Fun and games

a book of shadow puppets = much slumber party fun

Happy Hanukkah!

Playing this morning beat out dreidel painting, so I see dreidel painting in your near future :)

Our paper mache dreidels complete activity 7 of the Art in 3-D badge.

Hanukkah mobile

Art in 3D activity 9

Miriam spent Wednesday morning decking out the kitchen for Hanukkah :)

An orange belt in the family

Congratulations Miriam on a great Tae Kwon Do test and earning your orange belt!

Weekly training, practice at home, cheering on friends and family at belt tests, a Tae Kwon Do fun night, and sampling various sports in PE = earning the Sports Sampler badge :)

Theater Badge

The girls started with a quick game a charades. There were airplanes, a cook, a dancer, and many more!

Then they played a little game of Mirror Mimic!

Then they learned how to portray different emotions on stage!

Then they became strong girls a faced the cold to learn how to make their voice a "theater voice," and then came inside to a nice plate of ribs!

After diner they created costumes, did makeup, and made up and performed a play called "Home Sweet Home!"

they had lots of fun!

Visual Arts and Drawing and Painting Badges

We focused on using one color (blue) and the shades and tints of blue. The girls learned that by mixing white with the blue we created lighter blues (tint). We also learned that adding black created darker blues (shades). We began work on two projects. The first explores color difference as they appear in the distance by creating a layered watercolor painting.

The second project explores the mixing of the tints and shades with tempera paint. We mixed and painted these colors onto paper. Once dry we will create a Monochromatic picture.

Yarn and Fabric Arts

The girls have had an amazing time learning how to weave for their Yarn ad Fabric Arts badge!