Physis lab:The art of nature around the world by Evi Klonou

Nature jar: October's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:04:04 UTC

Our school yard is always a field for interesting activities! This time we collected many leaves, barks from our trees, wooden sticks, carobs from our carob tree, small stones and....cocoons of cicadas (this was the most interesting for the students but for me....yackkkk!!) We then put our nature treasure in a big glass jar and decorated it with autumn leaves!

STEAM games and experiments with leaves: November's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:06:54 UTC

We played with shadows and light.The students created with their hands leaves, animals,magical creatures and other elements of nature.We had so much fun!

Exploring Hibernation: Stories and Art with Natural Materials: November's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:09:25 UTC

Winter has arrived, bringing the opportunity to explore for one more time our love for animals! We learned about hibernation by reading many books and discovering how different animals prepare for winter. We focused on bears and we created a story with them. With colors and elements from nature, we crafted bear masks. We used our masks in theatrical games which was awesome!

Eco-Friendly Festivities: Decorating a Christmas Tree with Recycled Materials: December's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:11:35 UTC

The students used cardboard, glitter, scraps of fabric, markers, and paint and they let their creativity shine by transforming simple cardboard houses into beautiful Christmas tree decorations. The process involved painting the houses and embellishing them with various materials. They learned from this process teaching that recycling can be both artistic and practical.

Eco-Friendly Bird Feeders: Crafting with Recycled Materials: January's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:14:14 UTC

We discussed about migrating birds and their challenges finding food during the winter.We also talked about alkyone, Halcyon Days
and played the myth of Alkyone.Finally, we created bird feeders using butter, peanut butter, empty toilet paper rolls and bird seeds and hanged them from the trees in our schoolyard.

Nature Through Van Gogh's Paintings: January's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:21:01 UTC

First, we observed the painting Bedroom in Arles.Using the thinking routine"See, Think, Wonder" we deepened our exploration of this artwork.Next, we took an online tour of the Van Gogh Museum and we explored some of his most famous paintings. We also created puzzles with the paintings! The students chose to recreate the painting Sunflowers. After painting their own piece of art, they colored paper cupcake cases and added them in their artwork.

Nurturing Nature: Growing Bean Sprouts or Flowers: February's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:27:01 UTC

As part of a fun and eco-friendly school activity, we reused plastic cups from a recent event and turned them into mini planters. Inside each cup, we placed cotton along with lentil and bean seeds. We watered them gently with just a little water and observed their growth day by day. It was exciting to watch the first tiny sprouts appear and grow taller. This simple experiment taught us about plant life and also reminded us of the importance of reusing materials and caring for our environment.

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:28:55 UTC

The children used permanent markers to decorate stones that they have collected from the beach, writing the numbers from one to six. Then, they painted matching stones with sets of natural objects to represent each number. Through this creative activity, they practiced basic math skills like number recognition, matching and simple counting—all while having fun. We also created a digital game to share with our partners. We hope you will enjoy it! https://learningapps.org/display?v=pbiow3hz325

Celebrating the National Water Day with different STEAM games with water: Μarch's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:35:16 UTC

As part of our eTwinning project, we celebrated World Water Day by freezing water with Pokémon toys, flowers, and leaves. Some water was colored with paint or food dye, while others stayed clear. We made predictions, then experimented with salt, sugar, and warm water to melt the ice. The children loved freeing the toys and learned how water changes state — a fun, hands-on science activity!

Celebrate the eath day, lets clean our school yard: Μarch's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:39:48 UTC

Unfortunately we noticed that our school yard had plenty of rubbish.We decided to take action! We wore gloves and started to work! All students cooperated for this purpose.After a while our yard was clean and ready for endless play!

Celebrate National Forest Week: April's Activity

eviklonou — 2025-07-21 14:44:42 UTC

To celebrate national Forest week, we went out into our kindergarten yard to observe the trees around us. We talked about what kinds of trees they are. We also read books about the importance of forests, how they help the planet and what we can do to protect them. Then, we worked together to create a colorful poster to share everything we learned.

collaborative story

eviklonou — 2025-07-22 12:37:12 UTC

Digital Art Exhibition Van Goghs paintings

eviklonou — 2025-07-22 12:42:54 UTC

A virtual gallery of unique creations of Van Gogh’s nature paintings by the students that participated in Physis Lab

Hands-on Stem Adventures with autumn leaves

eviklonou — 2025-07-22 12:50:31 UTC