May 04 2012
Observational Drawings
Journey selects marigolds to draw.
- Regan, Jenesis, and Journey create observational drawings of our garden plants.
- Carriea and Tajanaye draw rosemary.
This morning, our class talked about how we would like to know more about the specific plants in our school garden. Journey said, “I know what we can do! We can go outside and draw them! We can learn by drawing!” What a fabulous idea. Everyone agreed it would be a good place to start. We brought our materials outside and each picked a plant to focus on. The kids were encouraged to only draw what they saw and use lots of detail. We actually ran into Mrs. Clark’s class outside who were doing the same thing!
After visiting our garden, we went over to our chickens to check on the girls. Each child sat down and did an observational drawing of Dottie, Thelma, and Louise as well. We have very keen observers in our classroom.
Do they have chicken pox? Hutton
No, they are molting! Lucas
Look, shes laying an egg! Tajanaye
I think shes just tired! Ruth
Coo, Coo! Messi (making chicken noises, he is quite good!)
Look, she puts her head in like a turtle. Zek
Should we feed the chickens chicken? Journey
That would make them sick! David
"Do the chickens have chicken pox?" Hutton
- Angela gets close to draw the girls.
- Friends love spending time observing our chickens.
