Along with all the different activities we have going on with our frog project we have began a mural of our Vegetable Garden. This is where the frog family lives and we just replanted our garden for the new Fall season!
As we began on this mural ,we talked about each plant, fruit, and seed we have in the garden. We looked at books, pictures, and on the computer to study the shape, size, and colors of the plants in our garden. We learned a lot of interesting new facts about all of them! This helped us continue on with our pictures...
This student wanted to create a big sunflower plant like the one we used to have in our vegetable garden! We talked about what sunflower seeds are grown and used for...Something we definitely remember is that one thing sunflower seeds are used for is for birds to eat, because that is what we put in our bird feeders! ;o)
One cool fact we learned was that a sunflower plant can grow to reach 12 foot in height in 6 short months!
The children picked what they would like to draw and paint. They focused on all the detail of the one plant or vegetable they chose!
Creating a tomato plant!
We had a conversation about how we can make sure our tomato plant grows. Noah responded, "We need to water the tomato plant!" We also talked about how the sunlight and lots of patience would come a long way in helping it grow! ;-)
Working on the dirt for the garden! Painting the leaves for the Sunflower !
We loved creating a strawberry plant because this reminded us about our fruit salad project, where we saw and remembered strawberries have a ton of little seeds in them that we eat!
This student wanted to make a zucchini plant! We talked about how they grow along the ground on a vine. Just the way he created it on his own ;-). We also learned they come in many different colors from pale yellow to dark green. One thing we wanted to find out is when they will be ready to be cooked since the younger classes always pick them off a little too early! After a little research we found out they are ready to be picked and cooked when they are under 20 cm long! We are going to remember that next time they are picked so we can measure them!!
We believe doing artwork with our students is truly beneficial to them and strive for our parents to also continue encouraging their child to show and express all their thoughts and creativity through their art work!
Here are some key points to how Art can help your child grow and enhance their mind!
- Your child learns to observe and describe, analyze and interpret.
- Your child learns to express feelings, with or without words.
- Your child discovers that there is more than one right answer, multiple points of view.
- Your child learns to collaborate with other children and with adults.
- Arts build confidence. Because there is not just one right way to make art, every child can feel pride in his or her original artistic creations.
Some of our final pieces!
Strawberry Plant By: Grace
Tomato Plant By: Noah
Zucchini and Strawberry Plant By: Bishop and Grace
Sunflower By: Isela
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