Sharks and Shells

Nate & Mackenna's Ocean Paintings

Today we read the story Smiley Shark and learned about the ocean habitat (see Monday). Then I shared pictures and videos of my recent trip to the ocean, where I went snorkeling, learned the flying trapeze, and saw some beautiful traditional dancing.  The children also looked at some shells, a sea fan, and a piece of coral that I found on the beach in Mexico. Then they each had a turn trying out the colourful maracas that I bought there.

In art we looked at The Golden Fish by Paul Klee (pronounced Clay). The children tried out Klee’s process, using oil pastels, and then painted over their pictures with water tempera paints. (Artwork will be posted tomorrow when it is dry enough to scan!)

Cassidy’s picked out her artwork for her art show this morning and it will be up for the rest of the week!