Art - Leaves Print

Transdisciplinary Theme: How we share the planet

Central Idea : Plants play a unique role in our lives and the lives of animals

lines of inquiry:

• The features of plants in our local area
• How animals/people use plants
• The needs of plants in our local area

"What do you know about leaves?" the children were asked.
Mila - "they need water."
Matthew - "leaves grow."
Brendan - "Leaves are in trees."
Lucas - "You can use leaves as fertilizer"
It was always amazing to hear how much our little ones already know!

We read the book "Leaves" by Vijaya Khisty Bodach to learn more about leaves.

Each child chose the leaves they like to touch and feel the veins on the leaves. The children all want to show me their veins on their arms! What a great connection our children made!

Carefully, the children painted the leaves and print the leaves pattern on the paper.

Leaves use water, air and sunlight to make food for the plant; at the same time they give off oxygen, which all people and animals need.

Art - Dandelion

Transdisciplinary Theme: How we share the planet

Central Idea : Plants play a unique role in our lives and the lives of animals

lines of inquiry:

• The features of plants in our local area
• How animals/people use plants
• The needs of plants in our local area

This Friday, a big bunch of sunny yellow flowers was brought into Creative Minds classroom. Many children delightfully called out "dandelions!" The children shared what they knew about dandelions:
Cameron - "They are weeds. Dandelion can be medicine, too!"
Alfie - "You need to dig them out from a garden!"
Roy - "You can blow the white things."

To learn more about dandelion, the book, we read the book "Dandelion Adventures" by L. Patricia Kite. Then, the children were amazed by the beautiful time lapse video of dandelion flower turn into seeds.

Dipping dandelion flowers into yellow and orange paint, the children printed dandelion pattern on the paper and drew leaves and stalks with green crayons! 

It was lovely to hear children talking about dandelion flowers and seeds after the art activity.

Cameron asked "do dandelions grow all around the world at any place?"

Jayla asked "why some dandelions at our playground are closed?"