Our school is very artsy. Every year the classes work hard on projects to present at the annual "Art Walk", where families come to an "open house" style event. The classrooms are all set up with art and projects that students are proud of. Music is played by the band, and our PTA type board hands out free Italian sodas.
Last year a silent art auction was started during the event and was very successful. When they asked for volunteers to donate for this year, our oldest immediately thought of her Grandma and Goo-Goo's (aunties) who are all very crafty.
Goo-Goo B, designs her own Jewelry and donated a lovely set with freshwater pearls and garnets!
Grandma hand knitted this cute scarf and hat set, along with another hat, and an infant hat and booties set!
Our girls were so proud to walk around the auction and announce that they're family members made items that they were bidding on!
The classrooms make it a full event and even fancy up the hallways with welcoming displays. This is the entrance to our oldest daughters classroom.
The kids in her class were challenged to create a project based on the work of
Alexander Calder. She did "Broadway Productions" and created a theatre with a stage and people sitting to watch the show. While walking around the class, the kids were all so proud of what they created, as they should be. It was very cool!
They also were learning about Lewis and Clark and created a map to document their trip.
Kaylin and Em are in the same class, as it is 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders. This is the entrance to their classroom.
Every year they have a big project, this year it was called "The Expert Project". Kaylin made a list of things she was good at, and narrowed it down to things that she is good and passionate about. She chose (all on her own) "How to make a friend". She got her bestie, Isa and her sister, Haley to help. They made cute signs and took pictures of the steps. I gave her some patterned scrapbook paper and printed her pictures and she did the rest. She did an amazing job!
Em didn't make a list. She just announced that she was going to do "How To Braid Hair". I then asked her if she knew how to braid hair. She said that she did and then showed me buy getting to strands of her little sisters hair and twisting it. Ummm....not exactly braiding, but she was so dead set on it, that I couldn't make her change her project. Instead, we got out one of those big Barbie Heads with the long hair and I showed her how. She picked it up so quickly! After that, she just kept practicing (often using her little sister), and she wrote down the steps that it takes so that she could teach her class. Her Daddy drew the pictures of the hair, and she colored them and glued them to her poster board. I again, pulled out some scrapbooking supplies and let her pick the embellishments she wanted to use. It turned out great!
Cousin Luc, did his project on Chess! He had spent a good part of the year in Chess Club (the one that his cousin Sheree from G6 brought to our school) and really enjoyed it.
I forgot to mention that the kids also had to do a 3-5 min. presentation demonstrating how they are experts. Kids made cookies, smoothies,
gak, did presentations on chess, baseball, friendship bracelets, etc...
It was so fun to watch these!
The kids had some of their artwork in the hallway. They used construction paper and tissue paper to make these "3D" type pictures. (Kaylin helped her teacher get ready for the art walk, and he was all out of juice, so he rewarded her with a soda! Wow! She was a happy girl!)
I love that the hand in Em's pic had rings on and nails painted. Ha! She is such a Diva!
Thank you Goo-Goo B and Grandma for your kind and generous donations!
Thank you to Goo-Goo Linh, Goo-Goo B, Goo-Goo Xuan, Dan, Auntie Robin, Auntie Andria and Uncle Van, and Grandma Ruppert for coming and supporting our girls!
We love you!
