The Art Studio - Every Tuesday.

TODAY'S ACTIVITY
We visited the Art Studio for the first time this year. Since we must exit the building to go to the lower level, the class regards this as somewhat of a field trip. "Look, there's our school, and there's our Room 4!" were the cries overheard on our 3 min. trek.



Activities in today's Art Studio:

• Dot blotters of various colors - color mixing, shape and pattern.
  
• Small square sheets of tissue paper with diluted glue - translucent color mixing by overlay.
• Sensory bins filled with round beans, a variety of containers and funnels - measuring and conservation.
• Colorful small blocks with little people - balance and 3-D composition.
• Painting easels with different scrapers in addition to the usual brushes.
• The ever present drawing/writing table stocked to the hilt with colored pencils, crayons, markers, paper, vellum, card stock, envelopes, tape and scissors.

Though some of these items aren't typical art media, our focus here is working with various materials and processes. Some are permanent, others done, disassembled and redone for mastery.



TODAY'S STORY
When The Fly Flew In, by Lisa Peters, illustrated with watercolors by Brad Sneed. Sonya shared another sequential story of a fly disrupting the relative calm of a house full of pets(?). The dog, the cat, the parakeet were all unsuccessful. The hamster succeeded by eating the large cookie crumb that attracted the pest in the first place. At our post-story discussion (snack time) the children opined why the different animals couldn't catch the fly (too big, too furry, too slow, no hands, etc...) Recall and sequencing are the order of the day for comprehending this story.



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