The girls had a great time painting some Chinese ink paintings. The ink has been diluted with water in various strengths to achieve the dark and light contrast which makes them very effective. The paintings would normally be done in black ink, but we only had blue cartridge ink to use.
Niamh's painting.
Eden's painting.
We also read some Chinese poetry, the beauty in it is it's simplicity. Some of them were really sad - about the loss of loved ones, so Eden did not want to copy any of those, instead she chose one about Rural life.
We have explored how Chinese history has been recorded in dynasties, so the girls made a chart of all the dynasties and what happened of importance in each dynasty.
Jude was chuffed to read a Magic Tree house about China.
We are reading through a new book of Chinese short stories, we sooo enjoyed the other, we just didn't want them to end.
Niamh's painting.
Eden's painting.
We also read some Chinese poetry, the beauty in it is it's simplicity. Some of them were really sad - about the loss of loved ones, so Eden did not want to copy any of those, instead she chose one about Rural life.
We have explored how Chinese history has been recorded in dynasties, so the girls made a chart of all the dynasties and what happened of importance in each dynasty.
Jude was chuffed to read a Magic Tree house about China.
We are reading through a new book of Chinese short stories, we sooo enjoyed the other, we just didn't want them to end.
1 comment:
The paintings are beautiful, and the stories look so interesting.
China must be a very interesting place to visit....lots to see, and learning a totaly different culture.
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