We have a grocery/discount store in our neighborhood called Marc’s. I LOVE Marc’s. Not only do they have a decent and cheap organics selection but the have a close out section. You never know what treasures you will find! I picked up a set of books called A FIRST LOOK AT ART. There are four books in the series and they were each $1.99 each. Score!! I really like them and today we did an activity out of the CREATURES book.
We looked at THE BIRD by Eileen Agar and talked about patterns. We also looked at several other works by other artists that also use patterns in their work. We have a game called Art Deck and a great set of art cards from a UNICEF game my mother in law bought me years ago. Both have small works that we can handle and move around to compare and contrast.
Back to the activity-so we took a piece of paper and folded it in to 16 equal squares and filled each square with a different pattern. We used colored pencils and metallic crayons and these really hard crayon like things that I don’t know what they are. I don’t know where thy came from, probably Marc’s. They have no paper wrap on them. They are harder than a crayon, and they mold into a square shape at the end. I will photo them tomorrow and please let me know if you know what they are called! They were a big hit. We will use these sixteen patterns as a guide to fill in one of our own creatures soon-hopefully tomorrow!

We also spent some time outside. It was a beautiful day and great packing snow! After we built our igloo the kids spray painted it with a spray bottle, that I probably bought at Marc’s, filled with a strong solution of food coloring and water.

Tomorrow preschool and circus and possibly/probably a trip to Marc’s!

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