As you know, we had an art show. The children did a great job on their projects and we hope that you enjoy them. The wall art will come home with your child on Monday. Our "Seasons Trees" had many dimensions. We traced hands, stamped hands, used fingerprints, and even added some other items for texture. They have been sprayed with a protective sealant to try and preserve them, but you never know with glitter. The cornucopia paintings started with some corn painting. When we learned about the Native Americans and the gift of maize - we rolled corn in paint. It made a colorful background for the cornucopias that we stamped with a basket pattern, cut and glued to our corn prints. We ended this project by stamping with real fruit and gluing on fall leaves. My personal favorite is the Mayflower painting. The children were shown various paintings of the Mayflower and then asked to paint their very own version. It was going to end there, but their stories about the Mayflower were just too priceless not to share.
The "pine cone turkeys" were inspired by the beautiful giant pine cones found in my backyard. Everyone makes them and I have a personal collection from my children that I have to display each Thanksgiving. The children enjoyed holding these pine cones and measuring with them. It was amazing that some of their hands were actually smaller than the pine cone. (Yes math & science happen everywhere.) The pinch pot and corn beading were part of the Native American unit and our "Thanksgiving Book" just provides the simple story of the first Thanksgiving and what it means to be thankful. There were some priceless responses to the "thankful page" at the front of the book and on the "how do you cook a turkey" on the last page. Please take some time to look at your child's work with them and praise them for everything that they created. As a mother of now older boys, your time is passing faster than you really know. Public school cannot provide time to talk about God's blessings and this is the most important part of the Thanksgiving story. "Songs of Thankfulness and Praise, this to you our God we raise..."
As you know, we had an art show. The children did a great job on their projects and we hope that you enjoy them. The wall art will come home with your child on Monday. Our "Seasons Trees" had many dimensions. We traced hands, stamped hands, used fingerprints, and even added some other items for texture. They have been sprayed with a protective sealant to try and preserve them, but you never know with glitter. The cornucopia paintings started with some corn painting. When we learned about the Native Americans and the gift of maize - we rolled corn in paint. It made a colorful background for the cornucopias that we stamped with a basket pattern, cut and glued to our corn prints. We ended this project by stamping with real fruit and gluing on fall leaves. My personal favorite is the Mayflower painting. The children were shown various paintings of the Mayflower and then asked to paint their very own version. It was going to end there, but their stories about the Mayflower were just too priceless not to share.
The "pine cone turkeys" were inspired by the beautiful giant pine cones found in my backyard. Everyone makes them and I have a personal collection from my children that I have to display each Thanksgiving. The children enjoyed holding these pine cones and measuring with them. It was amazing that some of their hands were actually smaller than the pine cone. (Yes math & science happen everywhere.) The pinch pot and corn beading were part of the Native American unit and our "Thanksgiving Book" just provides the simple story of the first Thanksgiving and what it means to be thankful. There were some priceless responses to the "thankful page" at the front of the book and on the "how do you cook a turkey" on the last page. Please take some time to look at your child's work with them and praise them for everything that they created. As a mother of now older boys, your time is passing faster than you really know. Public school cannot provide time to talk about God's blessings and this is the most important part of the Thanksgiving story. "Songs of Thankfulness and Praise, this to you our God we raise..."
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