We headed off to art first thing this morning followed by a pancake breakfast to welcome the arrival of the Blue Herons to our park.
Today Miss Nancy started off the lesson with a book called "Ish". This is a book about a character named Ramon who loves to draw until his older brother makes fun of him. He then feels like he's not very good at drawing! Ramon then starts to crumple up all his work and throw it on the floor. One day, his younger sister shows him that she has kept all his crumpled work and has hung it on her walls. When he declares that the picture of the vase doesn't look like the real thing, she says that it looks "vase-ISH." Now, Ramon adds the word "ish" to all his work that doesn't look just perfect! A new confidence was acquired!
After the story, Miss Nancy had the girls each draw their own version of the vase and then paint it with some watercolors.
Dawson listened carefully and created her own version of the vase. Looks good to me. Notice the two red ovals on the side of the paper by her arm...those are her favorite pair of red sparkly shoes. She really wanted them in the picture too!
After art we headed over to her school for the Blue Heron pancake breakfast. The Herons are back and have arrived at the park. There were lots of fun activities for the kids and tons of information about these amazing birds.
When we got home we measured her compared to a life sized Blue Heron. Dawson told me the Blue Heron was taller than her because he had really long legs!
After measuring, we colored our picture.
The picture was so large, Dawson got tired of coloring the long legs so she grabbed three crayons at once in hopes of finishing up faster! This girl is always thinking!!!!
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That blue heron activity was really cool. What a great way for kids (and adults) to get an idea of how tall they really are! Dawson's artwork is so impressive. She has a unique ability to create on paper what she sees and imagines. And, I am so impressed with how well she colors in the lines!
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