Circular Designs

I've been fascinated with circular designs through history
and cultures lately (mandalas, kaleidoscopes, etc.), so A & J
have helped come up with some ideas.

They started with their baby photos in the
middle of the kitchen table, and then worked their way out.
To me this is a memory wheel, showing the layers
of time as they have played and grown.

We collaborated on these, first with tracing an ice cream pail

lid. I demonstrated radial symmetry, and then they had

fun trying out the woodless colored pencils and creating many

shapes and lines within a color scheme. (No, Prismacolor is

not paying me for this endorsement... maybe they should!!)
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Sometimes it really helps kids (and adults) when they have

a format or way to begin on the empty page, more easily

allowing creative ideas to sprout. I have a feeling that there

will be many more circular designs forming around our place

yet.

Another circular design! Recently, A brought this compass rose
home from school, a project from her 3rd Grade Social Studies class.