The school year has started with a bang and families at DHE have been busy with lots of interesting programs and events already. Here is a taste of what’s been happening. THE ANCIENTS – Mummifying a chicken Some of our families got together for the day to mummify a chicken showing how the Egyptians used [...]
Again this week we had a wonderful lesson in Art focusing on line and form. The students were given the opportunity to try out different mediums including, charcoal, felt pen, lead pencils and even drawing with an eraser. They were given a black and white drawing of an eye and with the different mediums [...]
This week we learned about a portion of the textures that make up our world. It is amazing how much we use our eyes to describe everything we see or feel. Color is a large part of it.
We were inspired to color our world today. This was the first of eight classes on the basics of art. The children attending the class learned about the Color wheel otherwise known as the Chromatic circle. Using primary colors they learned about secondary and tertiary colors and how to create them. We learned a bit [...]
