The Doodlebugs finished off their hat paintings today... needless to say the art room was buzzing with excitement and activity. Not only did they dive straight into painting which they rarely get to do but when they were finished I brought out all the supplies to make and decorate their various hats! There had to be a bit of negotiating because when they saw the gems everyone wanted to glue gems regardless of the hat they chose but then I reminded them they had to choose fun things that would go with their hat :) Take a look at their completed pieces and if you missed the first part of this lesson you can find it here!
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Today the Doodlebugs listened to the story Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli. This little book takes the children on an enjoyable journey exposing them to all sorts of people and places throughout history! The book mentions people from Abraham Lincoln to Francisco de Goya and distinguishes them by the types of hats they wore in a very rhythmic and fun way. Aunty Aurea and I were grinning from ear to ear with this one because they got into it so much that by the second page they were ALL answering the question "Do you have a hat?" with a loud "YES!" It was very cool :) After listening to the story the Doodlebugs were asked what type of hat they would like to imagine themselves in today? Maybe a fireman's hat, a doctor's hat, a pirate's hat or a crown! Then they had to draw themselves wearing the hat they chose! I offered up some options and most of my Doodlebugs opted to be princesses or princes but I did get a few police officers, Mexican girls and even a cowboy! This is a two part lesson so they focused on drawing themselves and the background today and next week we'll finish off by painting the details and then embellish the hats and stick them onto the picture :) This exercise really allowed them to infuse their own creativity into the art piece because they had to decide what clothes would go with the hat they chose as well as where they would be while wearing it! So my Mexican girls are at a fiesta hence the strings of party lights in the background, the police officer is in full uniform and my princesses have small castles in the distance! I think they all got a lot done and I can't wait to see them finished! I thought reading this adorable little book about a cat who was reluctant to go to school would be a nice way to start off the term for my precious Doodlebugs! After reading about Splat's adventures we got down to painting him and adding nifty little details that we cut out and stuck to our picture. Take a look :)
From the moment I first came across this little book I knew I had to read it to my Picassos and paint that silly (sorry Petunia) goose.
You see, Petunia has a bit of a hang up about being called a silly goose, so when she came across a book in the field, she decided to take it everywhere so people would think she was wise. The plan worked and the barnyard animals all looked to Petunia for advice because of her new wise personna... and well you can guess what happens. I just think this is such a neat little moral, especially at the start of the school term, and it's told in an engaging and funny way! Take a look at the video up above to see what I mean! We painted the cover picture for this lovely little story by first sketching our goose and painting the background with the details first. Since the goose is mostly white, she was left blank and the details were put in at the very end with black paint. I also challenged some of my Picassos to add a few details to Petunia to bring out her personality in the picture. Take a look at our results!
Thursday Picassos met Petunia today :) Take a look at some of our newly minted Picassos and some of our 'old hats' ;P
Since it's Father's Day this weekend I thought this sweet little story would be a nice way to remind the Doodlebugs that their daddies would do just about anything for them! It's also a really fun project that is achievable even for little hands :)
For our art we recreated a scene from the book with the night sky and the very, very long ladder reaching to the moon as a symbol of daddy's love. Happy Father's Day!
This is such a cute little story and the art that goes with it is equally appealing!
To recreate the look of our little multicoloured chameleon the Doodlebugs got to play with liquid watercolours. We used the wet on wet technique on watercolour paper and really just watched as the liquid watercolours bled into each other. They used their brushes to dot paint onto a blank wet chameleon and the colours moved, swirled and 'mixed' in together. Next, they drew in grass and sky and of course some multi-coloured flowers etc to explain why our chameleon friend was so colourful! Ooh and last but not least... googly eyes to complete our chameleon's crazy look! lol Last week the Doodlebugs made some adorbale baby turtles using Air Dry Clay. So naturally, this week our task is to make a home for our little turtles to live!
So we set to work creating a habitat diorama. These were so much fun to make and the children really got into the process. Of course they also painted their little turtles... today was a busy day! We used old shoe boxes (my friends all now think I moonlight as a trash collector) and painted them out. I had cut outs of various types of fish , coral and other sea creatures that the children coloured in last week and we stuck them into the diaorama. For the final touch I spread some glue on the base and they sprinkled sand to represent the sea bed. I realize I didn't get very many close-ups of their turtles... I hope you can see them in there. Our class today was inspired by one of my favourite children's books. I must have read this little story to my own children scores of times because I just love the rhythmic style of the writing and the illustrations are so beautifully done. So I read the story and showed the Doodlebugs my sample of the baby turtle. We moulded our turtles all from one piece of clay and used toothpicks and straws to make the markings on his back and to put in eyes etc. I think they did a really stellar job :) Pulling the flippers and making the head and tail stick out into a recognizable form from a single blob of clay is no small feat for a child.
Modelling Clay needs to be throughly dry before it can be painted so the Doodlebugs will get to paint them in the next class. I didn't get many action pics of our little ones today... well because we were just too busy, but you can see a bit of them in the process and admire our little turtles ;P Who remembers the story of Chicken Little and Henny Penny? In my day it was Chicken Licken... but this version is great too :) This has to be one of my favourites and the version I have happens to have the most gorgeous illustrations... win, win! I read the story for the Doodlebugs today and we had lots of fun repeating the lines in the book... "The sky is falling, the sky is falling... we must run for our lives!!"
We painted a scene from the book and the children got to choose if they wanted to make Chicken Little or Henny Penny. For this project I got to pull out our painted papers that we made last week. They used templates to trace Chicken Little and Henny Penny out on these pretty papers and painted the background of grass and sky for them to be stuck on afterward. Take a look at the process and how they turned out. |
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