2 Easy Tree Habitats – Part 3

2 Easy Tree Habitats – Part 3

Ohh, these are so fun!  Here are my tree habitats with nests. Here's how to make a simple nest: Wrap a piece of brown tissue paper around your thumb. Glue with a glue stick.  Presto! A Nest! Owl Habitat Owls can live in tree trunks and tree holes.  They will make a...
Collaborative Scientific Drawings

Collaborative Scientific Drawings

Me oh my!  I saw the coolest idea ever!  Lacy Williams, an intern in the classroom next me, had the children in her class doing a collaborative scientific art piece.  I was so blown away by the wisdom of how she lead the up to the collaborative piece.  The topic was...
Seedy Necklaces

Seedy Necklaces

My current intern, Katie Downing, brought the neatest idea to the classroom. Each student was given two beans, a cotton ball, a small plastic bag (I hole punch it for string the yarn) and a length of yarn. The cotton balls where soaked in water. The children put their...
Turtle Art

Turtle Art

This is so easy and turns out so lovely.  It is a guided drawing using white oil pastels and then painted with tempera paints.  The last step uses a metallic paint pen. Step One:  Draw a large oval that almost fills your paper. Step Two:  Draw another circle inside...
Pinwheels

Pinwheels

Today at the museum, one of the art stations was designing a pinwheel.  The children loved it!  I asked where the museum purchased the pinwheels.  They were very economically priced at Oriental Trading!   This will be on my to-do list for March!