Dear Friendly Fox Families, We hope you have all had a lovely Thanksgiving Break! We had so much fun at our art show last week! Thank you to all of the families that came through to view the children's beautiful art. If you didn't get a chance to ... [Read More]
The Honey Bees :: Week Twelve
Thank you so much for your support in coming to our art show. It will all be up for a few weeks just because it is so beautiful. I never finish all of my planned projects, so we'll be taking some time in the next few weeks to take a look at Picasso ... [Read More]
Honey Bees :: Week Eleven
The Honey Bees have been slinging paint, rolling paint, making their own disco, and letting me paint their feet green. I have to keep reminding myself that we get to keep making art all year because I keep thinking of other projects that we might ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Week 11
Dear Friendly Fox Families, We had another fun week of learning about and creating art inspired by different famous artists! We learned about Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, and also created some process art based on the book Ish by Peter H. ... [Read More]
Kindergarten Super Stars Week 10
Fairy tales and leaf pile and pumpkin patches, oh my! That was theme of this last week here in the Kindergarten class. We read several fairy tales over the course of the week including Cinderella, the Emperor’s New Clothes, and the Little Mermaid. It ... [Read More]
Honey Bees :: Week Ten
Halloween can really wreak havoc on a little person. And big people. The midweek fun didn't stop us from peacefully mixing and painting freely, experimenting with color, and talking about what we think art might be. We read Mix It Up, and then played ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Week 10
Dear Friendly Fox Families, We had a fun and artsy week last week in the Friendly Fox classroom. We have started learning about several famous artists in kid friendly ways (e.g. Dot Seurat, Action Jackson, etc.) We have painted with flowers, ... [Read More]
Kindergarten Super Stars Week 9
What a fun week in the Kindergarten class! This week was Dinosaur week, and the kids had a great time constructing a dinosaur, painting “dinosaur bones”, reading dinosaur stories, and drawing dinosaur x-rays. This week we also discussed what it ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Week 9
Dear Friendly Fox Families, We had a fun week of learning about pumpkins and fall leaves! We started our week with pumpkin pie scented play dough and drawing pastel pumpkin patches. We decided to carve our class pumpkin into a fox since we are ... [Read More]
Honey Bees Week Nine
We really enjoyed our week of pumpkins and fall leaves, and I think we aren't quite done. Can my Honey Bee families collect some beautiful leaves for Tuesday and Wednesday if you have a particularly colorful tree? I'll be the teacher collecting ... [Read More]
