Overheard

I hear the funniest stuff sometimes. I need to write them down so that I can blog the cute stuff that comes out of these little mouths. I always think I'll remember, and I never do. This one I jotted down. These two cute kids were talking about their last year preschool experiences.
(I might note that neither child was in my preschool last year.)

#1 Well, my teacher was mad at me EVERY DAY!!
#2 MY teacher was mad at me every day AND I got suspended even!
#1 Well, I was in time out and that is even badder.
#2 Nuh, uh, suspended is badder because my mom and dad got so mad at me, and I went in time out all the time at preschool, and they didn't get mad at me for that.

(Satisfied that kicked out probably was badder, the conversation went on to the teachers.)

#1 Well my teacher was so mad all the time.
#2 My teacher was mad too, at everyone, not just me.
#1 My teacher was mad AND mean.

............................................ and so it goes. Don't even ask, I won't tell you. he he he he he

Celebration Day!

Today we got to celebrate this great little guy. We learned that his skills as a back flipper, and back-hand-springer are un-paralleled! He loves being on the go, his big brother, swimming, and shockingly, he wishes more than anything thing that there was a giant snake in his back yard! We are loving getting to know this cute little boy.

I loved this portrait of our celebrated little man.
Notice the spiky hai

Mm Matisse

Today we talked about the fabulous Henri Matisse (1869-1954). We looked specifically at his piece entitled The Snail. This enormous piece was completed just before his death, and remains one of his most famous. It is made with cut and torn pieces of dyed paper that were adhered to the canvas.
We cut and tore our own paper and made our own little Snails. I LOVED so much the results that we got in this project.

Mm Monster Mobile

Today we made these way awesome Monster Mobiles. They are as frustrating as they are cute. I heard no less than 100 times today "Teacher, my leg (arm, hair, head . . .) fell off AGAIN!!"

Tt Wayne Theibaud

Today we discussed Wayne Theibaud (b. 1920-). He is probably one of my favorite modern artists. Mostly because of his subject matter (: but also his style is just marvelous. So in honor of Wayne Theibaud (pronounced tee-bo) we made frosting, and tinted it ourselves, then we frosted lovely cupcakes, and ate them for snack. Lastly, we drew a picture of an ice cream cone, and water colored it. Tt is such a fun letter!

Wood block stamp

Today we made our own version of wood block stamping. It was the coolest project ever. The results were so much neater than I thought they would be. The project was such a MESS!!! But so awesome we will for sure do it again. I feel bad that I didn't get pictures of everybody's stamps, because they were so original and neat.

Aa Ansel Adams

Today we talked about Ansel Adams (1902-1984). We took the camera outside and made nature photographs of our own. My own yard leaves much to be desired, thank goodness my neighbor has a green thumb and a fabulous flower bed. I messed up the picture taking process though, and most of the kids don't remember which picture is theirs. So, we'll enjoy them on the blog, and call it good.

Aa Abstract Art

Celebration Day!

Today we got to celebrate this darling little girl. We found out a lot about her, mostly that she has impeccable taste and style when it comes to clothes. She is an amazing tongue clicker, bike rider, singer, dancer, and friend. We are lucky to get to hang out with this lady.

this is one of the student portraits of our Celebration Girl!