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Today the Imaginators got to break loose! Both age groups did a Christmas craft, the older ones created a Christmas Owl to hang on the tree and the younger ones made a very glittery star!   Next was pizza and a Christmas movie followed by a bit of outside time... naturally outside play was popular on any given day of the week :) When they got back in it was time for our very special visitor from the North Pole. I must admit, I thought I would get some nonchalant attitudes from the older children, but it seems everyone in this bunch still loves Santa and boy was that a heartwarming discovery! They shared their wishes and then Santa led them through a medley of Christmas carols! The fun didn't end their either! Aunty Reiko read everyone The Story of Christmas which they all eagerly enjoyed... probably because they were just in the presence of the narrator of the story... the man in the red suit himself! So ends our wonderful week at Camp Imaginators! The children went off full to the brim with all their goodies. Each child took home an Art Portfolio courtesy Arty Pants Studio containing their pieces from during the week and a self-made 'book' from The Reading Garden detailing their experience. Of course they also got their present from Santa!   I'm sure their hearts and minds are also full of all the stories they read, the art pieces they painted and the friends they made!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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According to Dr. Seuss... There's No Place Like Space, and I quite agree! The Picassos took in this educational video on the Solar System and then we got down to creating our version of space... collage style! I got them to draw out their planets first and they could either draw and colour a real planet or design one of their own! Guess what most people chose to do... The planets were coloured in with chalk pastels and sprayed with fixative so they wouldn't smudge. Some children named their planets as well... and got very creative in the process! We cut out our designs and stuck them to a black sheet splattered with white tempera to mimic the stars! See what they did at The Reading Garden.
Today at Camp Imaginators Aunty Reiko did the local tale Hatch which introduced the Doodlebugs to our local leatherback turtles and the story of their birth. So when they came to me I wanted them to represent those baby turtles on the page! I directed them in drawing the turtles and they used watercolours to paint the beautiful seascape. For these tiny mites it's important to be prepared, so I had turtle back templates on hand so they could get the scale right and they drew the details in free hand. They also added the things we would see under the sea... which they were all very eager to suggest... "SEAWEED! ROCKS! PLANTS! FISH! CRABS! SHARKS!"... Well maybe not sharks :P It was a lot of fun :) Take a look at the finished results. Check out what they did at the Reading Garden as well!
The Picassos are in for a treat this afternoon when Aunty Reiko sets the scene for Venice Italy in the little chapter book Greetings From Somewhere. Since they have art first I wanted to give them a sneak peak at where they were about to go so we took a look at this little video... Of course this is Arty Pants Studio, so while we make our art we also get a little smarter (hee hee) so they learnt about Venice, then I used this as an opportunity to introduce them to the concept of one-point perspective. I showed how you can create the illusion of space and depth just by the placement of your lines. We drew a Venetian land/sea scape complete with gondola with our vanishing point in the distance. Take a look! Check out the fun at The Reading Garden!
It's the Doodlebugs third day of camp and I understand that Aunty Reiko already has them coming out of their shells (those that need encouragement of course lol) with a dance session after the book Giraffes Can't Dance. I personally love this book... I read it to my own children so it wasn't hard to come up with an art lesson for this one. Drawing the Giraffe These were lots of fun to draw just using simple shapes and focusing on making the legs long and wobbly like they were in motion! They coloured them in using oil pastels and we set them aside. Painting the Background Next the Doodlebugs painted the background night sky by mixing a deep blue and purple colour right on the page. The left out a circle for the moon and painted the bottom of the page green for the grass. Putting it all together Then all the beautiful giraffes (cut out by our lovely Aunties Adesha and Loiuse) were stuck into place and voila a fabulous dancing giraffe! Take a look at our stunning results! Check out the fun at The Reading Garden!
Today's art project was very interesting and entertaining to say the least :) The children were asked to think of what they wanted to be when they grow up and if they couldn't decide on one... well that's no problem, we could include as many dreams as the paper would fit! The responses ranged from the traditional doctors and pilots to the more modern pet sitters and YouTubers... never a dull moment! They were given directions on how to draw a basic portrait and some children wanted to make a likeness of themselves, while others took the liberty to change their appearance to whatever they wanted... because well when you're a grown up you can change your hair if you want to! Then they had to draw in tools or props that went along with the career or job of their choice. This was all to get them to think of their path... as Aunty Reiko of The Reading Garden planned to do Dr. Suess' book Oh The Places You'll Go. Take a look at our amazing results! See what they did at The Reading Garden!
Today the little ones did a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today which taught them all about kindness and giving... a very apt lesson for the Christmas season and to continue this theme we made Christmas cards! I thought it would be a lovely gesture to 'fill someone's bucket' and the kids got to decide who they would give it to. The process was simple enough for the 4 year olds but fun and interesting enough for the 7 year olds as well! After all who doesn't love finger painting, not to mention sticking gems and let's not forget GLITTER! Check out the fun at The Reading Garden as well!
If you're wondering what on earth Albert Einstein has to do with Pointillism then I don't blame you! The fact is the Picassos at Camp Imaginators were set to delve into a little book called "I am Albert Einstein" today so I was charged with the task of coming up with an art lesson that would mesh well with this book. So I considered the contributions of Einstein to science and thought of how his curious nature and his inventiveness are what make him notorious today and I realized that the same can be said of George Seurat the French artist who developed the technique called Pointillism. So, after a little intro on what the day would be like and what we were about to undertake, the Picassos took a look at this video... Then we got straight into our project for the day! A simple sunflower with a butterfly perched on its petals but done in the style of George Seurat... using Pointillist theory ;P Once they were finished we framed them using brightly coloured paper to complete the piece! Beautiful :) See what they did at The Reading Garden.
The little ones spent the morning with Aunty Reiko of the Reading Garden doing a book called The Way I Feel. To compliment what they learnt in the morning and to really cement the theme of the day I decided to do emotion portraits with my little darlings! To make it specific to the book I made emotion cards that went along with all the pages of the story... we had scared, happy, sad, angry and excited. We talked about how we show emotion mostly in our eyes and mouth and then they were given the cards to examine how the feeling made the eyes and the mouth change. Of course some of them were quick to point out that we might see noses flare when you get angry or steam coming out of ears... in cartoons! lol...  Once everyone was comfortable with their emotion cards we drew them out and painted! Here's how they turned out! See what they did at The Reading Garden!
 Tomorrow is the first day of camp and we're all set to go! After all the planning and prepping I must say I can't wait to meet all the kiddies that we'll be spending the next week with drawing, painting and of course learning about different techniques, artists and even places around the world!
Camp Imaginators is a collaboration with The Reading Garden so our Imaginators will spend half the day with Aunty Reiko reading, doing crafts and even science experiments! Our imaginators are going to be a well-rounded bunch :) Don't forget to check her blog as well to get a full picture of the experience... I'll post links in each of my posts so you can see the relationship we've developed between art and language. Stay tuned! |
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