Impressionable Minds – a blog for children & parents

The much awaited monsoon has finally arrived.

What do you think of when we talk of the monsoon(rainy season)?

Dark clouds ,rain drops.the rainbow,puddles and boats,rain creatures -the

frog ,snail and earthworm.Shades of green

on trees and the mushroom.Dont forget the colourful umbrella, raincoat

and gumboots.

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Lets have fun with paper old and new, paints and crayons.Old or waste card

board boxes for cut outs.Scissors to cut and glue along with bits of any

material to decorate and thread or twine to hang your things.

Remember to REUSE the 3 R’s Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.-Your pearl of

wisdom.

 

Clouds and the rainbow:-

The rainbow has seven colours.To remember them learn the word VIBGYOR-

voilet, indigo, blue and green ,yellow,orange ,red. Look at the picture above

The clouds can be made of cotton wool or draw and colour them blue.

You can pin the picture on you board or make a stick rainbow puppet.Instead of paint

for the rainbow you can use coloured rava or do collage work-paint news paper

in the colour needed tare into pieces and paste.Some more ideas:-

 

 Collage                 Finger paiting

 

   Rainbow string mobile    

 

 paper plate\ crayons      palm painting.

Kids you can be as creative as you like.

Look up the science experiment section to see how to make a

rainbow and, clouds in a bottle.You will also see some beautiful pictures of

clouds.

 

Frogs and snails are 2 creatures that you see especially during the rainy

season.Sometimes as you walk along the road or in your bathroom you see a

snake like creature-the earthworm- friend of the farmer as it loosens the soil.

The Frog–It can live on land and swim as well.It croaks, the sound you often

hear at night during the rainy season.The birth cycle of the frog:-

Mama frog lays eggs  in the water,the eggs hatch into babies called tadpoles,

tadpoles grow up to be come frogs.The world is full of magic and wonders.-So

Take care of it.  Your pearl of wisdom.

Birth cycle of frog-

 

Here some ideas to make a frog.You need paint ,crayons, paper plate ,glue

scissors paper,chart paper and junk tit bits.

 

Frog cut out,you can make your own and paint.

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Paper plate and palms-Frog palms- stick on paper.

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Frog with paper fold legs.Use old cards for the body.

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Frog on a lily leaf.Stick a piece of thermocol below the

frog and then stick on the lily leaf.(3 d effect)

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frog ice cream stick.

You can have any cut out you like.Frogs with caps,frogs with clothes.

Mum you need to help your kids,just supervise .Let them be creative.

Some more ideas-

 Cut out painted.     Cut out painted

Frog king     Frog paper plate

 

The snail is an amazing creature.It carries its house on its back and that is

shell that we see.If you touch it ,then the snail hides in the shell.Its body

is sticky  so it can climb up a wall just like spider man.Is’nt that cool..?

Now lets see some snail craft:

You need the usual things -remember to reuse-old boxes, cards, paper any

junk to decorate.

 

This is with a paper plate.Paint or do collage work.

 

        snail roll.

Many more ideas just look at the images.Remember you can be as creative

as you like:-

Finger painting       Stick puppet

 

Collage paper tearing  

 

Paper plate paint and cut

Paper folding can be fun.Your fingers become strong as you manuplate paper

to make different shapes.This art is called origami.

Today we are going to learn the simplest folds just folding backwards and

forwards making a fan and then make  different things with the folded paper fan.

Things needed:

1.  Long sheet of chart paper.You can use news paper ,used A4 size paper.

2.  Pencil,felt pens ,paints, any other material to decorate.

3.  Glue,and some wool or twinke

4.  Thinner paper for the masks.

Now just look at the pictures and follow.You can use these things to decorate

your room or classroom and make your teacher happy.

 

 

Hello kids,

You must have had a great summer vacation.Now next week its

back to school.Mum must have ordered and got your set of book for the new

year.Excited? I know something really time consuming is getting the books

covered ,sometimes a little boring is’nt it?Now a days one gets brown paper

cut to the size of books with plastic on top and the book shop owner is ready to

cover your books so it is’nt difficult.All you have to do is write your names

class and subject on the label.I have found a very interesting youtube

showing you how to cover a book with a brown paper bag.Try it, you just may

find it fun and you could cover a few books , may be your story books.

Now just have a look:Click on the link below:-

 

That was fun is’nt it?Do you know why you cover books

Your pearls of wisdom:-

1.   Most important you cover your books to respect your teacher.Remember

always give her\him a clean and neat book.Well covered ,labelled with

a clear index page to make it easy for your teacher.She\he is your guru and you

must respect, help and obey her\him.

2.  You cover books so that you can use them through the year and this

helps mum,she wont have to run around getting new books in mid term.

3.  You cover books for yourself to become responsible ,be organised and

discipline yourself.

Remember you don’t waste time in doing this.You can call friends on a week

end and spend a day together.Try it and share your experience with us.

You can make a lot of things using all kinds of material -ice cream sticks ,

straws,paper plates…..you can paint do collage work stick any material in orange white and green.I will put up a few pictures  i am sure you must have made many more exiciti

things in school.But first a little information-

Our India flag is called the tiranga:-

Orange stands for courage ad truth.

White stands for peace and truth.

Green stands for faith and chivalry.

 

OUr Indian Flag

Our National Symbols

 The lotus imparts a sence of  serenity

and beauty.

 The peacock is the symbol of royalty

and diginity.

 The tiger is known for his royal grace,

strength and agility and enormous majesty and power.

 

The mango- king of all fruits.

 The chakra the wheel of law.

Now have a look at some art work.I am sure you can be more creative-

 Ice cream stick diya

 Flower with paper folding.

 Tricoloured mask you can make

a cap or head band or wrist band.

 paper plate peacock.

 palm painting.

Now kids why dont you share some of the craft you may have done.