Metamora Community Preschool

Monday, October 3, 2016

Masterpiece Monday-How to Draw a Portrait

We learned how to draw a portrait today. We drew an oval. We added two circles for eyes. Black circles make pupils and the letter L makes a nose! Add a smile and some hair!

Student Work

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Sunny Days

Our preschoolers have been exploring some sunflower heads. Thank you, Grandma Rose for thinking of us!

We can look at the sunflower up close

with magnifying glasses.

Sunflowers are BIG!

This week we will harvest the seeds. We will feed the birds this winter and save some seeds for spring, too.

Saturday, October 1, 2016

We have introduced our Masterpiece Monday program to our MWF classes. We are learning about primary colors, secondary colors and can identify portraits, landscapes, seascapes and a still life. We are also learning how to draw. Now this activity is not just about drawing---the children have to listen, identify colors, think about shapes and spatial relationships. It also provides us an opportunity to observe their fine motor skills.

They will also discover that every time they draw, they get a little bit better. We started with landscapes and simple instructions. A green line along the bottom---draw a brown number 11 and add a green circle. Landscapes have lots of trees and trees are different! The children began to add details on their own (sun, clouds and apples).

On Friday, we drew a still life. We placed an orange, an apple and a vase with flower on the table (great idea from Mrs. U) We closed our eyes and then opened them. Did the fruit or flower move? No! They are STILL...

Simple directions---Draw a black line on the bottom (that's the table). An orange circle looks like an orange when we color it. What's next to the orange? An apple! Don't forget a stem! The number 11 makes a vase/rectangle when we connect the two numbers with a line. A small brown circle and the letter V create a sunflower!

Get out some crayons and draw a landscape and still life with your child today!

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Square One

It was a busy day with our TTh 3 y/o class but we did get our project completed. We started with one big square and then the squares kept getting smaller and smaller. We are getting so good at listening to teacher directions and squeezing glue bottles!