Art Work

The kids come home with about five or six things each. Then there is the work at home. Every day there are about 25 to 30 (or if Liam is particularly inspired, many more) new pieces of work for us to have. They get all over the house. And I’m the only one who sneaks them into the recycling bin. But some I save. Here are some that I’ve kept.

And after typing in descriptions for them all, some apparently weren’t saved, and I don’t want to do them all again. So here it is in a nutshell.

Helena doesn’t draw very often at home, but she does bring home lots of stuff. She likes working with things like felt, beads, etc. So she brings home more projects. She also brings home lots of papers from school. Two or three math pages a day. Reading logs. Notes to and from friends. She spends much more time reading at home than drawing. She likes to write as well, so most of what she does at home are letters and notes to others. Her favorite thing to draw are scenes of sea animals. Dolphins, whales, fish or all sorts. With seaweed, and with the dolphin jumping out of the water.

Liam is constantly drawing. He likes to draw Monsters vs Aliens characters, but he can also draw other animals that he makes up. And he likes to draw large. He staples, glues, or tapes sheets together. And he edits them constantly. He makes books and has us write down what is going on in the story. He likes to draw animals that have superpowers. In all his stories, the good guys win, though. Even when they are shot at, something happens so the good guy isn’t hurt. He also likes to draw mazes and has us do them. They are impossible to figure out. He’ll have you redo it every few minutes when he adds something new. It is very time consuming.

Ada usually doesn’t draw at home. She’s another reader. But she brings home what she does at daycare, which is usually just what the other kids do. I don’t think that she has ever asked anyone there for paper just to draw on. She’s happy to paint or use Play-Doh when the other two are using it, though. Or ripping up what Liam has done.

Still bummed that all my comments weren’t saved.

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