Kindergartners use their box-making skills and team spirit to make a town

This is the small town built by the kindergartners.

Each house was built by a 'team' of 2 people.

Children in teams took time to discuss color choices.
Making the roof was new, but with a little extra help they all were able to use 4 triangles to make a roof.

Look at this team work!

Kindergarteners Create boxes

Boxes, boxes, boxes. Kindergarteners have been making boxes for this coming unit. Next, children will use their box-making skills to make houses.

Kindergarten Persephone Puppets Samples

These are samples of out Persephone puppets. I will try come in the classes next week or after vacation and retell the story using their puppets.

Tall, tall Kindergarten Sculptures go metallic (Bickart)

Look what we did with all those toilet paper and paper towel tubes and containers you have donated to the art room. Children LOVED this project. Mostly because they got to make their sculptures tall, tall!

By painting the entire sculpture one color we create a unified look. These do look like metal sculptures.
These went home, YET, you too can do this at home. All you have to do is save al sorts of recycling. Buy glue by the gallon and use a glue tub and a brush to connect the pieces. Allo to dry before you paint it with 'metallic' paint (sold at Utretch or Michael's). Enjoy!

We still need all sorts of recyclables for future projects. Check the recycling link on your right.

Creating TALL, TALL sculptures with Kindergarten

Children in kindergarten are working on creating sculptures with balance in mind. The goal of this class was to build as high as possible using recycled items donated by Murch parents. They loved this project. Next week kids will be painting their tall, tall sculptures.

Children were asked to think of what they needed to be able to build taller. They soon realized that a larger base allowed for a more stable and taller structure. You too can do this project at home. All you need are recycled items and glue, lots of glue.