Japanese Cherry Blossoms

• Kindergarten learned about Japan, it's culture, history and geography. We especially looked at the way these interact, for instance in the way Japan's geographical isolation allowed Japan's art forms to develop their own unique aesthetic values based on simplicity. 
• Students created their own cherry blossom paintings using India ink. The creation of these pieces included a mini physics lessons as students experienced how a gas (their own breath) has mass despite being invisible and is able to exert force. They used a straw to blow a bead of ink across the paper and create the branches for their blossoms. 
• To paint each flower they dipped their brush in red on one side and white on the other, allowing the colors to mix and form pink during the painting process.