Bonnie's Tea Party

Arriving with a flair for Bonnie's tea party!

Kayla and Katie planned the tea party this year.

Ready to begin! Quiche, rolls, scones and fruit--what a feast!
And of course, there was tea for all!

Nathan's first tea party. He liked the spoon better than the cup.

He asks, "Why do I have to be the only boy here?"
What's this tea thing anyway? I can't lift my pinky like that!

Looks like we are into the full stomach stare!
Maybe someone should have told us were were getting our picture taken!
Right, Laura?

Nichole watched Briana, then stole her chair when she left.

What a fun time!
Sorry the rest of you Neuchy girls missed it.

Nathan 6 months

The Feet Family

Family Photo Time

The little man

Peek-a-boo!

Love my books!

Can I pee now?

A bare bear

Christa came home to take Nathan's 6 month pictures. These are only a few of the 199 pics!
Aren't they great?!

Name that bird

It's spring time. Time for the return of the birds!

Bonus points to all who can name these birds!
The third and fourth graders drew these wonderful birds.

We couldn't help but try to bring spring more quickly by bringing the birds to Kidron.

I love this little baby bird. She struggled with it at first, but after learning some shading techniques, it really took shape.

I played bird calls on my CD player to help the learn the sounds.

The students were supposed to draw the background in a setting they may find the bird.

They also had a picture of the bird they drew (thanks to Ranger Rick and Our Big Backyard).
Much to their dismay, I would not let them trace them!!!

For most students, I was insistent that they color like 10 year olds, not 5 year olds.
They get a little tired of me saying that they are learning new drawing and coloring skills and cannot revert back to their first grade pictures in their minds or coloring techniques. They need to see things in a new way. (They have the phrase memorized!)

The first & second graders learned to draw the bird houses by shapes because I didn't tell them what they were drawing until we connected lines. We did part of it upside down.

The birds were done in another project, cut out, and glued on.

We drew the birds using an "S" laying down for the back, then drew different parts of the bird before connecting all the lines. The birds did not have to be painted realistic colors if they didn't want to.

Last, we added some kind of background so the houses were not floating.

These birds followed the others, and we drew a flock (small, but still a flock).

I wanted to show them how to over lap.

Some got the concept better than others.

I would probably do lots of bird projects, but I guess we will move on to other less important things now. Tweet Tweet! :)

Spring Art

It's Easter time, time for eggs.

3rd & 4th grade worked on a project that taught them to overlap or layer items.

The eggs are supposed to be different enough to tell the layering process and to look like they are laying together after coloring them.

Part of the grade is how they chose their colors.

Part of the grade is their designs and originality

The first and second graders were supposed to design their eggs with shapes, not "pictures".

I did give them the liberty to use crosses if they wanted to.

When they finished with their eggs, they were supposed to make spring flowers.

The older students were supposed to make them three dimensional.

I promise these are the last winter pictures!

I just had to show these winter trees because they did such a great job on them.
Bare trees are difficult to draw.
The student above is really not very artistic, but his tree turned out so well!
It has character!

Say good bye to winter now.