And others heartily (enthusiastically, noisily) agreed.
Why? You ask.
Because I got a big box in the mail.
And in the big box was a slightly-smaller-but-still-big box.
We read the word on top of the box that spelled MARKERS.
And the number on the side that said 200.
Of course we opened it right away.
Wow!
We are really excited to use these! Maybe tomorrow since today we were pretty busy with another art project. Also, I think it is great that they come with some extra lids. In case you were wondering why we got 200 new markers, I had entered a contest/drawing through Learning Magazine a while back. Whenever I see free contests etc., I try to enter - it just takes a little time, and you never know if you might win...Okay, on to other news from this week. The reason we did not use our AWESOME new markers, was because we were trying out pendulum painting. This was something new to me (I found the idea on another teacher's blog this summer). Here is the set up from last night:
And this is what it looked like by the end of the day. The extra table cloth was turned into a walkway to the drying rack. (Hint: if you try this, do it outside if it's nice weather, or use disposable tablecloths underneath, not your nice splash mats that you have to clean after school!)
I have no pictures of children doing the project because my hands were getting rather black. Suffice it to say that everyone thought it was pretty cool. Some children let it swing one direction the whole time. Others tried a few different ways. Some came back to try again and then again :) I don't know how I survived without an art drying rack last year! Here are just 2 of the paintings which turned out really nice.
(We had available either large white paper, or smaller pink/purple - for the letter Pp, of course)You can see that the paper got pretty wet from the paint below it on the mess mat, especially by the last few paintings. Also, the paint and water separate a bit as they dry; we'll see how they look tomorrow.
Earlier in the week we experimented with a larger pendulum. It was especially nice to have some new/exciting activities when we were cooped up inside all day due to all the rain.
And now you can say that your Kindergartener is participating in informal physics experiments!
Another rainy day treat was getting to play with the super fort.
"Look, Miss Vis! We made a cube! Come take a picture!"
I hope you have a BEST DAY EVER today or tomorrow. And then again after that. Experience life with the wonder and excitement of a child.
Since it is now the next day, a.k.a. tomorrow, do you have pictures of what the pendulum paintings look like after they dried?
ReplyDeleteHow did they do the painting? Did they just swing the brush back & forth in different directions?
They look like pretty pendulum paintings!
No, I forgot to take more pictures, but they did dry pretty nicely and everyone oohed and ahhed when they saw them. They swung the cup either back and forth or in a bit of a circle.
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