Session 4- Day 3

The Red Group surrounded Jenn, anxiously waiting to see how their ceramic bowls came out! Afterwards, they went to their classroom to finish their fairy huts.

To make the fairy huts, the children first cut out the shape of the hut from a plastic liter soda bottle. The hut has a doorway so the fairy can walk in and out of her home. Then the children glued green and yellow tissue paper to the outside. Once the tissue paper dried, decorations were added such as: sequins, flowers, butterflies, iguanas and much more! Finally, the huts were placed in a tray which had a green tarp to look like grass.

The children had a blast playing with fairy dolls in its new home!

Today, the Turquoise Group learned about point of view and perspective. Before starting the project, they discussed aerial view and how the sun casts a shadow. If a butterfly or bird were to fly over a tree, the shadow the sun casts on the tree will be an abstract silhouette. On a black board with black oil pastels, the children outlined shadows of plants. They will later paint contrast colors doing the opposite colors it would be in nature. 

Going along with learning about contrasting colors, the Turquoise Group are making realistic paintings of flowers rather then abstract in the previous project.

The children used pencil to sketch a picture of the flower pots they had as their model. Then traced over the sketch with black oil pastel. Finally, they painted in their picture using contrast colors to make it realistic.