S's 2nd Grade Art

More J 2nd Grade Art

Can you pick out the Piccasso take-off in these?

J's 2nd Grade Artwork

I got this idea from my mom: take pictures of artwork so that it can be preserved, and to highlight cool features of it. Since I was taking the pictures anyway, thought I'd post them here. The elementary art curriculum in Reed City is nothing short of amazing, and the art teacher, Mrs. Vicky Krantz, does an incredible job getting the kids to learn and recreate what they learn about.

Girls Playing Music

Follow the attached link to get to podcasts of the girls playing violin (J) and piano (S).

http://www.switchpod.com/users/tikasmom/feed.xml

The one entitled "SydsCompositionWinterSolstice" really is S's original work...she's got it written down on sheet music and entered into Music For Young Children's Composition Festival Contest. I think it's pretty nice!

J is motoring her way through the first book in her Suzuki program. She's scheduled to play her newest, Long Long Ago, at a solo & ensemble type event in March.

A Fun Cabin Weekend

As stated earlier, we spent the weekend at our cabin with a friend from college and two of her kids. It was a great winter weekend: we got about 6" of fresh powdery snow after we all arrived. The kids spent about 8 hours outside on Saturday sledding and exploring and using the frozen lake as a super-highway to large snowdrifts and areas around the lake that are harder to get to when the water isn't frozen. In between times outside, they played Wii together...often quite intently. Lego Indiana Jones was a favorite, and even the grown ups got into Guitar Hero.