Watercolors, Mirrors, and a Birthday!

Phew! What a busy week. Since I was unable to post daily, I'm going to post a weekly synopsis. As you all know, my logo is complete, and the website is now live.

If you haven't seen it, here it is!


Damon's dad is the creator of this awesome logo.

And the here's the website, created by Kiwe of Visual Moxie.
I'm so stinkin' excited about it!

I've been flooded with emails and several phone calls from people inquiring about the future of Terra Luz. I came to the realization that no longer do I WANT an assistant, I NEED one. Alas, I cannot do it all alone anymore. This is a huge step for me since I've been flying solo this entire time, but I am thrilled to have found a good match! For those of you who have children currently at Casa T. you will be meeting her next week. =)

Snippets from last week:

It was Mia's birthday! She is THREE years old now! We lit the birthday candle and sang her Happy Birthday! Just so you all know, I was VERY careful with placing the candle on the floor. It was such a cohesive way for the children to sit around the birthday girl and the candle and sing to her. They LOVED it!! It was so quiet and serene, I almost seemed as if they were meditating! ;)





This birthday-card watercolor-art was a collaborate effort on behalf of the M, W children for Mia.



Art
Our focus this week was liquid watercolors. We carried over the gelatin exploration from last week.



In the past, I've simply given the children a few colors, a brush, water, and paper, and they would begin to watercolor, not noticing that they were mixing up the original colors in the tray. This week, I tried to show them how we can also keep the original colors intact in the trays, while moving the color to the paper, and blending the colors on the paper instead. the concept was a bit hard. So, we'll continue to offer the watercolors freely and when they're ready to

1). dip brush in the color 2). paint on the paper 3).dip brush in water to rinse off color 4).dip brush in new color

then we'll try that again.

Next week, our focus will be on a 3 dimensional media.
CLAY!!

I pulled out some mirrors so the children can build on top of them. They used the Legos this week and also thought it was fun to look at their reflections and make silly faces.





The pink tower was popular this week. Some enjoy ordering it from biggest to smallest, some enjoy their own version.

Che's tower.

Gardening
Currently, the only thing left that is harvesting is broccoli, so the children took turns watering.





Che opted for some water play soon after, and since the weather was so nice and warm, he was able to fully enjoy himself.



The children, especially the boys, really dig this small jet-ski trailor Mike has by the garden and I often find them pretending they're navigating, or just exploring. And they also did some facepainting on Thursday, explaining some painted faces.

We did many other things this week, but just not enought time to post. That's what happens when I get backlogged and don't blog for a week.

Gratitude

Grandfather Twilight was donated to the Casa T., err, I mean Terra Luz library by Mama Melissa. Thank you!

*P.S. Now that I have the business name registered and an official business account, please make tuition checks payable to Terra Luz Progressive Preschool.

Thank you!