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 out what happens when we mix primary colors. One day we added black to our experiments and the next day we added white.  Coincidentally, we are really getting into block play this week, and I have started photographing their block art.

We read Phillipe, a book about a frog who escapes the Parisian frogcatcher and goes to live in Monet’s garden. We’ll create this garden in a group art piece this week. In general I like to talk about a few artists and then give the children free reign with some exploratory process art. I want to keep a few surprises up my sleeve, but the children have already made your invitation to the art show.

This week we will transform our kitchen into a Vet/ Animal Rescue Center and read stories about dogs, cats, horses, and other animals.

We said goodbye for now to our friend Vance on Friday as he moves to Florida with his family. We will miss each and every one of them and wish them the very best. I don’t mind kids growing up and moving across the hall, but this is a hard one, so we sent him off with lots of Honey Bee love.