Penguins Preschool Math and Literacy Mini Unit
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Artist Study: Henri Matisse
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Last week we tried looking into the works of Henri Matisse.
I told him that Matisse is an artist from France. He loves to paint and later on got sick and was confined in bed. And because he loves art so much, he started using his scissors to cut paper to make pictures and paper collages. He called this technique "painting with scissors".
More of Matisse's biography here.
Making Organic Shapes
Because Matisse uses a lot of organic shapes, first we practice how to create organic shapes.
I realized that it was hard for him to make organic shapes than creating the geometric ones. Though he can identify organic shapes by visualizing leaves, clouds and water splatter he still could not create something 'close' to organic. We'll be practicing more on this :)
Matisse uses bright contrasting colors
Now it's time to put our little skills and knowledge to test. I took a few art paper for him to cut into rectangle and squares. Then we draw organic shapes on the paper, cut them and place them on the squares (using the contrasting color scheme).
Now this is the activity my son enjoyed. He loves cutting and gluing!
Well what do you think?
Son loves Artist Study and I will compile the famous works of some artist so I can pile them in album. So whenever we would do an Artist Study, we'll just skim through the album and select which one we would like to replicate :)
As of the moment, we're doing A LOT of Halloween crafts so we can use them as decor inside the house. I have a FREE Nomenclature and Counting cards for you to use this season. Hope you like it!
Linking to:
Montessori Monday
TGIF Linky Party
Teach Beside Me
Preschool Corner
Teaching Mama
I Can Teach My Child
Learning About Leaves
Thursday, September 27, 2018
FREE Apple Shape Matching Cards
Monday, September 30, 2019
Preschool Unit Ocean Learning Pack
Friday, June 15, 2018
Weather Activity Trays for Kindergarten and First Graders
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Kids are always fascinated with the weather as this is something that they have experienced. Just by going outside and observing the sky, you can talk to your child about the weather, is it sunny? rainy? cloudy? windy? Sometimes they also get to watch this on TV or on the weather forecast news. Thus they become familiar with some words. To expand your child's curiosity about the weather and advance his/her knowledge, here are some activities that you might want to try.
Organic Shapes
Monday, October 22, 2012
After learning all about lines, we moved to learning about organic shapes!
I came across an artwork (sorry forgot the link), and was inspired with the artworks they did, and this is where I got the idea. So I don’t take credit for this idea and creativity :) Promise to post the link if I encounter it again.
First we tear up free form shapes from a piece of paper. We use our hands to tear the papers, I realize that it’s difficult and tiring, especially for him. Then painted them as we like.
I added borders on my organic shapes. And added a few more details for the border. My son wants to glue his organic shapes on a piece of black paper. He wants to add details by writing letters (Oh he’s still obsessed with them!).
And here’s my work :) Since I got black borders, I glued mine on a piece of white paper.
The end products looks awesome!
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Our Homemade Shapes Materials
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Sometimes, the tools that Im looking for are not available on line or in stores so I made them myself. I used to have a lot of time for making our own materials but with Vito and the increase of responsibilities at home, I can barely print my activities. So my aim these days is to make materials that are simple and easy to assemble. Here are the materials that are easy to make even without the use of a printer!
Autumn Fall Activity Binder for Toddlers
Friday, July 29, 2022
Happy to launch our Activity Binder for Toddlers! I'm so excited to present our new series in the shop, which my 2-year-old (and 8 years old) absolutely loves! I came up with these binders so I can keep Max entertained during our travels abroad; they are so helpful whenever we are at the airport, on long flights, on train rides and at the hotel. Also, we will be using these whenever we pick up the big brothers from school (while waiting in the car).
Here's our AUTUMN ACTIVITY BINDER, the first in the series!
Christmas Activity Busy Binder for Toddlers
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
This is a CHRISTMAS THEMED ACTIVITY BINDER made for TODDLERS. It contained hands-on learning activities in puzzle pieces and was designed to be used for ring binders.