Happy Monday!
If this doesn’t warm your heart nothing will. These babies have made our front porch their first home. Aren’t they lovely?
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Summertime is calling me
Can you believe summer is just 8 weeks away (6 Mondays is how I like to think of it)! This year has flown! I am already filling up my iPhone calendar with plans for the summer, and the days without...
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1st Grade Sculptures
The next couple weeks in first grade are some of my favorite! This is because we have started our cardboard sculptures which is one of my BEST lessons. The students looooooove it! We start the lesson...
View ArticleArt Teachers Hate Glitter
Have you seen the Art Teachers Hate Glitter blog? I love people who say what everyone else is thinking but won’t say. Makes me giggle. This is her post about “20 things an elementary art teacher will...
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Warm and Fuzzy
Let me let you in on a secret….Craft pom poms are the best! And I dont mean for glueing/decorating. I use them for classroom management for K-2. My first year teaching, a music teacher friend let me in...
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Kindergarten architecture
This week in kindergarten we have been reading the book “Roberto the Insect Architect” by Nina Laden. This is the cutest story about a termite who would rather build with his food than eat it. I love...
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Clay creatures Part 1
Oh, clay. Have to admit, not my fave. I like doing clay for myself, but I do not enjoy teaching it. While I am getting a handle on classroom management for my other lessons, adding clay to the mix...
View ArticleThe end is near
I can feel it. That end-of-the-year-I-will-only-see-my-kids-three-more-times weirdness that sets in around this time. It is hard to plan for this time of year in my opinion. Many of my lessons take 2...
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We Mustache You A Question
Do you know Dali? Second Grade does! My second graders just finished a lesson on facial expressions. We used the website Artnatomia.net to learn about how the mussles in our faces move to show emotion....
View ArticleAOE Online Conference
Today I am attending the Art of Education Online Conference! This is my FIRST art conference ever! So I do not have anything to compare it to, but so far so GREAT! I am enjoying hearing all the...
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