Posted by Cindy on November 21, 2008
We take part in a Book of the Month Club (which is actually a book every two months) that met last week to discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. My children loved this book!
Mrs. Lisa had prepared some very fun activities to go along with the invention – drama – secrecy theme of the book.
Invisible ink messages.
Mask making.
Candy and toothpick inventions.
Next up – The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois!
Posted by Cindy on September 3, 2008
Fine Arts Tuesday was another hit this week. I don’t think any of us are going to get tired of it anytime soon!
Early morning nature study was a summer scavenger hunt made by Amanda at Hearts and Trees. Thanks, Amanda! We were able to check off everything except a ladybug. 
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Art and classical music were combined this week. I’ve done this activity with the kiddos before, but was reminded about it at Barb’s previous blog earlier in the summer. It’s a fun way to really listen to classical music. Basically, you play a piece and let the children use whatever art medium they like to express the feelings evoked in the music. We chose to use watercolors and listen to several compositions from Beethoven. The kids did some pieces of art using lines only - long, fat lines that swirled for slow parts of the music and happy colored, choppy splotches when the music picked up the pace. Other times, they painted pictures that showed the feeling of the music. My favorite of these was Caleb’s picture below. The blurs are supposed to be Tom and Jerry in the middle of a chase! )
Finally, tea time was later in the day than usual, so we decided to have a muffin tin tea/lunch. This type of lunch isn’t just for wee ones – even my hubby took part in the fun!
Oh, I almost forgot – our Book of the Month Club started this week, too. Mrs. Lisa gave each of the children a cloth bag to decorate as a kickoff craft.
