October M is for Melody and Foil Sculptures

This month we read through M is for Melody (A Musical ABC book.) We learned about many different musical terms, instruments etc.

For our artist study we did this lesson out of the Usborne Art Treasury.

Little Hands September 2009- Bach and Matisse

Our composer study for this month was Johann Sebastian Bach. We learned that he
was from Germany, lived in the Baroque period and listened to his Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.

We also added hand prints to our tye dyed

shirts. (Which we did in August ).

Our artist for this month was Matisse. We learned about his "Drawing with Scissors"

I showed pictures of his Snail collage. We then made portfolios. We had each child bring in

2 pieces of poster board which we stapled together on three sides. Then we had them decorate the fronts with paper pieces they made, or punched.

This will allow for a large hole at the top where they can slide in their artwork.

These portfolios are ideal to keep under the bed.

They did a really good job on these.

Tye Dye Turn Out

Here are some pictures of our shirts. I was excited today to start the rinse process.
I had to rinse for quite a while to get all the color out. (You are supposed to rinse until the water is clear.) Anyway the next post goes into the process.

The most important thing is that the kids got to make them, which makes them really awesome.
Here is Lexi's shirt.


Here is Peyton's.



Here is mine. (The pink spots were supposed to be star bursts.) It is the only one like this because I wanted to try it, before letting the kids do it. I think I should have allowed for more white in the midst of the pink.

Little Hands Fall Kickoff - Tye Dying Adventure

Today was our fall kickoff. We decided to make our club T-shirts. These will be great to wear out as a group, or just to our monthly meetings, any paint etc. that happens to get on them will only add to the masterpieces!

(I purchased one of the bright tye dye kits when Walmart had them on sale for $10.00I looked the other day and they were $20.00. It says it will make 16 shirts but it would really make a whole lot more. We made well over 20 today.

Here are some pictures of the fun.















We placed the shirts in a plastic bag and sent them home.

At Home Instructions:
Wait 24 hours, then rinse the shirts with cold water. Cut off the rubber bands, then continue to rinse until the water runs clear. Wash in washing machine (with tye dye stuff only) with a little laundry soap, then dry in the dryer.

It is best to wash them by themselves the first couple of times.

Also, don't forget to bring them back next month. We will be adding our hand prints to them.

I also posted our semester schedule on the side bar, so you can remember what month you signed up for what. (We still have spaces available for those that missed the meeting or may join our group during the semester.) Please email me to let me know what you would like to do.

August - New Year Kickoff

We will be meeting this Friday August 7th for our first meeting of the new school year.

We will be tye dying our club t-shirts and having snow cones for snacks.

Pics will follow.

June 2009 Warm and Cool Colors

Our Little Hands art group met this month. We went over cool and warm colors. I had the children divide their papers in 1/2. On one half they drew something with cool colors and on the other half something with warm colors. 

May 2009 Aboriginal Art

For our May Little Hands Art meeting we learned about Aboriginee Art. Lisa taught the class. We learned what down under means, and where down under was. ( Below the equator, Australia)

We looked at some examples of the art. 

 

 

Then we drew pictures and told our stories.

 

 

My lizard 

DD's drawing

 

Now with paint dots.