Foggy Friday

The fog and rain didn't dampen our spirits at all today.

ART STUDIO
Watercolor paintings with salt applied. The salt resists the colors and separates. For instance black separates into pink, purple and grey. The energetic textured patterns resemble "lava" and "exploding", according to our artists.

Colored stick collages (this one in beginning stage) are good practice for fine motor control. Learning how to control pressure required to apply glue carefully is an additional desired outcome.

Ongoing cumulative cardboard square assemblage. It takes a long time to build up these stuctures.

Notice how the drawing mimics the repetitive pattern of the aligned "animal markers."





















TODAY'S STORY
Pancakes, Pancakes, by Eric Carle. In this book, we learn the sources of the ingredients used to make pancakes. We also learn of the processes of threshing, grinding, milking, churning, cooking and flipping. We find that a young boy goes to a great deal of effort for this one simple reward. It's a great follow-up to the ever-popular Hungry Thing who adores "Shamancakes".

P.S. We're making these Tuesday morning! We'll make butter on Monday.