Avery and I pieced together an image of Minnie Mouse using tape and scissors. Avery and I placed transfer paper over her canvas, placed the image over it, taped both parts down, and used ball-point pens to trace the image. Avery removed the papers to reveal a transferred image.
I asked Avery what she would like to do for her canvas painting and she chose Minnie Mouse. I worked with her to find an image, resize it, and print it out. I asked Avery what color she would like to use for the background and she chose turquoise and purple. I poured some of each color onto the canvas and she covered the entire canvas with the colors.
Avery and I worked on placing another coat of paint on the shoes and shorts of her sculpture. While the paint was drying we placed clay to create the neck, Avery placed the head on the neck, and we placed the sculpture into the oven to bake.
Avery has a great sense of rhythm. We started out going over drum rudiments on the snare drum. She quickly was able to repeat the rhythms prompted. We ended playing a beat on the full drum kit.
Avery and I began our session with a video on clouds, "Pixie has a Question, What are Clouds"?, learning that clouds are droplets of water and not fluffy, whipped cream! We then began a craft on clouds with construction paper and string. If I have Avery in the future, we will complete our cloud craft.
Avery was shown the work that she completed in the last class. Avery and softened some clay, made shorts for her Mickey Mouse, and placed the buttons to complete the design. I placed her sculpture in the oven and had Avery set the temperature and time before finishing the class.
Memory Development - We played a Disney memory game, which plays a major role in letter recognition, letter sound memory, sight word knowledge, and later, reading comprehension.
Upper and Lower Case Letter Recognition – Penny played a game on the I-pad which helps with identification of upper and lower case relationship.
