Annette was visiting us to draw and paint a special story on the concrete path inside out gate.
Tyler and Brandon watched as Annette began drawing the waterhole with chalk.
Tyler, Liam and Dannielle decided to draw their own waterhole on the concrete path in the playground.
Abduqadir, Isxaq and Muhamed watched as she drew the campfire outside the kindergarten door.
Codey had to stand really still while Annette drew around his foot for the footprints. He told me “it tickled”.
Annette started to paint the snake with yellow paint.
Then she painted the waterhole, campfire, the foot prints, a turtle, and some wombat tracks. We couldn't walk along the path that day as the paint was wet. We had to wait for it to dry.
When we came back to kindergarten the paint was dry, so we went outside to have a look. Liban, Mursal, Abdirahman, and Yusuf stood in the waterhole.
Huda joined them to walk along the footprints.
Alex, James, Abdullahi and Kevin came too and walked up to the campfire. Alex was standing on the snake's eggs.
Abdirahman and Madeleine put the little wombat and the big koala on the waterhole. William, Kevin and Yusuf put the animals on the leaf of the waterhole.
William said “that's because they float”.
Hayden stood in the waterhole.
He then walked on the footprints. He told me “that's cool Maree, that painting”.
Annette is coming back to do some more work on our special painting. She has to wait for a day when it will not rain. If she paints when it rains, it will wash the wet paint away. We're waiting for her to come back. We want it to stop raining soon.
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| Dear Yarn Strong Sista, |
| My name is Isabella and I live in London. I am six years old. At school we had to choose a place in the world to do our project on. I am reading about Indigenous people of Australia. A few years ago my godmother gave me The Emu jigsaw yarn and I like it very much. Please may I have your permission to tell it to my class? We never ever hear about Indigenous people in London and I am half Australian and half Black British. I did a workshop in Melbourne with Yarn Strong Sista and my mummy. We made necklaces from feathers and leaves. I also have finger puppets you made. |
| Yours truly,
Isabella Osborne |
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| The children were spell bound with Annette’s story telling and delighted in learning how to crush okra to make their very own paint. Thank you Annette for such an informative fun filled visit! |
Samantha Greenwood,
Epping North Pre-School |
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