Trip to the Theater!

Here are a few pictures from our exciting field trip to Macklanburg Playhouse here on campus. They picked out clothes from the dress-up area and then created their own character names for the day. They enjoyed finding out about the theater from Ruth Ann and several theatre students.

Glockenspiel and Glissando

During Music with Brenda, we took turns playing the Glockenspiel (not to be confused with a xylophone, which has notes made from wood instead of metal). We learned a technique called 'Glissando' which is the way you are playing it when you glide the stick up and down the notes. We thought it sounded like the sound we should make when we turn the pages of our fairy tale books.

Magic Shoes

We thought of a creative and artistic thing to do with the dramatic play area: create magic shoes! Take a look through your closet and see if there is an old pair of shoes you wouldn't mind donating for them decorate and create fun shoes for the dress-up area. They would have the opportunity to paint, bedazzle, and decorate the shoes they wish so it should be shoes that you wouldn't mind leaving in the classroom. Please send them in with your child by next Wednesday if you would like to participate. Thanks!

Exploring Fairy Tales

During work time, some decided to explore the Little Mermaid and create their own collection of things. They picked different characters from the story like Ariel, mermen, and a cowboy as well to add a little to the mix.

Signed by the Artist

I showed several artists in our room how other artists sometimes sign their work--with the other end of the paint brush. But why stop with just a small signature? It's a great way in itself to work with paint.

Look What the Overhead Projector "Swallowed" Today!

Now that our Beautiful Stuff has taken its rightful place in our room, adorned the castle, and been used as pirate treasure, it was time for another exploration. We pulled a couple tubs of it off the shelf, sat on the floor and after Catherine noticed that she could see through some of the things in the collection, I jumped up to plug in the overhead projector. Last week we played around with black and white paint at the art table and the experience today has me thinking about more ways to explore black, white, transparency and shadows.

Exploring Fairy Tales

Today in the classroom we started discussing fairy tales. We talked about what makes a fairy tale. Some of them said there had to be a princess, a king and a castle. We also talked about that most of the stories begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "and they lived happily ever after." The castle was brought out for them to use during work time which they enjoyed. At the castle they were busy baking cookies and making mexican lasagna. Some of the students worked at another table creating princess hats, wizard hats, and armor. I can already tell this unit is going to be very exciting!