Art at the Kimbell

This morning, JoElle and I attended a free program at the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth called Pictures and Pages.

The ladies who run the program first read a book to us called "What would you do with a tail like this?" It was a great book with wonderful drawings of various parts of animals bodies, along with what they do with the body parts.

Then, we had a tour of specific paintings in the gallery, paintings which included different animals. The kids were asked to describe the strokes the painter used on various parts of the painting, then reach into the Feeling Bag to find a certain texture, such as the tiger's tail, or the pheasants feather. It was a great way to incorporate kinesthetic learning along with the sensory aspect.

Lastly, they kids chose which animal collage they would like to create. JoElle chose a monkey, I will post pics of it soon. She loved it and created a great collage.

Afterwards, we ate at the Kimbell's Cafe, oh the food is delicious! Mostly vegan, too, very healthy, and offers an array of hot teas, cold teas, lemonade to which you can add fresh mint, and of course coffee!