Wonderful Woodworking!!!

What a wonderful time we've had woodworking this week!!! (Wow! Try saying that five times fast! LOL)

The children started by sanding the wood to make it safe for handling, then moved on to sorting the wood.  Once sorted, the wood was easier to investigate.  We had all sorts of shapes and sizes.  The children practiced arranging the wood in different ways on a base.  They counted five larger pieces, arranged them and rearranged them, swapped out a few here and there, then arranged again.  Once each child had what they felt to be the perfect sculpture, the gluing began.  The children used wood glue to piece the wood together.  We have such creative and thoughtful artists in our classroom!  When the sculptures were dry after sitting in the morning sun, the children embellished them with smaller, colorful pieces of wood in many shapes.  The last step was to paint the sculptures!  The children used bright and beautiful colors to add the finishing touches to their amazing works of art.  I can't wait for you to see them. On Monday each child will draw a picture of their sculpture for their journal, and they will have the opportunity to stand up and talk about and share their beautiful wood project in front of one of the other JK classes.
Have a great weekend!