Preparing for Spring

A Field Trip to the Denver Art Museum

Above, Hazel LOVES to peruse our scrap book.  Colin added a new page for us.  Below, I have aspirations that we could have a preschool drumming circle - we need to learn how to keep a beat . . . time will tell!

Lately the kids have been playacting "Miss Jill,"  below, it's Colin's turn . . .

On a "looking for spring" walk, we collected branches for a project.

We viewed the barren-seeming field that will become a garden that we will help with soon.

Jack and the Beanstalk is a good  book to read when hoping for spring-like weather.

We went ahead and planted our own beans.

And played in some dirt!

A sculpture at the DAM!  We looked at pictures of what we might see on this trip and Colin recognized this right away.

The Nick Cave hands-on exhibit . . . 

There was a huge screen with a video of his sound suits dancing.

We travelled across the bridge to the other building . . .

And engaged in some activities with support from museum staff.

Assemble .  . . 

Laminate . . . 

Ta-daaaa!  Pretty!

These blocks were so fun because they were light and soft.

Go Colin . . build!

COOL

There was a neat replica of the museum to play at . . .

Hmmm, look at all the hand prints - which is the same size as ours?

Sculpture you can touch!

Ok, let's hunker down and look at some paintings!  Noe noticed the paintings with horses.

We all decided we liked these paintings because they were familiar.  We have all seen a windmill and the picture beneath reminded us of our mountains.

Wow, lots of sky.

More activities - smile!

We each made a postcard (you might receive in the mail...).

Hold onto the railing - LOTS of steps.

Lunch time.  Colin said, "Are we going to be able to go down the slide today?"  We had numerous compliments about the children's fantastic behavior, by the way.

We were able to experiment with MANY different ways to draw . . .

Minimalism at it's best - nice job, Noe!

A little solo easel time for Hazel . . .

Ok, let's conquer this thing!  A wonderful trip.

The T/Th gang made their own "pretend gardens."  They each picked a color for their personal soil.

Nice gardens, kids!

TACO BAR

Our culminating week of "taco study" included making paper tacos below . . .

and menus for our parents for the Taco Bar.

And we also painted tacos and learned the letters in T-A-C-O.

Tuesday, Laetitia, Lucas' mom brought in a traditional Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday treat, beinets! Yum and thank you!

The warm sun was very welcome this week!

Noe wrote  A LOT of letters!

It was so much fun preparing for our Taco Bar!  Below, Hazel and Colin cook the meat.

We set the table for you!

And, like any good cooks, we sampled the food!

It was Colin's idea to re-read Dragons Love Tacos.  He took the picture also . . .

We had the taco bar all set up for you when you arrived!  Thanks for making a sign, Noe!

And Jack poured water.

A Taco Party!!

The T/Th gang enjoyed re-sampling the salsa.  Thank you parents for bringing in taco toppings.

We prepared for your arrival. . .

And, of course, danced a little. . .

And helped served you tacos . . .

A busy week!