Friday, June 15, 2012

Sculptures

Eric creating a clay sculpture.

A sculpture that we visit often is a bronze statue of Lucy Lederer in Lederer park.  Park visitors decorate Lucy with flowers, grass, and pine cones.  This month we also discussed the Statue of Liberty, Northwest American Indian totem poles, and Alexander Calder's Lobster Trap and Fish Tail.

Ian and Eric have the most experience working with homemade play dough.  They enjoy making food and of course, transportation related sculptures.  We recently started working with natural clay.

Books:  Mount Rushmore by Doherty;  From Clay to Bricks by Taus-Bolstad
  
Reference Books:   What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know by Hirsch

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