Fishing Trip

We have been having so much fun visiting a different local farm each month (my spin on the classic Waldorf grade 3 Farming block). For March, we dove (no pun intended) into Illinois aquaculture!

Here are some pictures from our morning at Little Grassy Fish Hatchery.

a tour of the facility

we learn about the process for raising channel catfish

time to go fishing in the stock ponds!

the first fish!

everything was catch and release

we finish with picnic lunches outside on a beautiful day

A great follow up to this field trip would be Minn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy Holling, which we will read after we finish our current lunchtime read aloud story, Cheaper by the Dozen!

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Art History - Friedensreich Hundertwasser

In my Art History 2024-2025 blog post, I decided that April would be Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Here are some resources and planning notes for this incredible artist!

Friedensreich Hundertwasser
1928 - 2000

also

Art History Kids - April 2024

The Five Skins, p.23

1st skin, p.22 - Your Body
Self portrait

2nd skin, pp.24-25 - Your Clothes
Dress up, be a fashion designer, clothing collage, make paper dolls

3rd skin, pp.26-27 - Your House
Blocks, cardboard box "window rights"

4th skin, p.28 - Your Identity
Design a stamp

5th skin, p.29 - Your Planet
Create a poster with an environmental message

Art History Kids - April 2019

Week 1 Project
1st skin, p.11

Week 2 Project
2nd skin, pp.6-7

Week 3 Project
3rd skin, p.8

Week 4 Project
4th skin, pp.2-4

Week 5 Project
5th skin, p.6

https://hundertwasser.com/en

All Species Puppet Parade 2022 - Earth Day

Carbondale "At the Table" Dinner & Dialogue Series - Earth Month

I recommend joining Lotus Stewart's Art History Kids website (The Studio) and getting access to her past lesson plans. I like her work, and find it's really helpful to have so many ideas that I can use as a jumping off point.

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week of Apr 7:

Tue

divide children into small groups

give each group five examples of Hundertwasser's work
(examples from coloring book as well as Apr 2024, pp.9-18)

have each group make a Word Cloud of their conversation
(Apr 2019, week 2, p.1)

bring groups together and compare the word clouds

"Let's Meet the Artist" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 2, p.2)

nature walk to Chautauqua Bottoms to look at the wildflowers

Thu

look at graphic of The Five Skins
(Apr 2024, p.23)

do 1st skin activity - Self Portrait
(Apr 2024, p.22)

next time I will read The Colors of Us by Karen Katz and do the "How to Paint Skin Tone" lesson by Cassie Stephens for 1st skin instead



https://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/2017/10/in-art-room-how-to-paint-skin-tone.html

week of Apr 14:

Mon

do 2nd skin activity - Paper Dolls
(Apr 2019, week 2, pp.6-7)

OR make and decorate Jumping Jacks (PDF)

Wed

read The House of Happy Spirits: A Children’s Book Inspired by Friedensreich Hundertwasser by Géraldine Elschner

"What Is This Art About?" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 2, pp.4-5)

have each child create their own Art Manifesto
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.1)

"Tree Tenants + Window Rights" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.7)

do 3rd skin activity - Cardboard Box "Window Rights"
(Apr 2024, p.27)

week of Apr 21:

Mon

read One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul



"Connections to Community" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 4, p.2)

"Earth Day" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 4, p.2)

recall our Cob Bread Oven and building with recycled objects
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.6)

Tue

Earth Day

read The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz



"Quote to Ponder" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.2)

take a nature walk

do 4th skin activity - Stamp Design
(Apr 2019, week 4, p.4)

week of Apr 28:

Mon

read The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins



"Quote to Ponder" discussion
(Apr 2024, p.6)

do 5th skin activity - Environmental Action Poster
(Apr 2024, p.29)

In addition to the Art History lesson for my regular school group (age 7-13), I'll have a Monday afternoon Art History class for early childhood (age 5-7). I think the "littles" will love Hundertwasser!

week 1 - self portrait
week 2 - paper dolls
week 3 - cardboard box "window rights"
week 4 - stamp design

there are also ideas for small children in this activity book:

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