On Monday morning we met with Chris Gluck, the author of the beautiful alphabet book Art from Nature. The children were so excited to meet Chris and bravely shared thoughts with her and asked her questions.
"We love your book 100%"
"I like the picture of the fox, because it is jumping over the grass"
"I love the peacock"
"How did you get the idea to make animals out of leaves?"
"Do you have a favorite page?"
"I just want to say that we appreciate you"
Chris shared that the elephant collage in her book looks so real, because she used wrinkled pieces from an old wasp nest! Chris said that she was inspired by an author to create leaf animals- like we were inspired by her to create Our Leaf Animal Alphabet Book.
Chris then shared another kind of art we can create in nature and in our classroom; mandalas!
Introducing Kind Notes -
A kind note is a note you write to someone to share feelings of love.
A folded note has a front cover, like a book. When adding a picture to the front cover of a note, you need to think, who is this kind note for? Draw a picture of something they will connect with. Use what you know about the person to draw your front cover..
Chris Gluck took the time to meet with us. She answered our questions and told a little story behind some of her artwork. What will you draw on a kind note to Chris? What will Chris connect with?
An elephant, because she told us about the leaf elephant in her book!
Leaves, lots of colorful leaves.
Animals, because she loves animals.
A peacock with leaves all around!
Maybe a picture of me and her under a rainbow?
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