This week we continued to discover all the goodies that warm weather and sunshine bring us by painting and stamping with vegetables. They had fun not only painting and stamping but discussing which veggies were their favorite and which ones were not! Mushrooms seemed to intrigue them the most as most had not eaten “one of those” before. The smells of each veggie was a hot topic! Pepper’s smelled “spicy” and corn smelled “fresh or grassy” I decided to leave one corn wrapped in

The recent rain and sunshine has filled my yard with yummy smelling herbs! Five years ago I planted two small catnip and lemon balm plants that now grow abundantly throughout my yard. They are fairly invasive just like their cousin mint, however for an art teacher who loves to create with nature I’m excited by their abundance and ability to grow quickly! This week I brought the children cuttings of both catnip and lemon balm to explore, cut, and create with! This is a great a

As trees begin to blossom and the world is once again a beautiful cheery shade of green I can’t help but soak up every piece of nature! I love the little treasures we find while on walks and bringing our finds back to the studio makes for lovely explorations and works of art. Today we enjoyed exploring the different shadows each piece created when projected onto the wall. We even taped a large piece of paper to the wall to paint and explore the beauty of shape and shadow clos