Spring Break

Wow, all those PTA meetings and spring break are really cramping our style! So rather than starting the paper mache floats today, we equipped all the new students with sketchbooks and colored pencils for some good old fashioned drawing time. But what to draw? Ms. McCain, the art teacher at Moya has a fabulous book by Ed Emberley on how to draw animals using simple shapes. It even gives step by step instructions! So I helped a group of boys through the first couple of pages. Since all the animals are made from basic shapes, you can draw them even if you are looking at the book upside down! We found the frog seen on the cover was the most difficult.

The weather was so nice we spent the first quarter of class outside using chalk to draw my favorite thing: Pirate Ships. A ninjas vs. pirates battle ensued...

See you in two weeks!