Color Mixing Lights and Darks

I wanted a quick and simple art project that introduced something new and practiced something old. We reviewed our tape resist technique using tape to make a skewed 3x3 grid. Then I showed the kids how to start with a primary color and mix in white to make a lighter version and black to make a darker version. We made light and dark red, blue, and yellow and filled in our grid with all nine colors. Then we talked about which ones we liked the best and what feelings might be associated with different sorts of colors. Fun was had by all and the entire project only took about 20-30 minutes.

The Weekly Review: Week 67

SLP Idea of the Week

There's a really great graphic for voice levels here. It's designed for teachers, but easily could be modified for voice therapy.

Blog Post of the Week

Just some a light fun post over at Swistle.

Ava this Week

Oh, Ava is letting me do her hair and I'm having a blast. She's been letting me pull it back in an elastic for a while, but now I can use a comb to part the hair and she'll tolerate some tugging and so I get to try things like this:

Weekly Michael

Oh my. New stages of development are always... fun extremely annoying interesting. Michael has always been really respectful of random things left around. I didn't need to go crazy putting things like scissors, paint, or personal belongings out of reach because he automatically respected the rule that "grown-up things" were not for kids. Now he's getting into everything. I don't think he's doing it maliciously. I think he's off working on some project making a creation out of a variety of recycled materials and thinks to himself I need "x". Fill in the blank with any number of items he isn't supposed to be using. Then he goes off and takes "x" and proceeds to break it or make a mess with it. I am trying to be patient and understanding and not crush his amazing creativity but it is driving me crazy. It's like I need to baby proof my house for my 4 year old.

Art Projects of the Week

Ava - with beans - tree, night sky

Michael - colored sand and glue - beach with shells, water, boat, sun

Three Days Left to Enter Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy App Giveaway

You can enter a giveaway for a free speech therapy iPhone / iPad app through midnight Sunday.

1. Read the review of the Phonology and Minimal Pairs apps.
2. Go to the list of Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy Apps and choose your favorite (up to a $59.99 value).
   
3. Come back and leave a comment on the review post with the name of your favorite app and the reason that app is your favorite.

That's it. Then you're entered for a chance to receive a free copy of the app you chose. I'll be picking a winner with a random number generator and announcing the winner on Tuesday. So far there are only 9 people entered. That's pretty good odds.