Monster Symmetry

My kinder and first graders have been working with color mixing - first with crayon, moving on to watercolor and now we're using tempera to mix primary colors to create our secondary group.

Students folded and labeled their 12 x 18 papers. I put red, yellow and blue tempera on one side.

Fold paper closed and rub, rub, rub those colors together!

I have a drying rack full of amazing work!

Next class we'll have a discussion of symmetry and turn our paintings into monster faces. I can already see the potential here...

Best part was since I did the work in small groups of 5 kids at a time, there was only 1 table to clean!

Breathing space & my glue bottles

Today Kinders went on a field trip to the Botanical Garden so I had 90 minutes of breathing space...ahhhh!

I decided to tackle my glue bottles.

We're gluing molas and printing plates right now so I was past due getting them filled and the caps replaced. I've written before about my preferences for glue bottles - we're so picky, sometimes, aren't we?

I recently got a fresh order of those Tap n Glue caps I prefer but haven't had the time or students to do the work. I was able to get all the bottles refilled, caps replaced & screwed on with a fresh layer of vaseline.

THEN I reorganized the cabinet they're stored in!

SCORE!