Sky - Week 4

The pictures from today are missing most of the girls from our group due to doctor's appointments and another not feeling well. :( Part of life, but still a bummer. 

Wendy taught our sky/art lesson today. She started off by reviewing the kids on the color wheel and the two sides it contains...Warm and Cool Colors. After a short review she had them place paint chips on the correct side of the color wheel.

After that she showed us a variety of pictures and paintings that either had primarily warm or primarily cool colors and had the kids tell her which on it was. There was one photo that we all thought was really awesome with both warm and cool colors.

We moved to the table for the next activity creating a warm and cool color window. There were a variety of colors for the kids to choose from. They tore pieces off and glue it on one side or the other creating a "cool" window pane and a "warm" window pane.

Wendy had us do another project with chalk pastels. There were puzzle pieces with a "C" or "W" to indicate if they should use a warm or cool color. The kids used a color(s) from the correct palette to add to their puzzle piece, then the used their hands to blend them and cover the piece. 

There was a little mess involved... their hands and noses aren't normally that color, I promise. :)

Here are the beautiful works of art they created when we got them all put together. 

(please pardon the blurriness of the warm color tree...I was trying to hold back my 16 month old from attacking it...real life here people)

I think it was a tie on which one everyone liked best.

Wendy had the kids come sit down to read a story about the artist Degas. I'm not sure what they were looking at in the particular picture. (possibly because I was distracted by my youngest son walking up behind them, sucking on a hand soap bottle...remember...real life). Anyway, their faces crack me up. Any idea what you were showing them here Wendy? 

Here are what the miniature homeschoolers were doing during the lesson. Kara was even reading to them, so sweet. Thanks Brandy for keeping up with them today!