As part of our celebration of the season, we gathered together squash, gourds and our pumpkin from the Family Farm that we visited a few weeks ago. Looking them over carefully, we compared shapes, sizes and colors. Using these features, we chose the ones we thought were the most visually interesting. Of course, we had to place our plain, yet beautiful, orange pumpkin in our still life arrangement. Each child drew the forms with a black sharpie on white paper...
and then painted them with liquid watercolors.
Many of the children noted details, such as variations in colors, grooves in the pumpkin shell, and subtle stripes or spots on the gourds, which they incorporated into their artwork.
We flowed into states of deep concentration and relaxed awareness...
And every still life painting was totally different and unique, just as we are!
Meanwhile, the classroom was buzzing with activity...
such as teamwork in the Creation Station,
balancing a tall and narrow structure with the wooden unit blocks,
and a collaborative effort on a "castle." Note the math concepts at work in these two structures: symmetry with flair, the tricky act of finding a balance point, awareness of height, width and depth, building equivalent dimensions using different sizes of blocks... We are literally constructing our "brain power," as well as developing mathematical reasoning skills, when we build with the wooden unit blocks!
We went on a field trip to the Seattle Center and admired the fountain before going to the play at the Seattle Children's Theater. We were delighted with how the spurts of the fountain were synchronized to the music!
After having the time to move our bodies, we were ready to go to the theater for the performance of "Morgan's Journey." This was a vocal, participatory play filled with gentleness and laughter, an exploration of self-discovery and feelings. The play ultimately blossomed into a learning experience of friendship, sharing and caring. It was a timeless theater piece, reaching into the embrace of life, touching young and old. We left the theater feeling connected, renewed and full of hope!
After the play, we had the endearing opportunity to meet Morgan and his puppet, Herkimer, in the lobby. We were enthralled!
Herkimer tickled each of us as he snuggled into our cheeks...
As attention moved, so did Morgan and Herkimer, until we were all watching them tune into the youngest member of the audience.
What a lovely journey we are on together!
Many of the children noted details, such as variations in colors, grooves in the pumpkin shell, and subtle stripes or spots on the gourds, which they incorporated into their artwork.
We flowed into states of deep concentration and relaxed awareness...
And every still life painting was totally different and unique, just as we are!Meanwhile, the classroom was buzzing with activity...
such as teamwork in the Creation Station,
balancing a tall and narrow structure with the wooden unit blocks,
and a collaborative effort on a "castle." Note the math concepts at work in these two structures: symmetry with flair, the tricky act of finding a balance point, awareness of height, width and depth, building equivalent dimensions using different sizes of blocks... We are literally constructing our "brain power," as well as developing mathematical reasoning skills, when we build with the wooden unit blocks!
We went on a field trip to the Seattle Center and admired the fountain before going to the play at the Seattle Children's Theater. We were delighted with how the spurts of the fountain were synchronized to the music!
After having the time to move our bodies, we were ready to go to the theater for the performance of "Morgan's Journey." This was a vocal, participatory play filled with gentleness and laughter, an exploration of self-discovery and feelings. The play ultimately blossomed into a learning experience of friendship, sharing and caring. It was a timeless theater piece, reaching into the embrace of life, touching young and old. We left the theater feeling connected, renewed and full of hope!
After the play, we had the endearing opportunity to meet Morgan and his puppet, Herkimer, in the lobby. We were enthralled!
Herkimer tickled each of us as he snuggled into our cheeks...
As attention moved, so did Morgan and Herkimer, until we were all watching them tune into the youngest member of the audience. 
What a lovely journey we are on together!Judith
1 comment:
I loved the still life pictures, how cool that they were so unique. As far as the play, I feel so lucky to have seen it with the children, it was so touching. Tough to explain without telling the whole story...and you really need to see it to fully understand. Thank you for sharing it with all of us! Have a nice weekend!
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