Art in the Classroom

Two year old's had fun painting these paper bag pumpkins to help get them in the Halloween spirit...
Melanie encourage the three year old's to create these spectacular multi media farms as well as a 3-D farm that has been gracing our hallway for the past week.

The 2's and 3's loved painting leaves to make these vibrant prints....it's one of my old favorites we do every year The school-aged kids made these uber Cool Cats with a watercolour background and then used Sharpies to design their felines...

Cool cats sitting on a wall...love them!

Three year old morning children had alot of patience to create these pumpkin mosaics....they are each so unique as all your children are.

Melanie explored the Element of Value with the Kindergarten children and they created these spooky houses in the moonlight with watercolour paints.

" Peep Peep", said the chick. The two's made these footprint chicks that are ready for your art gallery at home.

Thanks for checking in and seeing what all of your children have been creating over the past 2 weeks. Let us know what you think and leave a comment below.

Karen

It has been a very busy month and I can't believe we are into the Halloween activities already. The children have been exploring, learning, creating and developing new friendships and bonds with the teachers. Sorry for the sideways pictures but here is a little 3 year old happily playing in the big black truck. The gross motor room has been a buzz with activity as the children been challenging their co-ordination, movement, abilities and some times the teachers nerves.

Happy sliders rush to the top and slide their way down a roller coaster, a water slide and sometimes an airplane as they use their imaginations to maneuver around the play structure.

Halloween set-up was done on Thursday to ready for the upcoming week of festivities and this little girl didn't take long discovering the costumes and she transformed herself into someone else as she went trick-or-treating in the classroom.

The barn has been transformed into a Haunted House (preschool style) but it didn't keep out this little happy man.

We were talking about the Farm with the preschool children this week and these hilarious cows were created by the 3's and they are even anatomically correct.

If you have a 2 year old you have likely heard about our friend Little Mouse. This is a simple colour game of hide and seek and the children squeal with delight every time Little Mouse is found.

"Little Mouse, Little Mouse, Are you in the green house?"

Our 2's got a little sensory experience as Melanie painted their little feet for footprint chicks. Do you think it tickles? Check out that smile!!

We will be having special activities in all of our programs next week for Halloween so get your little ghouls and goblins prepared with their costumes and we look forward to seeing them.

Thanks for checking in....Karen

Welcome Back to Good Morning

The 3 year olds were happy to be back at Good Morning and the new 3's had an amazing morning with only a few tears. We had some fun with trucks, paint, songs and poems at cirlce time and lots of speed on the plasma cars in the gross motor room.
New friends having fun at the sand table pouring, filling and measuring. There is so much to discover and experience when playing....little do they know they are learning at the same time.

The 2 year olds had a quiet start and they all settled into the classroom and explored the different areas of the room. I'm sure they will have fun once they have cirlcle time, snack and playtime in the Gross Motor room.

The kindergarten program started off with learning one of the elements of art. Line was our first topic of discussion and we talked about horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. The children were then to paint different horizontal lines which included zig-zag, wavy, bumpy, broken and curly lines.

Once they had completed their lines in black paint they were given bright colours to paint inside the lines. The contrast of black and the warm colours made for a wonderful introduction to the Element of Line.

If our first few days at Good Morning are any indication of how the year is going to go, I am pleased to say we are going to have an amazing year.

Thanks to all who had warm wishes for me in my new position as Director, it really means alot to me to have the support of our community in this new chapter in my career here at Good Morning. We have a great team of teachers here and our new teacher, Caitlin is wonderful. Your children are truly blessed to have all that the teachers have to offer in our many programs from the preschoolers all the way up to the school-aged children.

Happy Fall everyone....it really is "the most wonderful time of the year" as the song goes!

Thanks for checking in,

Karen

A Busy Spring at Good Morning

Two year olds make a large fish like Swimmy in Leo Lionni's sweet tale of a fish who finds friends after he has lost his family.

Kindergarten children use charcoal to draw a still life of this manequinn in motion.

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....
3 year olds wiz around in gross motor room on the plasma cars.

Liane helps a Creative Arts 3 year old create a clay creature.

Liane will be truly missed in our classroom by the children and teachers alike. Please join us for Liane's Farewell Party on the evening of June 3rd across the street from the school in the church basement.

Two year old boy explores the classroom through these colour palettes.

Thanks for checking in...Karen

Creative Arts Jr children were lucky to have a visitor from Pinhey's Point Historical site on March 9th. The theme was Colours of the Rainbow and they played games with coloured balls and learned about primary and secondary colours. The 3's in the morning will have their chance for a different program called Eggspose on April 14th. The 2's will learn about Farm Friends on May 13th. This is a City of Ottawa program run through Pinhey's Point Historical Site to promote our local museums and the activities they have for our young children.

Here the children are mixing primary colours in shaving cream to create a kool marbled effect on a book mark...they had alot of fun with this one!

Three year old lining up all the Playmobil people in their castle.

Three year olds create an abstract colour block pattern on this divider which will live upstairs once it's completed. Tomorrow (April 7th) they will get to put their hand prints in the section they painted.

Two of the 2's having fun jumping and playing with the hula hoops in preparation for the Hop-a-thon taking place this week in the preschool classes. Don't forget to bring in your pledge forms!

Thanks for checking in...Karen

Happiness is...

Circles make me happy. Especially these ones created by the kindergarten children...

Finger painting with REAL chocolate pudding made all the preschoolers happy...

Spring is in the air, March break is upon is and everyone is making plans for summer camps and holidays. We made is everyone, we are almost done with winter.(don't want to jinx it)

Thanks for checking in...Karen

Mini Olympic Greats

After a fun and challenging week of many Olympic Events in the preschool class, the medals were handed out to all the participants today.

The preschool children learned about the different sports, shared their personal favorites with us, and experimented in the events on a preschool level. Focus was on sportsmanship and fun. The children also passed the torch around the classroom to their friends in different cities of our country and listened and learned a little of our national anthem.

All in all, it was a fun experience to talk with them about something so relevant to all of us experiencing the Olympic Spirit!!

GO CANADA GO!!!

Thanks for checking in...Karen

Winter Fun

Happy New Year.

I hope everyone is settling back into their regular routines after a much needed break.
The teacher's are in full swing of programming with some renewed creativity.
Last week we had an outbreak of Ookpik's in the classroom and they are outstanding to look at. The kindergarten kids listened to the Denis Lee poem about a snowy owl and then made these quirky looking birds as the Ookpik for their inspiration. If you are in or around the school this week it would be worth stepping in and taking a closer look at the wonderful creativity of our 4 and 5 year olds.
Great work inspiring them, Sandy!

Our preschool is hosting a play this coming weekend and we are talking about Little Red Riding Hood to prepare the children for this performance. The Monday CA+ class created these watercolour forests and the detail in these masterpieces are quite intricate. A simple taped border around the edges makes for a professional looking art piece.

I know I will be hanging my child's up at home...what do you think?

On behalf of the teacher's I would like to thank all the parents that participated in the group donation for the teacher's holiday gift. Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for checking in...Karen