Good Afternoon!

Today, we explored a famous earth works artist by the name of Andrew Goldsworthy.  Everyone has been very interested in building with rocks in the sensory bin, so we offered this book at the round table along with trays of sand, and a bowl of smooth pebbles of different sizes.  Several of us made round or spiraled shapes with the stones like some we saw in the book.  Another found images of Cairns (stone sculptures) and worked to reproduce them.  We talked about finding flat stones stacking from large to small and carefully balancing them.  One friend had the idea to use the kinetic sand to help the rocks stick together better!

A number of us created mixed media paintings in the art center.  Remembering our crayon and paint experiment, we tried oil pastels with water color over the top.  We loved the interesting effects made by this mixed media technique! 

Our older friends worked on stringing our egg carton spring flowers using yarn and a yarn needle.  We learned how to poke the needle through pushing it toward the counter so not to poke ourselves.  We hung our finished strings of flowers in the art center for all of us to enjoy.

Breakfast: Cheerios & oranges

Lunch: Grilled cheese on whole wheat bread, peppers/carrots, & pineapple

PM Snack: English Muffins w/ PB

Wee Sprouts: Baby carrots & peppers

Link to pictures:  2023-03-21

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Ms. Linsey & Ms. Kim