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I really enjoy sharing and learning from the blogs of the many art teachers that I subscribe to. So, I have decided that it is time to share some of my projects, experiments and adventures in...
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5th Grade- Experiments with Tweeting
My 5th graders are going to learn about social networking, specifically formats like Twitter. Each student will be tweeting in a more manual form about a variety of topics throughout the school year....
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It all starts with a dot.
I always start my Kindergarteners out with with a high success project that gives me a glimps into where they are fine motor wise. I read the book The Dot and we talk about how art can start with a...
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After the introduction to art with The Dot, the next logical place was to create with dots. We talked about Georges Seurat and spent a large amount of time talking about how to use paint properly....
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Pictures of early year projects
I keep thinking that I am going to actually write about each of these but it just won't happen. So here are the photos of some of my September artwork. These are 1st grade number drawing based on The...
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Painting on a Cart- my way
First of all you need some way to transport things, paint and water just can't be easily carried. If you have a cart great or check to see if there is an extra AV cart in the library or I have even...
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St. Louis Art Museum Monet Poster Debut
For the last few years I have been a part of the St.Louis Art Museum Teacher Advisory Committee. This has been a fabulous experience and given me a chance to present at their teacher workshops twice...
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Some Snowy Projects
A friend asked for a few snow related projects and since they are thinking we may have snow here before Thanksgiving, I thought I'd post a few of my favorites from the past.Pointalism SnowglobesFoil...
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How many of you send out a newsletter? How often do you sent it out and what is in it? I keep experimenting with different formats and I keep refining to find something dynamic, but less time...
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Exploring Depth in the Depths with a Porthole Window
This project turned out so beautifully! My third graders were introduced to several new concepts with this 3 week project.Week One- Learn about tints and shades. Then students painted a large blue...
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Monet Projects
I am so thrilled with the results of my 5th grade Monet projects, based on the Agapanthus Tryptic on display at the St. Louis Art Museum until Jan 22nd. These are done with several layers of oil...
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Central Office Display
I finally have a chance to display artwork at our Central Office. We only get this opportunity once every other year. So I brought some of my best work to show.This is Mouse Paint by Kindergarten, I...
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Coil Clay Faces
This is a neat project I did with 5th grade to cover coil building with clay. Next time I would make the coils thicker to avoid so much breakage. Those that are about the thickness of an index finger...
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Zentangle like boxes
My 3rd graders love the idea of Zentangle. We watched a few videos on Youtube and they were hooked. now they add hints of Zentangle in all sorts of places. We used our pictures to make origami...
View ArticleMy MAEA Presentation and new adventure
The MAEA Spring Conference was held in St. Charles Missouri this weekend, and I presented for the first time. I was talked into the presentation by a wonderful professor at UMSL. So what was the...
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Square 1 Art Projects
I participate in the Square 1 Art program each year to raise money. This year I have made almost $1800! I have tried to pick dynamic projects that not only fit my curriculum, but are big sellers for...
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American Gothic Redo
I really like how these came out, but wish I could have given them a few more class times to work. They could have done some really cool things with a little more time. The idea was to create a 3D...
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Time to get to this
Well I have totally ignored this blog for some time, but I want to set a goal to post something at least once a week this school year. So a few of the things I want to tell you about in the weeks to...
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The NEW old room!
The new (back in after being on a cart and stage for 2 years) art room is a work in progress. But I wanted to post a few picks so everyone could see my vision. With the new common core we are trying...
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Teaching value
I saw a great picture on Pinterest which inspired me to try something this week with my second grade classes. It worked amazingly well. We learned about the concept of value. We talked about how...
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Textured Multi Media Scarecrows
I found this cute scarecrow on Pinterest (For the Fun of Art Blog) and thought it was cute, but it needed a few more of my curriculum objectives. So, along with my student teacher we created a 6...
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What's the Big Idea?
So here is my latest activity to have students explore artworks. I display an artwork on the Smart Board and they get a post-it. After observing the work for several minutes they speculate what the...
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