Thanksgiving

This week we have begun to focus on Thanksgiving. We learned about the Teepees (that the Native Americans lived in. We learned that the Native Americans used many colors and patterns to decorate their beautiful homes. To have the children have a full experience of teepees we constructed their own life size teepee. The children helped by decorating a sheet of butcher block paper with different colors and patterns. 

We decided it would be fun to investigate a pumpkin. We each had a turn to feel and smell the outside and inside of the pumpkin and described what we saw and felt. 

We decided to leave a few seeds inside the pumpkin and we added soil and water to our pumpkin. We are conducting an experiment to see if anything will grow. Only time will tell. We plan on taking such good care of our pumpkin. We will water it and sit it by the windowsill to give it sunlight. 

We also made Thanksgiving turkeys to share with our families, saying what we are thankful for. 

We finally, at the end of our week, shared a Thanksgiving feast with the class next door. We ate candied yams, pumpkin pie, roasted potatoes, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. It was all delicious. 

Painting Class 

This week we created Mondrian inspired art. We glued on black strips of construction paper and painted with primary colors.

Painting Class 2

This week we did not paint. It was the day before Thanksgiving and I wanted all the children to be able to take their artwork home for the long weekend. We learned about how Michelangelo painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. We then, with Cray-pas, created our own artwork using the same technique. We made our own pictures by coloring underneath the tables instead of on top!