A Trip Under the Sea!

Future sight of the Submarine! See the bumpers…

During the Trip Under the Sea class, we will building a life-sized submarine in the front garden area of the Fremont Community School. We started construction on the submarine by drilling a board to the fence that will support the found car bumpers that we will use for the frame. We also cleared the area and made the ground flat by raking and adding leaves.

After working outside, we moved in to make some painted submarines that have transparent window looking out into the sea. Each created different kinds of fish, plant-life and imaginary sea-life by drawing with markers on the transparency film. Then we cut out the windows of the submarine and taped the transparencies to the back.

Creature and Monster again…

Collaborative Collage Creature

Yesterday during our Creatures and Monsters class we created a large 5 foot tall collaged creature named Joe. Out of a hat, each child drew a different body part they were in charge of creating to make Joe. We looked through magazines to find textures that we like, then cut out the body shapes. The child responsible for making the hands had to talk to the child making the legs to know how many to make. This also went for hands and arms, necks and head and heads and hats!!! It was a true collaboration!

Magnet Monster

After we were finished creating Joe, we moved on to smaller creatures on magnets. Each child got to create different creatures by combining body parts that they had drawn, colored and then cut out of a soft magnet material. These creatures can be rearranged as well as holding up important information on your refrigerator.