December was a busy time at the Children's Art Workshop! Here is a brief, colorful summary of our English lessons and projects:
Fun with opposites and origami penguins - this lesson was inspired by Oliver Jeffers' wonderful adventure tale Lost and Found.
Every year we make our own wrapping paper. A collection of themed rollers encourage kids to learn wintertime words: reindeer, sleigh, snowflake, tree, snowman, angel, present...
"It's a dark, dark, cold cold night. Mama stirs the fire. Baby Rustles in his sleep." Olivier Dunrea's "It's Snowing" is one of the loveliest children's books I know.
This two-step project involved creating wintertime scenes with oil pastel on black paper and then spraying the drawings with white paint ... it's snowing!
These faux stained glass leaves look great on a Christmas tree or in a window. It was a longer project, and the kids were great about asking for things in English: may I have some green paper please? May I have white ribbon please?
Thank you, boys and girls, for a wonderful, creative holiday season!
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