FRIDAY!! FINE MOTOR FRIDAY!!!!
FINE MOTOR MEETS FINE ARTS!!!!
Welcome or welcome back!
This is installment #19 in the series!
This is installment #19 in the series!
Let's take a look this week at butterflies.
Let's get started in preschool!!
The proverbial 'blotto' experiment.
This time using sponges to apply the paint.
These kiddos liked the dab-it-method.
Sometimes combining the 'swoop' method.
Now let's move from the stamping of sponges
to more open-ended fine motor work.
We're still in preschool.
Believe it or not this curlie-cue butterfly
was on a preschool bulletin board!
That's a lot of fine motor development, little one!
Oh, you gifted + talented amazing one.
Now let's move on to Kindergarten...........
This photo above is from my WonderBoy's spring kindergarten journal.
He's been a gradual convert to pencil + paper projects.
I LUV watching him realize that his circles and ovals have power.....
power to connect and create images.
This is an amazing step forward in his personal fine motor capability.
Next up are oodles of kindergarten butterflies from a spring quilt:
made in honor of my Artist-in-the-Schools visit.
(My picture books illustration's are quilted images.)
We know that there's lots of 'creeping' in fine motor development.
Lots of creeping proceeds the flying.
This next 'long-legged' creeper is from a first grader.
Tissue paper on tissue paper.
Glorious 'sun-catcher' of sorts.
Just makes me smile ear-to-ear.
Lots of caterpillars creeping.
Crawling.
Inching along.
Baby steps.
Creeping.
Smidgins.
Earth bound.
Laborious.
Creeping. Creeping. Creeping.
Then suddenly, in a blink.
Taking flight:
Soaring!
I seriously think that butterfly could be featured on a greeting card.
In fact I think Halmark cards would do well to hire these first grade artists on consignment.
Wouldn't this make a glorious boxed set of note cards?
All of these tissue paper creations are observations from my
Author Illustrator School Visit.
Scioto Darby Elementary was literally covered in student artwork.
Every wall. Every bulletin board. Every window!
The morning sun shining through made these sing!!
SPRING ART SHOW!!
So this week we started with lots of FINE ARTS.
Let's segway back to the fine motor development that provides the fine arts foundation.
I LUV making my
Author Illustrator School visits.
Even more?
I LUV LUV LUV the feedback I receive.
Especially the handwritten sentiments.
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| Sometimes I am inspired to get more exercise by the children's expressed perceptions. |
This week I'll leave you with my own 'Halmark' card.
Created from the emerging butterflies............
I hope that you'll pin this image.
It could bring someone else in pin-landia a smile that they need.
--Debbie--
You can find all of the earlier articles in this continuing series by clicking right here:
I started the week with an amazing collections of photos of an UPcycled colossal mural that features butterflies.
You owe it to yourself to go take a look.
-- Debbie --
These are beautiful, and as a former kindergarten teacher my heart melts to see those writing samples! This week’s theme for the Discover and Explore linky is butterflies. I’d love for you to come share your butterfly posts if you are interested.
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Shaunna! Thanks so much for the personal invite. I'll come over right now and get this article added. I really appreciate your taking the time to give me the head's up!
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Thanks so much for stopping by to link up! Hope you'll come back to link up for next week's Earth Day theme, too.
DeleteCould you tell me what kind of paper you used that is translucent for the window butterflies?
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