Nature Circle Art

Today we brought the slowly sleeping outdoors in to do circle art. Inspired by rose windows and mandalas, we worked on patterns and shapes to make this art. First, we went outside to collect materials in a big pan. Second, we decided on the layout and placed the plant material down. Third, we glued from the inside out. It was great fun -- the mint leaves even make it smell good.

Additionally, we are working on the letters in Ren's name and now have come to Y. Y is a tricky letter! We did a large Y out of yellow stickers and have practiced every day. I thought S would be tough, but Y is the stickler (and N). We'll keep plugging away -- open to suggestions!

Arranging materials:

Gluing it down:

This was a pretty focused activity and she asked for some open tactile play with shaving cream! Hooray!