Year: 2024

This morning, there was a new task I did to start the day.

Learn: I watched a video of a Laser Maze with rope outdoors.

Create: I was supposed to make a Laser Maze outdoors but due to a few reasons, I was not able to make it outside. I made it in the hallway of my house.

1. It was raining outside.
2. My chicken/duck would ruin it immediately.

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I used cello tape to stick it to the wall. I also stuck a tiny bead on the end door as finish. It is not a real button, so the goal is to touch the bead without touching the  laser beams or in this case, string/rope. I enjoyed this activity as I like dodging around. My favourite part of the activity was doing it again and again. It didn’t take much practice to master it, but I love doing it over and over.

Where would you like your maze to be set?

This morning, there was a new task I did to start the day.

Learn: I watched videos of Laser Mazes.

Create: I designed my own Laser Maze on google drawings and it is set in the hallway in my house.

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What kind of maze would interest you?

A few days ago, there was this task called Build a plane Step It Up.

Learn: I watched 2 different videos of 2 different ways you could create your own DIY propeller plane using recycled materials.

Create: I designed and built my own propeller using paper, cello tape, card, straw, paperclip, metal(for prop), beads and time.

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I found it very difficult due to a few things, some of my problems I faced were making the propelled plane, flying it properly, making it work and flying it outside. Making the plane was hard because it took me like a few days, and flying it outside was the hardest because it was very windy when I flew it. This activity was one of my least favourite, I only found it fun when flying it at the end.

Would you rather make a propelled plane or a helicopter? In my opinion, I think I’d make a helicopter instead.

Yesterday, there was this task called The Rainbow Fish – Step it up.

Learn: I watched and learnt how you can use the explore tool to find coloured textures for the rainbow fish.

Create: I made a Rainbow fish collage on google drawings. I made it from a template but it was a blank sheet only that it had instructions.

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This task I loved doing as it was very easy and fun. The fun of it was placing the rainbow colours.

What is your favourite thing in the underwater world?

Previously, I did this task named Build a Plane Kick Start.

Learn: I watched a video of How to make a Cardboard Plane.

Create: I made my own plane using corflute and paper. A rubber band was included for launching.

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I enjoyed this activity less as it was very challenging. It was more challenging because you had to plan it through and you also had to calculate the wings so it flies.

Which type of air planes are your favourite?

This morning, I did the task of The Rainbow Fish – Kick Start.

Learn: I watched a picture book story called The Rainbow Fish. The story was about a fish who wouldn’t share at the start but shared all his beautiful scales at the end apart from 1 for himself.

Create: I created a Rainbow Fish collage using paper, recycled bottle tops, and a pencil to draw.

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My favourite part of this activity was finding the colour/s for my rainbow fish. I really enjoyed this activity because I found it as one of the easiest activities to do.

What is the colour of the type of fish do you like the best?

Today, I completed this activity of Anemone is not the Enemy: Step It Up.

Learn: I watched a Anemone how to draw video and learnt how to draw a Anemone.

Create: I drew my own Anemone as I watched the video.

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My favourite part of this activity was colouring it. I really enjoyed this activity as I love art.

3 fun facts on Anemone that I learnt:

1. There was such thing that existed called Anemone.
2. Anemones can sting you with it’s tiny thorns and poison.
3. They live in rock pools.
4. Plus, another fun fact, they are related to jellyfish and coral as both are not fishes, so that makes them not fishes.

Which creatures, do you think, should live in rock pools?

Today, I completed this task of Anemone is not the Enemy: Kick Start.

Learn: I watched a story of Anemone is not the Enemy learnt from a video of what was in a rock pool.

Create: I made my own rock pool. The materials I used were stones from my garden, a tub I found inside my house, and Latte, my duckling I hatched.

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My favourite part was catching Latte. I really enjoyed this activity as it was easy and fun to do.

Fun fact on Latte (or any ducklings): Did you know you can train them by awarding them with heaps of treats they like? They’ll come up to you IMMEDIATELY!

What would you put in a rock pool?

Yesterday, I did a task called Notan Art in Google Drawings – Step It Up. Like the last task,  It was about Notan Art, which is a Japanese style of art, making colour contrast by only having the colours black and white. But this task is not just creating your own Notan art, but to create a themed Notan art. By creating a themed Notan art, it’s like for an example, Disney, you use the Notan strategy on say Mickey’s head. I used a template which is the same startup as the last one, and the requirement was to at least have something on each side of the square. Can you tell what was my theme?

Answer: Hello Kitty/Dear Daniel.

What theme would you do as your favourite theme?

Yesterday, there was this task called Notan Art in Google Drawings – Kick Start and I did it. It was all about Notan Art, which is a Japanese style of art, making colour contrast by only having the colours black and white. I made a copy of the template, which was just a black square in the centre + the rest white to start off with, but then you fill it out with your shapes and there, your Notan art would be ready. That type of art can be symmetrical in balance, or asymmetrical in balance. First, I did a black & white Notan, then I made a rainbow one by copying the black & white one and changed the colours so now, there is a rainbow one. These are my Notans.

Fun fact on Japanese Notan art: Did you know it’s values are just colour contrast; in its more liberal form, black, white, and a mid-tone as example. It may be often seen as black and white, but there can be others, e.g. red and blue. Also, another fun fact, Nōtan (濃淡) is Japanese for “light-dark harmony.”

What type of art do you have in your culture?