tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77113657126880403282024-03-05T17:13:05.213-08:00Our Three Girls.Our three girls.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06436844567748083625noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711365712688040328.post-41531443094318787862012-02-20T18:02:00.000-08:002012-02-20T18:26:11.262-08:00A day at the Art GalleryThe art gallery is a fabulous place for kids and it's free! We spent an hour and looked at only 5 different art works. Each art work tells a story and the kids love the stories behind art. <br />
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Giulio Paolini L'altra figura <br />
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We discussed the emotions on the faces of the plaster casts of the Roman Hellenistic bust, shapes, what a plinth is and how the busts show the heads slightly at an angle to the body, their faces turned to reflect each other precisely. <br />
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In this painting we discussed colour, paint effects, emotions on the faces and what the red lines may mean- perhaps their bloodline. <br />
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I will follow up our visit with art at home, perhaps some plaster of paris!Our three girls.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06436844567748083625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711365712688040328.post-43253668629746333272011-09-30T16:41:00.000-07:002011-09-30T16:44:57.905-07:00Junk table=great imaginationsJunk table=great imaginations<br />
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glue, sponges, stamps, ink, tape, cardboard, google eyes, pipe cleaners, glitter,coloured lentils,scissors,egg cartons, crepe paper and textas. The girls crafted for about 2 hours together!Our three girls.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06436844567748083625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711365712688040328.post-83598675279296007312011-09-29T03:13:00.000-07:002011-09-29T15:45:52.220-07:00Experimenting with our homemade light box...Cost:$10 from Bunnings.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">worldforumfoundation.org/nature</span>Our three girls.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06436844567748083625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711365712688040328.post-15011641444207929072011-09-20T04:43:00.000-07:002011-09-22T03:21:29.813-07:00Quotes and imagination/discovery boxes.“A child can learn specific skills but if they don’t have the ability to secure a relationship with another individual, or have adaptability or have reciprocity with another person, then all the skills in the world won’t be of much help”<br />
Stanley Greenspan<br />
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” <br />
Albert Einstein<br />
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Today while cleaning out cupboards I found a wonderful assortment of bits and pieces. I decided to gather these on the lounge room floor and sort them into 'Imagination and discovery play boxes'. The girls absolutely love them! So far we have :<br />
The sea<br />
The farm<br />
Dinosaurs<br />
Frogs<br />
Dolls and doll house furniture<br />
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<em>More ideas:</em><br />
<em>Think I may do a prayer box for bedtime and one for the beach with shells, a jar of sand, some pictures/photos, a book about the beach, pencils, note pad and the questions the girls asked us about the beach.I don't want their valuable questions to disappear into thin air.</em><br />
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It's just another nice way for the children to play,imagine and wonder.<br />
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</div>Our three girls.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06436844567748083625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711365712688040328.post-41342119489899721842011-09-11T05:35:00.000-07:002011-09-11T18:34:32.119-07:00Fairy Gardens... I remember the awe of believing in fairies.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzPGyrKrRxaw_A952N5sV2_1laaIOx3MlabfeA5cWLxNnNaRlj7am-7WPV7uVSDs-EwoCgNa1Hm4j6btDqc_YcHoCojJdgoE8uFuxV5Y6SJB2NmbYWBF_ZzRlC2SxdbZleNvPxfMACAbi/s1600/DSC00155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzPGyrKrRxaw_A952N5sV2_1laaIOx3MlabfeA5cWLxNnNaRlj7am-7WPV7uVSDs-EwoCgNa1Hm4j6btDqc_YcHoCojJdgoE8uFuxV5Y6SJB2NmbYWBF_ZzRlC2SxdbZleNvPxfMACAbi/s320/DSC00155.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With fairy gardens in mind we gathered what we could find in the craft box: glitter, paints, brushes and glue. Our three girls and their friends went on a nature hunt around the garden and found twigs, pine cones, shells, old tiles (that we smashed up) and pebbles.I have a lot of succulents growing so we were able to pick a few to plant in the fairy gardens. Succulents need very little care, just a bit of fairy love!</span></div><br />
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