Happy New Year 2015!!!
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Paul Klee Poetry and Art


Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Let all the celebrations begin!!!
Happy Hanukkah everyone! I just lit the first candle on my menorah but this time I had a little help from my new "friend" Mensch on a Bench! After watching Shark Tank the other night, I shared that I thought my family needed one of these little guys to add to our family celebration and a friend showed up Saturday night to gift us with one. Hymie, his name, has visited both of my buildings this week to both delight and curiosity. Most students wanted to know what he was and if he was an elf. They immediately connected him to "Elf on a Shelf". Hymie was a busy guy assisting in the art room in any capacity I would allow him to. Here are a few photos from his visit.
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Testing out my new pencil sharpener |
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Measuring up to the Primary Colors |
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Attempting to gain some attention |
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Finally, taking some time to participate in a project. |
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Charley Harper Cardinals in the Evergreens


Wednesday, December 10, 2014
American Artist Charley Harper Bluebirds


Friday, December 5, 2014
Monoprints - City Lights


Printing a winter scene
I found this project on Kid Artist along with several other wonderful winter projects. I was winding down with printing projects late last month and had one class that was ahead of all the others. I needed one more lesson to keep this group on track and not too far ahead of everyone else. My November focus was printmaking and this definitely filled the bill. The tree is printed using cardboard and the owls were fingerprints. Week one, students colored in the full moon, printed the tree overlapping and added the fingerprints that would become the owls. Week two, they added details to the owls using drawing pens and stamped snowflakes using commercial stampers from the dollar store. Really cute, don't you think???




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Monday, December 1, 2014
The Quietest Pencil Sharpener and mine is Pink!!!
My new pink sharpener ready for action |
A few weeks ago, the teacher from across the hall came into my room with her newest purchase. She was very pumped to show it to me. She taught abroad last year and had experience the "perfect" pencil sharpener. The sharpener she was demonstrating, she had found online and immediately ordered. I was extremely impressed by the quality, ease of use, and the most amazing tip I had ever seen on a pencil. I went home that evening and began to research, looking for my own amazing pencil sharpener. My research led me to Classroom Friendly Supplies where I discovered exactly what I had been searching for. The best part was I did not have to wait for it to arrive by international mail during a busy shipping season. It arrived in less than a week, right after Thanksgiving. This is a small company run by a teacher and she was willing to send me a free sharpener to test if I agreed to share with all of you about my experiences. Let me tell you, my beautiful pink sharpener arrived today. I was busily sharpening pencils as soon as I took it out of the package and it's true, it is terrific. It's easy to use, is quiet, and sharpens a drawing pencil to a fine point with only one or two cranks. I LOVE THIS PENCIL SHARPENER. Sorry for shouting but I wanted to make sure you truly experienced my enthusiasm. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the mount. I don't think I will be using it but it is equally easy to use without the mount. I just place the pencil in the sharpener, put my left hand across the top of the sharpener and turn the crank with my right. I'm not sure if I will share with my students, yet, or keep this all to myself! : } I had been having trouble with my electric pencil sharpener with my drawing pencils, they would sharpen, break, I'd try again and a break. Sometimes I feel like I am just sharpening away the pencil. I sharpened about a dozen with this machine and not one of the pencils broke. Yes, the same pencils that my electric sharpener keeps eating up.
Pencil in place, ready for a few cranks |
Check out these points!!! |
It's Model Magic Snowmen time!!!
I've posted about these cute model magic snowmen before here. So I will spare your some of the banter. But I really felt the urge to share some of this years completed projects. I think this is one of my favorite projects for Kindergarten. It extends my shape unit by adding form as students create spheres, cones, and coils.
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a terrific specimen |
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Looking for new snow to fall |
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There is something endearing about a melting snowman |
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love all the extra "buttons" |
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Don't you love when creative individuality shows up?!! |
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Ready to surf down a hill |
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