a few Winter projects

 alkaseltzer- white paint- water- and baby oil with a little glitter

snow storm in a jar experiment

 Circle stamping

 Triangle stamping/paper tearing and fingerprinting

Cake drawings shape by shape

Looking at art by Wayne Theibaud and drawing cakes shape by shape...
We also took a break to pick the papers off crayons. What an incredibly calming activity....

Thankful Pies..

We have been looking at the art of Wayne Theibaud and made a project focused on sweet pies and being thankful since Thanksgiving is around the corner. 

Picasso Faces

Scared Spider Selfies

Owl Art

First weeks of school!

 Practicing bug counting

 we made our own color chart

our classroom is the firefly room and here are our fireflies!

Some Matisse inspired art-

Cleaning Water

My oldest is interested in water clean up and my youngest is interested in saving animals. I happened to stumble across this book at the library and grabbed it quick. It was out on the table and on their own they began an experiment laid out in the lesson portion.
They tested different materials to clean up the oil (olive oil in this case)....
The experiment inspired lots of conversation and more interest in what we can do to help in the bigger picture... More experiments to come

Engineering Experiments

We are working through the "Dream Big" curriculum testing engineering projects. The first is inspired by the architecture of the Shanghai Tower. The kids worked for an hour and a half with noodles and marshmallows to create a 2 foot structure that could withstand wind.

This is the second of the experiments and it is testing non electric lighting solutions for the interior of buildings based on the SF Transbay Terminal.

Frog study

Selfies!

ABC wall art with birds

Summer art projects

 Not that we need more spinners but We figured out how to make one with perler beads and a toothpick

 Quiet art time :)

Arty food

We have been on a cooking spree at home since school let out. My oldest has found an interest in plating food and making sushi! More to come....