Our Beautiful Saturday at the Lake

Studying Clouds

We have been learning about cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds this week. This afternoon we went outside to study what types of clouds we could find in our sky. We also had a very fun time telling each other what we saw in the clouds! We have several cloud activities planned for next week, which I will be sure to post.

Have a great weekend and be sure to take some time to look and dream and discover what you can see in the clouds!

Our Fun-Filled Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun Labor Day weekend. We spent our long weekend at the beach and enjoyed a day at an amusement park located along the ocean. Lots & lots more pictures of our weekend will be posted tomorrow!

Labor Day

I'll be back tomorrow with pictures from our Labor Day weekend. I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!

Farm Landscape Paintings

Earlier this week we discussed what type of landscape painting we wanted to paint. We took many walks outside and were inspired by what we see around us everyday -- farm land! To create our own farm landscape paintings we began by cutting pieces of card stock paper into four sections. While studying landscape pictures this week, we noticed the layers of color and line and we wanted to create this in our own paintings. Grace, Jack and Eve used a variety of painting materials to paint the paper sections blue, green, yellow and brown. Once the paint dried they glued their farm landscape pieces onto a piece of colored construction paper and added details using more paint with their fingers, Q-tips, paint brushes and cotton balls. I love how much Grace, Jack and Eve enjoyed this project. Their abstract farm landscape paintings are so beautiful.

Painting a Landscape

This week we have been talking about landscapes. Grace, Jack and Eve have learned how landscape paintings have the ability to capture the three-dimensional world on a flat surface. In order to learn more about the nature that surrounds us we have been studying famous landscape paintings. Today, Grace, Jack and Eve painted landscape pictures of their very own that are similar to our surroundings! The paint is still a little wet so the finishing touches on the landscape pictures will be completed tomorrow. I'll post pictures. :)