30/12/18

Drawn by kids: the police car

The police car (Child 4 years old)
 After trial and error, a child of 4 years old had learn to draw a police car, and he draws himself inside with a lot of pleasure.

...the yellow lines on the top are the sound of the siren of police car ;-)

06/12/18

Drawn by kids: Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood (Child 4 years old)
The synthesis of the forms!

...the black drawing on the left is the Little Red Riding Hood's basket :-)


27/11/18

Ricordi d'estate

 Mi ricordo...
...mi ricordo quest'estate:caldo, caldissimo. 
Rumori di campagna: il frinire (fri-fri) assordante delle cicale, qualche uccellino che cinguetta in lontananza, e ad un certo punto un rumore di un piccolo elicottero che si alza in volo. Forte. Vicino. 

Che cos'è??

Mi metto a cercare nell'erba alta, ed eccolo lì: uno splendido coleottero verde (Cetonia Aurata). Enorme! è lungo circa 2 cm. e per essere un piccolo insetto mi pare proprio enorme. Non ne avevo mai visto uno prima di allora. E' davvero bellissimo con quel colore verde metallizzato, la luce rimbalza sopra e gli fa cambiare continuamente sfumature. Ma è un insetto molto timido, il tempo di fare due foto ricordo e subito riparte con quel battito d'ali che sembra si alzi in volo un trattore.

Meraviglie della natura.


06/11/18

Funny science at School

Learning with DIY: 
THE SKELETAL APPARATUS!
Here a little project to do with children,
at school or at home, they all having fun :-)

You need: cardboard, white pencil, scissor, some Paper Fastener and a bit of yarn.  
And, of course, an image of the skeletal apparatus to copy on the cardboard.
First: draw your skeleton, color it with white, then cut out it and 
assemble all the pieces with the Paper Fastener. 
At last insert the yarn as the tendons. 

What's the function of skeleton & tendons? how their operate?
 Try to move the arm of your skeleton model pulling or stretching the tendon... look! 
As you can see, the bones supports the "body" and they can move thank to the tendons (and muscles!). Tendons often work together but in opposite mode: 
when one is tense the opposite is extended.
Ok, you have finish!
 Now you can explain the operation of skeletal apparatus even to your granma :-P


06/10/18

Educational game: Birds of our garden

Educational game for pre-school:

Match the tail with the front of each bird
(do you know the name of all these birds?)
 
The Draghillo's games :-)

06/08/18

Cactus :-)

This summer is too hot!
 ... I want to be a catcus :-)

study for a book about plants

29/07/18

Holiday!

 This year we spend our summer holiday in the montains: 
a lot of fresh air, marvelous views, a bit of struggle and
...some beautiful & unexpected meeting :-)


The road to... Zoncolan Montain (in Friuli Venezia Giulia)
a beautiful landscape from the top
 a lake full of .... tiny frogs!
and a timid slowworm
some traditional montain cows


19/03/18

What's the weather like today?

Learn the days of the week & the weather with this funny handmade calendar

 
1. print the calendar of the week (see post below)
2. print the weather cards (and cut every boxes)
3. cut an arrow in a red paper and glue on a clothes peg...

 
...like this...
... and this!

4. then hang up the calendar 
5. lastly, watch outside the window and mark the day:

"WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY IN FINLAND OR IN ITALY?" 






26/01/18

Senti che scoperta!


 My new tactile book for a special project 
about inclusive books for everyone (see details on the post below)

  Senti che scoperta!
... dice l'archeologo trovando piccoli reperti quando scava e ricerca qualcosa
Senti che scoperta!
.... dice il bambino mentre guarda e tocca ogni cosa
Senti che scoperta!
... dice chi esplora con mani, piedi, bocca e ogni terminazione sensoriale nervosa

Sì, ... senti che scoperta! 
Ogni libro è un'avventura nuova.




(...quanto è meravigliosa la curiosità di un bambino!)


14/01/18

A day into tactile books in Friuli Venezia Giulia


Programma della giornata di 
presentazione del progetto di lettura inclusiva 
e del libro tattile "Senti che scoperta"  
(22 gennaio 2018 - San Vito al Tagliamento)

02/01/18

New year....new DIY!

A super fast & funny
 Do-It-Yourself 
 to do with kids in this winter holiday:

 a paper sculpture of your cat :-)

This is our black cat: the Beautiful Ramon!


And this is the cat 
that scamper across the house: