Hopefully you heard a bit about your child's experience with our arts residency this week.  I spent each day with 5 children from our class, some first and second graders, and artist Eleanor D'aponte.  Our focus was creating plaster tiles to be incorporated into the outdoor space.  We began by selecting interesting natural materials that we pressed into clay to make designs.   The next day we poured plaster into the molds.  Once the tiles were dry children found a place for their tiles in the outdoor space.  While I didn't get to spend time with other groups, it sounded like all of the children had a great experience.

Next week is bike/walk/bus to school week.  Your child is bringing home a pledge sheet for this today, along with some incentive prizes.

Sketching natural materials before using them to make designs in our tiles.