Why I Love FIAR!~

On Wednesdays our enrichment is SCM Art Study and we are enjoying Monet.
As we read about him and looked at one of his paintings,
they learned he lived in Paris and this sparked their interest to read Madeline again.

THAT is Why I love FIAR {Five in a Row}...
there is always a connection to a beloved book that the kids want to read.
We of course chose Madeline's Rescue and even found 'Monet' painting by the bridge~

Everyone grabbed paint and brushes to create their own masterpiece.
This was the first time Calla had shown an interest in painting so watching Evie, she learned to watercolor~

EK & SJ~

PC & WP~

EC, HM, & CA~

We found the movie on YouTube and watched it as well~

We chose one activity to do with Madeline for three days and everyone loved it!

Fun Friday~ {Venice, Gondolas, & Monet}

Today was one of those rabbit trail days.

I had chosen a book called Zoe Sophia's Scrapbook: An Adventure in Venice~

and we learned the people travel by gondolas via canals of water.

We tried our hand at making our own but turned out more like canoes. :)

As we were researching gondolas and watching videos of them,

we discovered that a VERY famous artist Claude Monet had painted a gondola.

Thus the rabbit trail... we took some time to learn all about Monet's life

and lingered through many of his beautiful masterpieces.

We kept coming back to the Water Lilies and The Water Lily Pond~

 We found a wonderful art activity and I just happened to have all the supplies we needed:

paper, watercolors, green paper, and coffee filters.

We began with the background and built our masterpieces from there~

It was a beautiful Fun Friday full of Venice, Gondolas, & Monet!