A Studio Glimpse of Our Week

What a fun time we have had this week playing in the studio!!!  The shaving cream paint was a big hit. It's easy to make at home too if you want to try it.  We are making ours with liquid water color and shaving cream but you can easily make a bathtub version using food coloring.

Of course mess-making and hand washing are a big part of the whole experience.

The pulleys on our tree house remain a huge attraction, captivating one child after another.
Children are always drawn to simple machines, perhaps even more so now as technology continues to take the place of visible mechanics in our daily lives.
Their ongoing interest reminds us to provide materials of this kind to foster an understanding of basic physics in creative ways..

Block building remains a big point of interest and some enterprising architect/engineers have begun to record their creations.

Self portraits and figure drawing has reemerged at the easel and the results are wonderful! 

Of course the children always find opportunities for dramatic play, individually and collaboratively.

To make the week even better, Amy joined us to create a smaller tree for the Artisan Center window display in April.

It's hard to believe that this was only a four day week!