Art III - Geometry, lines, color and art

We continue to grapple with the color, shape, geometry, and little by little we are discovering the art and working concepts.

What we found:
- Straight lines - are too perfectly straight and can be of many sizes. (Matilde Q.)
- Curved lines are straight lines that go all the laps. (Hugo)
If the lines were real people, new people were straight lines, those old ladies were curved and the babies were oval. (Diogo)
- Lines are everywhere (Ricardo)
- The lines are for writing and drawing. (Daisy)
And from the line, geometry, form and color we ...



Art II - Colors and sound

We went on with our art work. This time we had a chalenge to win. We were going to paint, but with three conditions. We had to be in silence to ear Mozart, we had to feel all the paper and we nly could use three colours of the same famely. The result was amasing...



Art I... - Discovering secondary colors

After read the book from Leo Lionne "Little blue and little yellow" we made a trip by the world of secondary colors.
This is what we have learn:



Carnival...

Carnival in Portugal is an old tradition.
We use to celebrate it in the 5 days before the lent.
During those days we eat fat meet boiled with vegetables, fried sweets, and all kind of fat food, for the next 40 days of lent we will eat only thin aliments. We also use to make treats to friends. On Sunday afternoon and night, all the village people, use to "assault" one of the village families. Young people from the village went to one house and made the "robbery". They celebrate together eating all that they can.
Until Tuesday people enjoy themselves playing, and walking around the village. On Tuesday night, we use to buried the carnival, and during the funeral people did not speak or laugh. We use it to make the entrance of the lent.
In our school we also enjoy the Carnival.
This year, as the sun was shining, we all made a parade in the village. It was really fun. Do you want to see how it was?
We hope you enjoy it so much as we did...

It is a "so long", not a "goodbye"

It´s time for Twinkle to rest now.  She is one of us now. She use to sit with us in great group, play with us, and stay beside us when we are working. Each day one of us is encharged of her. So she is happy because she has a lot of friends. She goes with us everywere, but what she likes best is to ear our stories.  She also enjoys to go to our home during week ends. She is a very happy star because she has a lot of friends that loves her, and we are really lucky because she is here with us.
This project just finish, but not our work or our friendship. So, as 2011 is the "International Chemestry Year", for it makes a century that Nobel Prize was given for the first time to a  woman, Marie Currie, we decided to begin a new project, this time about experimental science.
So, if you want to keep following our work you can visit us in:
"The four elements in the kindergarten", in : http://fourelementsinkindergarten.blogspot.com/

 For you are wellcome.
We are waiting for you there

Maria,Malgorzata and children

The poster from our project

Here is the poster of our project.

Poster póvoa lanhoso

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This is the end of this wonderful project. We share a lot, we enjoy too much doing it, we learn a lot toghether, we get new friends, but the most important thing is that it opened a door to Europe and children really understand that even if we can not understand the language, we still can be friends and work and built something toghether and in peace. It was great to work toghether! Etwinnig is the best thing that hapenned to me in this 32 years of work.

Preparing Christmas

This is the way we prepare christmas. Do you want to see it.  So come with us!!!
Have a peacefull Christmas and a Happy new year!
Maria and Children from little stars classroom

Twinkle is here again...

Yes, twinkle is with us again. As she knows how baby Jesus need a star in the crib, and as she knows that we really love christmas, she decided to return for some time to our classroom. So, one morning when we arrived she was by the crib, sharring her ligth and her magic.
And as we know how much she loves stories, we left a christmas story to her and to all our friends. We hope you enjoy it!