Artists

Artists and the arrival of spring were the topics for the week!  We heard several books about art including Baby Einstein A,B,C's of Art, The Dot, Ish, and A Blue Butterfly which is a book about Claude Monet.  

One of our highlights this week was going on a spring scavenger hunt.  We had a list of "spring things" to look for.  Some of the things we found  included robins, cardinals, pussy willows, buds, flowers beginning to sprout, clouds, the sun, and pine cones.

After hearing this story we began work on creating our own Monet Water Lily paintings.  

Using the colors of the rainbow, we each got a streamer to run with!

Our class rainbow!

We had a rainbow of food for our snack...yum!!

After reading the book Ish by Peter Reynolds, we made our own Ish drawings and titled our artwork.  The children's drawings were wonderful!!

Creating a zoo with Magna Tiles during activity time. 

Tuesday was extended day, our lunch bunch!!

 Roman was our Maple Leaf of the Week.  We had fun learning about some of his favorite things when he shared his poster with us!  His Mom came in for a visit and brought us canvas and paint...perfect for Artist Week!!  We each chose our own image and had fun using our paints!  Thanks Roman for helping to make our week so special!!

Our class of artists, working on the project that Roman and his mom brought in to share!!

Reading books after snack time. The kids have become so good at looking through the pages and telling themselves stories based upon the pictures of the book.  This is a really important pre reading skill.

Lift the flap books and Care Bear books are some of the class favorites.  

Our finished artwork.  We are a bunch of Picassos in the making!!