An Artistic Type of Day

Today Mrs. Saini and I decided to put out Halloween themed stamps and paint at the messy table. Out came the paper! Out came the stamps! Out came a completely new direction to our plans!

Within minutes of digging in we had:

String art....

Look at the experiments with symmetry!

Finger painting...

Colour mixing, writing and general fun!

Stamping....

Exploring the correct amount of paint to put on the stamp. Too much paint made globby pictures.

And although there are no pictures, there were colour mixing activities occuring in the sink after messy hands were washed off. How they used the paint was fantastic. In the end, we talked about symmetry, patterning, directionality, sensory experiences, colours, letters, writing, and more.

So of course, I turned around and, my goodness, there were art activities being explored all over the room! At the creative centre we had a student exploring hole punches...

Super strength to push that punch!

Someone else was drawing a lovely picture with our markers...

Scary costume!

And someone else was writing a letter to Mr. McCutcheon...

Mr. McCutcheon is going to have a lot of writing to do!

At the creative centre we were exploring writing, communication, pencil grips, telling stories with pictures, counting shapes, developing hand muscles, exploring colour and sharing.



Finally, our builders were hard at work preparing our drama centre. On Monday we are making it into a PetsMart. A few boys were working hard to ensure that it was "fixed" and ready for the pets. Stay tuned to see our drama centre come into fruition!