Wh When can we PAINT??

Today we did one of the coolest projects we've done all year. I loved it!! We made our own puff paint out of salt, flour, and water. It took a bit longer than I thought it would and the kids really got good use of their "wh" word- WHEN??? We put it it squeeze bottles, added pigment, and FINALLY we got to paint. The colors rocked, and the way they blended was even cooler. When the kids went home, my kids and I made a bunch more. SOOOOO fun. I totally want these pieces for the Spring Salon, but our show is already so huge. We'll see.

Yay for Spring!

Spring is seriously thinking of coming. Winter is ever threatening, but I think in the end, it will get warm around here. To encourage, we have done Spring-ish projects this week. Today we made butterflies out of watercolors and coffee filters. They were super colorful and oh-so-cute.

Ee

I have lots of E names in my family. Because of this I have lots of E's all over my house. This cute little chicken makes me Lego E's every day. Every day I see this adorable little face and hear "Teacher, I made this for you!" I love it I love it I love it.

wh-- what in the world is that????

This week we are talking about wh. We have learned the words who, what, why, where, and when. Our snacks have been all sorts of creative. Where is our snack??? When is our snack ever going to be ready?? Why are we having cheesy puffs AGAIN??

For our project today we made "what in the world is THAT???" Oh, it's goo. We made this really cool stuff from scratch, colored it, and played hard. It was a super cool project!

Celebration Day!

Today we got to celebrate this really fun guy. He loves his friends, and he loves to play with his friends. He wants to be a green shark, but he would still have friends and play with them. If he could have anything in the world, he would like a doll for his mom! How cute is that? He would like to be a monkey so that he could eat even more bananas. He doesn't like baby toys, and he can do amazing front flips probably better than anyone else ever! We love that we get to hang out with this super guy every week at the Studio.

Ww Andy Warhol

Today we talked about Andy Warhol (1928-1987), the leading American pop artist. Warhol took popular items from mass culture and isolated them in paintings, prints, sculpture, and the like. We took the Easter Bunny today, and turned it into our own Warhol, pop-art exhibit. Unfortunately we didn't have time to properly put our Easter Bunnies on backgrounds and finish their faces. They turned out just wonderfully though as they were.

Ww Window

Today we looked at stained glass windows. We looked at a real window, some pictures of windows, and then we made starch and tissue paper windows. The colors are so awesome. Again, they are for the Spring Salon. I loved how they turned out. It was a great process, and we got some amazing "windows".

Jj jolly jingly jester

Today we celebrated All Fool's Day! We made these awesome jester hats and puppets, and we played silly games, and read nonsense stories.
For snacks, we had worms and dirt! The kids were pretty nervous about these. I thought it was funny that they thought would really serve them dirt. Happy April Fool's Day!!

Celebration Day!

Today we got to celebrate this great kid! At our celebration days, each of the kids draws a portrait of the person celebrated. We got some AWESOME faux-hawk images. I loved them. We learned about this guy today that he loves Spider man and all things dark blue. The best part about him is his smile and his favorite person ever, is another preschool friend. He wants more than anything to have laser eyes which is fitting being that he is an amazing superhero. Although he doesn't like pink, he is probably a better artist than almost anyone! We love this great kid!

Zz Zhang Daqian

Today we talked about the Chinese artist Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) who made lovely paintings of birds.
We made our own Zhang Daqian birds today. They turned out super cute! Ok, so they aren't very Chinese looking, but they came from Oriental Trading, so that's worth something right?

Zz Zebra

Today we zebra striped some zebras with marbles. It was a really fun project, and we had painted marbles flying all over the place. I didn't think we would need aprons, but I'm pretty sure every kid ended up with a marble in their lap a few times. Sorry about that. The kids crack me up. They totally know their paints a little, and they know which ones stain clothes. They were asking "Is this tempera or acrylic?" Luckily it was tempera.