April 30, 2008

• Theme: Cinco de Mayo
• Goal of Session or Activity: This is a socialization session.  Students will decorate sombreros, play a game and sample Tex-Mex foods.
• Books and/or Materials featured: 
  • Cinco De Mayo, by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
  • Various colored sombreos from OTC to embelish and decorate with craft materials from the classroom supply.
  • Apples to Apples game.
  • Tex Mex foods: Nachos and cheese, “Make your own” tacos, taquitas, pretzels, salsa, iced tea, water, plates,napkins and eating utensils.
  • Table cloth and southwest decor.
• Number Attending 12 students and 1 adult

 

April 16 and 23, 2008

• Theme:  Art: Fusion pictures. Class 1 and 2
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will Think of two or more unlikely subjects to fuse into a sketch and then a painting.  Today’s session was step one, the idea, the sketch, the back ground…Next week step two complete the painting.
• Books and/or Materials featured: Sketch paper, some pictures and books for inspiration, Scaminals and Behold the Bold Umbrelephant by Jack Prelutsky, canvas board, pencils, acrylic paints and brushes. 
• Number Attending : Class one,ten Students and one instructor.  Class two, twelve Students and one instructor.

 

April, 2 2008

• Theme:  Art: Kites
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will assemble and decorate a dehydrl Kono Kite kit.  If assembled properly these kites will fly in very light breezes.
• Books and/or Materials featured: Kono Kite kits for the classroom from www.drachen.org , basic water color sets and brushes, tubs for mixing water, clear tape and imagination.
• Number Attending :Ten Students and one instructor.