Arts
Georgia O’Keeffe
Let’s try some art inspired by American Artist Georgia O’Keeffe. “My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.” Georgia O’Keeffe 1940 Here is a video to get you started. The video uses a sharpie and oil pastels–as the oil pastels are good for blending. … Continue reading
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
Growing Project
This week’s challenge for Games & Choices invites us to use our green thumbs and grow something either inside or outside our homes. (I like the idea that we can grow our own food.) Once again we are able to combine science, math, writing, and maybe even some art. I know that some of you … Continue reading
Play Dough Learning
Looking for something fun to do across the curriculum? Play dough is a great choice! Here is my never fail recipe: Math (Measurement) & Science (Properties of Matter) coming up if you make it together… Combine dry (solids) ingredients in a medium pot: 1 Cup flour 1/2 Cup salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar … Continue reading
Drama Games
We’ve started learning some new games in drama this week. I think our favourite is “The Floor Is Lava”! This game encourages cooperation and communication–ask your child how to play…all you’ll need is something for the floor (like pillows, or place mats)! Our second game is “I Can Do This”. No materials needed, although I … Continue reading
Door Art
We have finally finished our classroom door design for 2017! We created a collage of smiles with photos from our class. We each had an opportunity to learn how to use a digital camera and take photos of our classmates smiles for this project. We then worked collaboratively to glue ALL those pictures onto our door. … Continue reading
Stupid Cupid?
We’ve been working on a new dance in class–to the song “Stupid Cupid” by Connie Francis. We’ve been focused on moving as a team–concentrating on doing the same actions at the same time! This is hard work!!!! You can try it at home… Dance away!
Watercolour Techniques
This week we explored a new watercolour technique to create a ‘textured’ background SALT! We used two different varieties of salt (coarse and table) to create an interesting background for our snowflakes. We had a great time mixing and blending the liquid watercolours, and learning about polychromatic colour schemes. We learned quickly that we needed to … Continue reading
Painting Snow
Today we painted the snow! We were expecting some rain, but luckily the weather cooperated, and we were able to go outside and create! The students were buzzing with excitement, as we made our way out to the playground. We each picked out an area that we wanted to create our art. We … Continue reading