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puppets from tuesday's class

Thursday puppets

Thirteen kids today. They created puppets, like the Tuesday kids. We have future surgeons, marine biologists, fire fighters, vetinarians and video game designers in this group.

'what do you want to be when you grow up' puppets

Here's Tuesday's class of 8 working on puppets. The theme was decided by the kids, and they chose to make puppets that reflected what they wanted to be when they grew up. We'll finish the puppets next week, and do an inclass puppet show.

Thursday

Another holiday week, so we had a mix of Tuesday and Thursday kids for a total of 9 kids. We made little people Flat Pack Toy Design. First the kids made themselves, then some kids made one of their parents, or another person. One kid made a squirrel and the other a rabbit. It was a good lesson, since they learned to build 3-d objects.

Tree of Life

Since there was no class on Tuesday, I invited the Tuesday kids to join us on Thursday for class. We had 11 kids. We did one of my favorite lessons, inspired by Klimt, that I call the Tree of Life. I showed the kids images of Klimt's work, talked about patterns and color, and asked them to draw a tree, and fill it with pattern. We worked with oil pastels and watercolor.

Thursday's class

Just 7 kids today, the others must be busy with holiday stuff. We made gift boxes and ornaments today.

Tuesday's kids! VIDEO!!

Eight kids today. The group broke out in spontaneous song! While we made boxes from paper and then collaged and decorated the outsides of the boxes. I encouraged the kids to make a gift certificate for some chore, or kindness, to gift as a gift to their parents and place inside the box.

Hear me on the Radio!

Please go to http://signonradio.com/programs/ut-community/ and then to December 4, segment 2 to listen the part of the radio program that features an interview with yours truly about Mundo Lindo. Katie Ragazzi, Econdido Children's Museum Executive Director and I were interviewed by the Union Tribune internet radio station, Sign On Radio.

Christmas Party

On Dec 15, we had a party for Mundo Lindo kids and their families. We gave raffle tickets to each child and they got to pick an art supply gift from under the tree. Fun time!

poinsettia

Fifteen kids in class today and we drew poinsettias that I brought in, then watercolor. They came out great, but I'm especially fond of this one. This Saturday, 12/15 is our Mundo Lindo Christmas Party. ALL the kids that have attended Mundo Lindo since it started in June are invited! 11am-1pm.

artist

The artist

thursday poinsettias

Tuesday class

Eight kids today. We used the collage paper that we created last week to weave into covers for these blank journals.

Tuesday class

Eight kids in class today. We did a crayon texture resist, then watercolor. We made our own stamps too. Next week we'll use these papers to create book cover and note cards. I was out of town last week, so Sarah and Trisha did the classes and they kids made woven baskets from yarn, ribbon and yogurt containers.

Tuesday Self-Portrait Weavings

Eight kids in class today. First, everyone made a list of at least 16 things they liked. Some items on the list were: sleep, art, family, ice cream, animals, earth. Then I gave them strip of paper to illustrate each one of their likes a a strip of paper, to create 16 strips. At the end, they wove them together and glued it on to a sheet of construction paper.

With Thanksgiving coming up, we all agreed we were thankful for Mundo Lindo.

Tuesday: Thankful

Eight kids today and the theme was Thankful. What are we thankful for? We went into the park, and each collected a leaf. Then, back to the classroom, where they drew the leaf and wrote one word that they were thankful for, and cut out the leaf. We put them in the window.

The other project was to create a little collaged house from paper, with images and drawings of things we're thankful for. For the roof, we created a little book, and many of the kids were going to use the house as a centerpiece for Thanksgiving, and have the guests write their memories in the little book.

Mundo Lindo 11_8_07 thursday class

Here's the Thursday class. It was a full class of 17 kids! They finished the mural, working in teams of three. During the same class, they painted their clay from last week. A busy, but fulfilling class!

Included is the photo is Sarah. She works at Escondido Children's Museum, and is my assistant for Mundo Lindo classes.

signatures on the mural

Everyone who worked on the mural signed it. Twenty five kids total painted it in less that 4 hours.

from Thursdays class.