It's Gravity Week!

Oh the things we can drop! There's nothing like getting really messy and learning while your at it. This week the children experience gravity as it slides down a ramp, sprinkles out of water color filled balloons and travels through tubes at our water table.

Eric Carle Week

We decided to celebrate the work of Eric Carle since his books and stories have visited just about all our children's lives. We provided sponges for painting and many children decided to use their hands.

We also had them collage the different animals and objects that appear in the stories with pre-cut, pre-painted paper. At the clay table they made food and pretended to serve it to one another. We had the projector showing images of the many animals that appear in all the books.

We even had some children decide to make their own stories with family members in their drawings.

Van Gogh

This week the children were able to venture into the world of Vincent Van Gogh. Textured lines, fast movement and many colors.

We showed them images and provided many different paint brushes for a variety of strokes at the painting station. Then we explained to them that lines and textures can also be made in 3d form so the clay station became another canvas. In addition we had the children arrange different shapes of shinny paper in the water...an activity they love doing!

Revisting Color

We are surrounded by color everyday and children who visit us know about it. This lesson was about recreating color. We used powdered paint, melted crayons, regular crayons, colored paper and more. We hid colored objects in the sand table and had the children dig and sort them out.

Mobiles and the artist Emery Blagdon

Children love colorful and natural objects. This lesson was about making mobiles with various materials, all selected and designed by the little Magical Minds that visit our studio. Emery Blagdon was the inspiration behind this project and we had a slide show of his work playing in the background.