Vincent van Gogh

 

Dear Parents,

This week we learned about Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch Painter.    Some of his famous works of art are:  Starry Night, Cafe Terrace at Night, Bedroom in Aries, and Sunflowers.  He was a post impressionist artist who did not decide to become a painter until he was grown up.  He worked at an art gallery, tried teaching, and he was a preacher like his dad.  None of these things made him happy until he decided to become a painter.

We looked at paintings by Vincent van Gogh and decided to recreate his famous painting called Bedroom in Arles.

We started our project by painting a miniature bedroom made of folded

card stock.  The children glued on a picture of a wooden floor and a

framed picture of themselves.  They also created their own watercolor 

painting.  We took a picture of their painting and reduced its size to fit on the the bedroom wall.

The next thing the children added to their bedroom was furniture.  The children rolled out and cut clay to make a bed, a table, and a chair.  After the clay dried , the children painted it with watercolors.  

Take a look at the finished project. They look phenomenal! 

Enjoying the spring weather on the playground

We loved playing with the magnets! We even practiced our counting skills and counted the number of objects we could hold with the magnet wand. 

We just love creating structures with the Magnatiles 

Beth visited our room and read a story called My Best Friend. We had a discussion afterwards and asked the children, what makes a good friend? Here is what they said:

Tehila said that Dalia plays with me

Dalia likes when her friends gives her hugs

Zimri likes when his friends play with him

Louis likes to play with his friend Dylan 

Jonathan plays with his brothers and they are his good friends

Logan likes to build with friends

Alvie likes to play with his sister

Dalia said that she likes to play with Lexi because she is nice. 

 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Love,

Bonne & Denise