Tag: art
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Working Together
One of my favorite artists to introduce to the kids is Henri Matisse. They always love the fact that he ‘painted with scissors,’ they usually want to dip the scissors to paint and do it as well 😉 and they really enjoy doing the paper collages. This time, we decided to work together to create […]
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All about Apples
It would not be a proper fall without apples! We spent a lot of time learning about them. We explored the apples with our five senses and wrote down our observations. We measured, weighted and cut open our apples (to count the seeds inside). We did a taste test with 5 different kind of apples […]
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Beautiful fall leaves
Fall in Sammamish can be pretty beautiful. We have been admiring the beautiful fall leaves for the past couple of weeks. Kids have been asking questions about the leaves, commenting on the amazing colors, and every day they have been looking for the smallest and largest leaves from our huge maple tree behind the preschool. […]
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Cards for Moms
Making gifts for moms has become a ‘thing’ in my classroom now. We make gifts for them almost every day. Kids want to make pictures for their moms. They want to pick flowers for them. They want to wrap pieces of papers as presents for them (the more of them there are and the more […]
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Pet Rocks Rock
We have been talking about animals this month, especially pets. And since not all of the kids have pets at home, we decided to make our own. We chose the rocks (everybody got two) we wanted to use and gave them a proper bath. The kids loved splashing and scrubbing the rocks clean. Then they […]
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Pink glasses for everyone!
What color glasses would you wear if you had a choice? We explored light, colors and color mixing with these awesome glasses. Kids had a blast and tried one, two and even six of them at the same time. ‘It is orange!’ cried one. ‘I made it really dark! It’s so dark I don’t even […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Today we were sitting at our table, eating snack, reading books and talking about Valentine’s day. What it is and what it means for us. I asked the kids how we celebrate it. They looked at me for a while and then said: ‘by loving everyone!’ I love that answer! (Even though I totally did […]
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Self portrait and lines
What is a line? A dot that went for a walk. — Paul Klee I started today’s at project with a mission in mind – I’m documenting kids work during the year and would like to make them a book (presentation folder) that will hold the most memorable moments. And that book needs an awesome […]
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Mailing letters filled with paint
Painting letters V really enjoyed putting together huge letters today. It started slowly. He wanted to paint over some doodles he made on a paper. Then he wanted to paint another piece of paper… and then he experimented. What would happen if I put them on top of each other? This simple inquiry resulted in […]
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Borax Snowflakes
Would you like to make some amazing crystals? It’s much easier than you may think. Here is how to make the snowflake: First cut a pipe cleaner into three pieces and combined them in the middle. Then mix hot water and borax (1 cup of water and 3 tablespoons of borax) and tie the […]
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