Dancing pastels / Pasteli koji plešu

 I found a beautiful surprise today: I got a nice blog award from Natasha of Leptir -montessori blog. Thank you, Natasha! This award has 2 rules: specify 3 songs that are imopratnt to you and tell what you dreamed about.

I always have a problem when I have to specify things I really like. They kinda disappear out of my head. So instead of specifying 3 songs that are important to me, I decided to do another thing: these days V and I are listening to a CD that we got with this book. V loves it! We never did any art activities related to music before (I never found it inspirational), but since we are listening this CD all the time, I decided to give it a try. 

We imagined that our pastels danced to the music, and here is what V's dances looked like:

Danas sam našla divno iznenađenje: dobila sam nagradu Nice blog! od Nataše (Leptir - montessori blog). Hvala Nataša! Ova nagrada ima dva pravila: navesti tri pesme koje su važne za vas i ispričati san koji ste sanjali.

Uvek mi je problem kada treba da nabrojim stvari koje volim. Kao da tada iščeznu iz glave. Zato, umesto da nabrojim 3 pesme koje su mi važne, odlučila sam da uradim sledeće: ovih dana V i ja slušamo CD koji smo dobili zajedno sa ovom knjigom. V ga obožava. Nikada nismo radili likovne aktivnosti sa slušanjem muzike (nikada mi to nije bilo inspirativno), ali kako ovaj CD slušamo stalno, odlučila sam da probam. Zamislili smo da pasteli plešu uz muziku i evo, kako su V-ovi pasteli plesali:

1. Offenbach: Can Can  

2. Brahms: Hungarian dance No5

3. Tchaikovsky: 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' from The Nutcraker 

4. Beethoven: Symphony No.6 (IV 'Thunderstorm')

5. Mozart: Sonata in C major K.545 (Movement I. Allegro)

And, I must admit that I found this activity very interesting and fun. The dancing pastels really helped us hear the music better! And we all enjoyed it. Even Baby Z danced with us and her pastels! 

So, these compositions were for the songs, and this one is for the dream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlfNYY1YIY

And the award goes to: Let the children play  Zach Aboard  The Artful Parent   Manuales

Bakers and Astronauts   Exploring the outdoor classroom

Moram priznati da sam nepravedno bila potcenila ovu aktivnost! Plesanje pastelom po papiru nam je zaista pomoglo da bolje čujemo muziku! Svi smo uživali, čak je i Beba Z plesala sa nama i sa svojim pastelima.

Dakle, ovo su bile kompozicije umesto 3 pesme, a ova koja sledi je umesto sna:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlfNYY1YIY

A nagrada ide:  Let the children play  Zach Aboard  The Artful Parent   Manuales

Bakers and Astronauts   Exploring the outdoor classroom

A House for Fairy-Babies / Kućica za bebe-vile

Fairy houses are small nature structures for the fairies and other nature friends to visit. Building a fairy house is a simple activity from the repertoire of Waldorf nature-inspired activities. Creating a fairy house encourages children to go outside and connect with the natural world, and at the same time it nurtures care and respect for the nature.

All you need to build a fairy house are some natural items (leaves, sticks, pebbels), a little imagination and a pinch of magic! 

Kućice za vile su male strukture od prirodnih materijala (grančica, lišća, kamenčića...) napravljene za vile i druga šumska bića. Građenje kućica za vile je jednostavna aktivnost iz repertoara Valdorf aktivnosti inspirisanih prirodom. Pravljenje ovih kućica podstiče decu da izađu napolje, da provode vreme u prirodi, razvijajući istovremeno odnos poštovanja i ljubavi prema njoj.

Sve što je neophodno da bi se napravila kućica za vilu je malo sakupljenih prirodnih materijala, malo mašte i prstohvat magije!

I thought that it would be interesting to make a house for a fairy baby. If we made it with enough love and care, maybe, just maybe, a fairy baby would come and sleep in it.

So we made it with much love and much care, and went to sleep.

And this is what we found in the morning:

Pomislila sam da bi bilo jako lepo napraviti i kućicu za male bebe vile. Ukoliko bismo je napravili sa puno ljubavi i pažnje, onda bi možda, kozna, bebe vile došle i spavale u njoj.

Tako smo napravili kućicu sa puno ljubavi i puno pažnje, i potom otišli na spavanje.

Ujutro, kad smo se probudili, našli smo ovo:

A tiny little fairy baby lying in her nut-shell - smiling!

Malu bebu vilu kako leži u svojoj kolevci. I osmehuje se ;)