What a delightful way for the children to spend Thursday afternoon.  They were treated the the 6th grade performance of Peter Pan!  The children found the costumes, sets, acting, and singing magical.  For over an hour they were totally immersed in Neverland.  They were so well behaved, too.  After the lights were turned on in the auditorium, a teacher of older children came over and complimented the children on being so good.  If you have time this weekend, come so the musical.  You will be glad that you did!  (An added bonus is that the auditorium is air conditioned!)

 At some point, when preschoolers are taught about art, the inevitable giggle over nudes will need to be addressed.  This year, I decided to approach it head on by telling the children to think about how hard it is to paint someone naked since people have the same color skin all over their body.  Anyone can paint people with different colored clothes, but how could an artist paint someone's body if the skin is all one color.  If is pretty funny to overhear the children talk when they come across a picture of a nude in our art books.  To quote one child, "This is not a funny picture, he has to be a good artist to paint this naked person!"

The children are looking at paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir this week.  It is fun to hear the children try to say the French names.  One child began to talk about A Pear August Renoir.  We will be learning about his this week and next week.  As the children learn about Renoir's art work, they are learning about the terms portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.  The children are using the 'detective eyes to describe the pictures in detail.  By doing this, they are also making wonderful discoveries.  They noticed that the water in the painting, Bridge over Chatou, is multiple colors!