items from around our house. Then we set about creating our own stories using some of those items. We begin this process by choosing characters and a setting for our story. After those decisions are made, we decide on a story problem. … Continue reading
Directed Drawing
We had our first art lesson this week! We learned how to draw a giraffe through the directed drawing technique (I draw, then you draw). After drawing our giraffe’s we added some patterns in the background using wax crayons. Our final step was painting the giraffe–so fun to see what happens when you paint over … Continue reading
Leaf Hunt
Each Wednesday we have been participating in ‘nature school’ from 9-10:30. We have had a great time exploring our senses. We’ve participated in a ‘listening walk‘, a ‘looking walk’ (scavenger hunt), and a ‘touching walk’ where we explored the texture of items in nature with paper rubbings and crayons. The last few weeks we have … Continue reading
Drama Fun
In language arts we have been reading stories with different versions. For example, the ‘Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly’ has become a series of books with the old lady swallowing just about anything you can think of! (My favourite is the pie one!). Another story we looked at was “We’re going on a bear … Continue reading
More Musical Math
In our last few math lessons, we have been working in groups of three to create a musical pattern using a variety of instruments from the music room. Our Criteria: your pattern must use three different instruments (3 elements) each person in your group must choose and play one instrument each person in your group must help … Continue reading