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Arctic Sensory Box

My daughter has never been much interested in sensory boxes, but as I looked at our Arctic habitat, I thought it might be fun to turn it into a sensory box.
This
turned into this

What’s Inside:
white Duplo – icebergs
blue pompoms – the Arctic ocean
contents of Arctic Toob
sparkly pompoms – snowflakes
white packing peanuts – snow
clear flat marbles (at the bottom) – ice
I made it yesterday and it got played with by both kids yesterday and today.  Maybe Bear is finally into sensory boxes?  We’ll see.  I have an idea for one to go with our upcoming frog theme.
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Artists and Art Week 16 – Ted Harrison

When I was thinking of artists to highlight during our artists theme, the first that came to mind was Ted Harrison.

image from http://tedharrison.com
 

His paintings are landscapes such as those seen in the Yukon.  His lines and colors are bold and vibrant. By using wavy lines to break up visual space, he creates perspective in a new way. The figures in his work are simplified and his color choices usually unnatural.  There are many of his images to see here and also of course on Google Images.  Bear and I looked at a lot and talked about what she noticed about the serigraphs. 

We mixed up tints of blue, pink, purple, yellow and orange and started painting our lines to make an Arctic landscape.

 Bear’s whale with super goggles and a special pillow to keep his glasses from getting wet.  Not sure where all that came from but that is what she was narrating as she painted the figure in the foreground.  It looks like a fisherman to me.  Shh.  Don’t tell her.  
Mommy’s painting.

We read O Canada illustrated by Ted Harrison.
If you’ve done any art with your child this week based on an artist or illustration style, or taught some of the elements and principles of art, or studied a musician or any other type of artist, please join the Linky.  Please remember to link back.  
Comments are appreciated, especially if you link up! 


This post also linked to stART
and to Read.Explore.Learn
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Epiphany

Although we took down the tree and decorations over the weekend, I left the nativity sets out so we could celebrate Epiphany on the 6th.  
 photo from Art and the Bible
I have plans to make crystal stars and bake rosca de reyes with Bear and J-jo.  
I’ll be using the same recipe I used for the Santa Lucia bread, but shaping it like a crown (wreath) rather than cat eyes.  The recipe worked well and we liked the taste of it so I don’t feel like adventuring into anything new, albeit a new year.
We’re going to dress up as kings and carry pretend gold (chocolate coins leftover from Saint Nicholas day) frankincense and myrrh (bottle of Mommy’s perfume and bottle of olive oil) as we process to our Nativity to set our presents before the King.
We will eat star shaped sandwiches and make a variation of this three king’s art project after first admiring some Renaissance renditions of the magi (more on that on Artists and Art Tuesday).
We read so many stories that included the three wise men in December, that I probably will only read them their Bible version on Thursday.  One book we really liked about the magi was Tomie dePaola’s The Story of the Three Wise Kings.
Do you celebrate Epiphany?  How do you celebrate it with your children?
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Our Arctic and Polar Bear Books

I know there is a plethora of books available for an Arctic and Polar Bear theme (our focus was polar bears), but these are the ones I chose from what was available from our library. I’ve included affiliate links to Amazon below.  I appreciate the readers who use those links to make purchases.  Thank you!

Where Do Polar Bears Live?
Polar Bears
Way Up in the Arctic
 (A story in rhyme which we also read last year.  Good to learn different animal names.)
I Is for Inuksuk
 (Great look at different inuksuks and different Inuit words.)
Arctic Tundra
 (Nice photos. Text good. It didn’t get good reviews on Amazon though.)

Arctic Tundra
(One Small Square Books)

(added 12/2013: This book was too detailed when we did the Arctic Unit, but I do like these books a lot for learning about habitats.  The Heart of Dakota curriculum uses them.)

Arctic Son
(Love this fiction book about the community life through a year in the Arctic.  Bear did too.)
Arctic Community by Bobbie Kalman
(A bit long and dry for a three year old so I read it first to myself and then just talked about the photos which she enjoyed seeing,)
Does anyone have another recommendation I should add to the list?

Arctic Unit Week 1 Activities
Arctic Unit Week 2 Activities
Arctic Sensory Box
Arctic Artist Study – Ted Harrison

linked to What My Child Is Reading.
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