I'm going to jump over November in my Parade of Photos, because many of the November pictures are from the 1st grade Capital Letters block, which we broke up into two parts: Part I in November and Part II in January, with December and the homeschool co-op's Class Play in between. Our Class Play topic this year was Greek Mythology. I added all the detailed play planning notes to my
Greek Mythology webpage. In Waldorf, this is a 5th grade topic.
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On to the photos! I have included just a few from November if they had to do with the 2022 Calendar, which was the December parent gift.
what a surprise! on the first day back from break, two best friends dress alike -- completely by coincidence
Decimal Fraction Board and Decimal Fraction Exercise
carefully writing the calendar numbers for parent gifts
this activity is great for visual tracking, as well as for practicing writing the numerals 0-9
each month we use
Anno's Counting Book to help us visualize what is happening in nature at that time
what do you know about February?
February is when they tap the sugar maple trees!
printing with bubble wrap gives a great snowy texture
fingerprint dandelions for April
ants on green grass for May
we set up Mary's Path of Stars in the Art Room
and, of course, it's time to get out the Winter Holiday books!
we learn about some ways that Christmas is celebrated around the world
wooden shoes for St. Nicholas Day (Dec 6)
carrots and hay for St. Nicholas's horses
we look again at the sunset picture in
Red Berry Wool by Robyn Eversole
and draw chalk pastel sunsets for June
aluminum foil fish for July
I even sew her a little snowy quilt (from the fabrics in my grandmother's fabric stash)
meanwhile the older students are working hard on getting our Class Play ready
painting the set for Mount Olympus
we are so excited to be using REAL saffron this year!
here is our lovely golden dough
the buns getting their second rise
adding an egg glaze
and decorating them with dried currants
the oldest girl is always Santa Lucia and wears a wreath with candles in her hair (our candles are made of felt)
we go outside and cut some greenery to make a wreath for the younger girl
she makes a beautiful attendant
and Zac is a star boy!
watercolor ocean scene for August
mixing equal parts baking soda + water
paint over the baking soda paint with vinegar + food coloring
enjoy the fizzing and the cool texture it leaves on the apples for September!
our piece of pumpkin art for October uses black glue and oil pastels
carefully sketching the lines of the pumpkin using white chalk pastel pencils on black paper
tracing over the lines with black glue (white glue mixed with India ink)
swirling food coloring into shaving cream
to make shaving cream marbelized leaves for November
simply press down briefly, then wipe off the extra shaving cream
beautiful!
paint chip trees for December (nice practice cutting diagonal lines)
our scene for Mary's Path of Stars becomes more detailed week by week
time to make the art for the calendar front cover
marble painting!
a good reason to have lots of cookie sheets always on hand
I'm the narrator and co-director of all three vignettes, plus I play the part of Hades, so I never have any time to take photos of our play rehearsals! but things are coming along beautifully
placing wool to be "clouds" at the base of Mount Olympus
wool around the base of Zeus's throne (and Pandora's Box sitting underneath)
we reuse a forest backdrop from our Ancient Hawai'i play, and place potted plants beside it
we organize lots of costumes and props
over Thanksgiving Break I spent my time crafting...
and needle felting "postcard tapestries" that fit into envelopes, one for each of the legends in our Greek Mythology Class Play
these serve as clues for the parents as to what legends we will be retelling
and they are my Christmas gifts to the older students as well
Echo and Narcissus
The Six Pomegranate Seeds
the pomegranate is actually a pocket...
so cute!
and Pandora's Box
thank you to everyone who has donated old jewelry for our art & craft projects! those pieces live in a special bin in the Art Room and they allowed me to make something really incredible for the Pandora's Box tapestry
the black cloud filled with flying things that pours out when the box is opened
but hidden away in the bottom of the box...
HOPE
me as Hades and Zac as Pandora
I hope everyone had a lot of fun!!!!
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