This is our latest craft project, yet to be finished, but you get the idea. It’s to celebrate Earth Day and the International Day of Biodiversity which occurred in 2 subsequent weeks. I don’t know who comes up with these days, but in a way we are celebrating the our nature every day!
The children were quick to turn the sticks into fighting tools and then into stirring-the-wool-up-tools. When we challenged them to pick out the green wool only and place it on the table, order was restored. They just LOVE the wool scraps!
We are knitting animals. When Shirlyn reaches the stage of being able to knit without looking, she can use her eyes for observing the children again. Until then practice!
Maya has a thing for hearts!
Some leftover wood from planing the climbing frames turned into golden hair of Benji’s mum.
We have been a little obsessed with bats lately, but for some reason. Every night they sit in our Kavika tree and do their typical fight cry.
Making a book with animal drawings. On the subject of animals, next week we are going to visit the local SPCA
I just love this one and I remember how confidently Haleh said that. And also her dad really is a whirlwind!!!
We are asking the children to fill out the whole page when drawing and therefore complete a whole picture. It gives all a sense of accomplishment and comes with a satisfaction that little scribbles on 10 pages just cannot give.
typical four year-old
This one was a gift for me in the garden with a baby in my womb. Note the high heels. (I never wear high heels!)
We are getting into cats. This child knows that people have 2 legs, but the experience of having a super cute baby kitten was so overwhelming, it found some expression in the drawing.
Rainbows over and over again. Seeing that many children do not know the colour circle when starting primary school, some not even when in middle school, I cannot get enough of that in kindy!
Magic painting. Written with white candle wax on white paper and then brush over with the wet-on-wet water painting technique. No painting skills required apart from maybe not scratching the paper. Can do with 2 year olds! Oh the wonder and surprise was great!
This one is very obviously a little boys dream and very precise form of blue and yellow having a fight. Very nicely filled out white spaces without touching colours.
Waldorf in Fiji 