Oysters & Octopus

Carson & Hanan's sumi-e watercolour paintings.

This morning we read Tickly Octopus, another book in the series by Ruth Galloway. The children learned that oysters make pearls, eels are long and have teeth, and an octopus can squirt ink.

We continued to play the conductor game with percussion instruments in music, and we also played with a steady beat today.

In Art, we looked at The Great Wave off Kanagawa by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Then the children had the chance to paint with Kool-Aid watercolours and sumi-e brushes on rice paper. We also looked at Aislynn’s art show today, and each of the children picked out their favourite work of art.

REMINDER: Thursday & Friday are blue days. Wear blue! Book oders are also due Friday.