tweetkids workshop: thoroughly thaumatroped
Today was…an illusion! Let’s get thaumatroping, but first let’s just explain what a thaumatrope is. A thaumatrope is a disk with a picture on each side, attached to two pieces […]
Today was…an illusion! Let’s get thaumatroping, but first let’s just explain what a thaumatrope is. A thaumatrope is a disk with a picture on each side, attached to two pieces […]
Welcome to the first 3d zoo, made by Lorenzo, Gabriele, Sara, Viola, Chiara, Arianna, Giulia and Erica. First we read Dear Zoo (1982) by Rod Campbell, to set us off on our 3d […]
FAN-tastic! The sun is shining and temperatures are in the mid 20’s°c, so it must be summer, and time to find ways to cool down. We made some special hand […]
Beach vocabulary. With some coloured paper and fashion model templates we made some bikini clad ladies and one fine gentleman fit for a day on the beach. New words included […]
Dotty for dots Today’s mission was to paint the alphabet using only a few colours and a set of wine cork stoppers. We began with a little exercise, drawing each […]
Tweet tweet. Let’s trace! Armed with some handsome bird prints, we made the transfer from white paper to transparent tracing paper. We all traced round the owls, big birds, peacocks and […]
Here we are working on our months and seasons. It’s increasingly difficult to distinguish between the months of the year, and our drawings reflect events rather than the climate conditions […]
The sweetest menu ever! A visual menu for the little ones. Here is today’s sweet alphabet: Apple pie Biscuit Cupcake Donut Eclair Fruit salad Gingerbread man Hot chocolate Ice cream […]
Picnics are in! The weather was so bad this year, we had to be content with having an indoor Easter picnic. What better way to celebrate the Easter holiday than […]
These ice lollies are sooooo cold they stick to our tongues! Today’s freezing favours included raspberry, orange, mint and everybody’s favourite, lemon. Our ice lollies helped cool us down on […]