ernesto

jasmin and yailyn

laura

leslie

long thread

sewing

 the kids were actually quiet while they were sewing!

Brian explains

 Into the garden today, to sketch simple shapes for our art project. Brian made a surprise visit, and identified the different plants and vegetables growing in the garden.

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 With clip boards and sketch paper, the kids drew at least 6 different shapes, they say in the garden.
 

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 And, we took some time to harvest the tiny carrots growing in the garden. We took them inside, washed them, and everyone got to taste a fresh carrot, just picked!

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 Gorgeous day to be outside!
 

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 After the kids drew some shapes, the selected two or three of them to cut templates from cereal boxes.

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 They then drew borders, using rulers, on watercolor paper and began to trace the cardboard templates onto the paper.

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 then, outline those shapes in permanent marker

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 and painted them with watercolor.
 

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 

repeated shapes-based on the garden

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 

repeated shapes-based on the garden

 

kids dreamboats

 the kids did a great job on their boats!! We followed Ann Wood's tutorial, with a few changes to make it easier for the kids. It's spring break, so we didn't have a full class, which was a good thing when it came time to help them assemble their boats--it was labor intensive! but well worth it!

working on the sails

 We made our sails out of paper and wrote and colored our 'dreams' on them.

they wrote their dreams on the sails

 

painted boats drying

 We used tempera paints on the papier mache boats, made from cereal boxes, newspaper and glue.
 

Perla

 

Taylor

 

Janice

 We used fishing line to hang the boats.
 

Ernesto

Corrine

 

Fernando

 

Marc

Abigail