Our PreSchool Blog

Ms. Penny joined our classes Thursday and Friday afternoon to teach us about a french artist who used dots to create his paintings.  His name was Georges Seurat.  After we learned about his technique and examined one of his famous paintings, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, we tried our hand at our own creation using his unique painting technique.  Some of us even put it into practice at the art center all by ourselves…there were snowmen made out of dots and other great creations too!

This afternoon all of the children were able to create the surface of the moon!  First they created the craters in the moon by using rocks to make indents.  Next they painted the moon gray and then stuck the American flag on top!

Today at the morning art table, the kids had fun making tire tracks with race cars!  They dipped the tires in paint and sped off all around the table with their cars!  What a fun way to create art!

A turkey is a funny bird

The children have been using bright and beautiful water colors to create turkey feathers.  This week we have been talking about the Thanksgiving holiday and they couldn’t wait to create their own turkeys! Here is a song we have been singing that you can try to sing at home!

(to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”)

A Turkey is a funny bird

His head goes Wobble, Wobble

He only knows one word…

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

This afternoon the early 3’s practiced tracing the letter P on our art table.  They used roller paints to trace over the letter P’s on the table.  Not only is it fun to use the roller paints but it was great writing practice for them!

practicing printing skills with roller paints

experimenting with watercolors

Ezra is concentrating hard at painting the letter “H”!  This week we are focusing on the letter “H” and today the kids were able to use watercolors to paint the letter!  He is also looking closely to see what animals are on his paper that begin with the letter “H”.  Orange paint was the color choice today as we talk about it each day to reinforce the color of the month.