Thursday and Friday

Thursday

Fold painting

Dream Catchers

(ultra-simplified version!)

Flags

(for marching in our parade tomorrow)

Bendy stix sculptures

Drawing and painting easels

Back Yard Club kids also played London Bridge, Ring around the Rosie (complete with the "cows are in the meadow" second verse), went on a nature "treasure" hunt, made window hangings with their finds, and moved like animals in Baby Bear, Baby Bear.

Here they are at work and play.

I love this kid-friendly version of the dream catcher.  Good dreams float through the spaces in the "web" and the bad dreams (represented by the beads) get caught in the web.

I bet you know which song this is. :)

A little "Ring Around the Rosie." 

This old classic is SO loved!!

"Cows are in the meadow, eating buttercups. Thunder! Lightning! We all stand up!"

 Moving like animals...

Strutting like a skunk!

One of my favorite struts.

This is all of us!

Friday

Watercolor resist

(draw with crayon, paint over and see the crayon show through)

God's eyes

(Native American art)

Paper plate shakers

Paint the box sculpture

The kids also had a parade with yesterday's flags and imaginary trumpets, danced to and sang "Floating Down the River," drew  a forest scene on giant banners for our story we're acting out, practiced our story, and went on a "bear hunt" complete with a romp through a rainstorm (aka: the sprinkler)!

This will be "Little Girl's" house for our story.

Working on water color resists.

Rounding the corner in our parade!

Scenes from "Floating Down the River."  

The chorus involves lots of jumping, which is, of course, the best!

Coloring our scenery.  What a great, hot day!