Sunday, January 22, 2012

Colors, Patterns, and Possibilities

Today, I received a surprise box from Korea! I quickly grabbed scissors and opened the box which was filled with treasures!  There were fabrics my mom dyed using natural ingredients (my mother recently obtained her Ph.D in Color Theories--so proud of her!) such as fruits, vegetables, and even shells of nuts (see below, the subtle natural colors are wonderful)! 


























These colors make me so happy. Oh, the things that I can do with these beautiful colors! Truly inspirational.

Friday, January 20, 2012

My Planet

Welcome to the adventure of My Planet...
I was inspired by this book called "The Little Prince" that I'm currently reading, and thought it will be great if we can create a planet of our own...our imaginary planet; it could be big or small, it could be any colors, and there should be an imaginary creature that lives on that imaginary planet of your own.


The goal was to create a planet that could be designed by the students with whatever color and pattern they wish.  The idea was to hang a Styrofoam ball that represents the planet on a box, which could be decorated by the students--displaying their planet, features, and creatures.  

Planet in a Box

Planet in a Box

Planet in a Box

Planet in a Box

Planet in a Box

Planet in a Box

The students cannot wait until they put their planet drawing in the box, they dive into creating their planet scenes!

Students at Work

Students at work

Sydney at Work

Alyson's Planet
First I thought Alyson put butterfly stickers on!

Rachel's Planet
Do you see the bird camouflaged in Rachel's planet?

Alyssa at Work

John's Planet

Sydney's Planet

Liam's Planet

Hope's Planet



Josiah's Planet

Liam's Planet

Sydney's Planet

Hope's Planet

John's Planet


Josiah's Planet

Hope's Beautiful Smile


Alyssa's Planet

Friends

Rachel's Planet

Alyson's Planet


Alyson's Planet

Rachel's Planet

Joel's Planet

Zolly's Planet

Planet on the Heads

Zolly's Planet

Joel's Planet

Sydney's Planet


Leah's Planet





Tada! We created our own planet, and inside dwells a creature of our own! Plus, we're going to keep feeding, nurturing, and growing our planet ... and thinking about where we want to go next!