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May 1, 2009 8:51 am
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One more thing.. If you can get parents to help you with sewing, that is definitely a time to get parent help. It keeps me sane and happy when sewing with...
I worked with several autistic students for three years and the number one thing they loved was when we did weaving on cardboard looms with large sized yarn in...
Paige Bacon
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May 1, 2009 1:17 pm
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Some ideas for your 2 1/2 old grandson from my website, http://www.brightring.com (Go to "Free Activities"): ...
The latest information is here and includes the important facts and ways to insure safety. Might be good to reprint for parents. http://www.reacheverychild.com...
My current schedule is to switch off every month between fifth and sixth grade. Next year I will only teach sixth grade (with 7th and 8th)so I will have two...
Our kids loved making milagros . http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/miraculous-milagros-lesson-plan/ I found the lesson plan on a site, but I couldn't...
I have made cardboard/paper mache retablos with that age before,and they loved it. You could either start with a shallow box and add on to it, or have them...
A fun artist to emulate would be Gerald McDermott. He wrote Papagayo The Mischief Maker, Anansi the Spider, Raven, Jabuti the Tortoise, Zomo the Rabbit and a...
Look up La Vega Carnival Masks, from the Dominican Republic. My husband spent two years in the DR and showed these to me. Incredible. I have also made...
Becky Hopkins
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May 3, 2009 4:13 pm
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i actually did a impressionistic landscape acrylic painting with my sixth graders this past fall during my student teaching. we talked about the basics of...
They love to try the preschoolers' projects...they love the exploration. Try taking colored clay (play clay/Plasticiene), and let them take little pinches of...
I would love the lesson and pictures! Brenda ... From: tas.arte <tas.arte@...> To: art_education@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 1:05 pm Subject:...
My 6th grade students are loving soft sculpture. I'm letting them make larger than life size real objects out of cardboard or fabric. So far we have a...
Another hit with 6th grade: I did "Cows on Parade" where each student sculpted a cow from Model Magic and then made their cow "after " a specific artist. The...
Becky Hopkins
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May 4, 2009 12:20 pm
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Several of the art teachers in my district want to go to the national art conf next year, but our admin is not to hot on this topic.... we know we might have...
I have had a lot of luck with combining this kind of thing- What if Clause Oldenburg was Latin American? How would it have changed his art? What might he...
I'd show how much there is to learn (lifelong learners that we are) at such a conference, collaboration with other teachers, working towards gaining clock...
The end of the year is coming up, and so is the 5th- 8th grade Honor's Assembly. I dread this every year. How do you guys handle this? I don't like the idea...
Sarah,   The last few years I have done in-class award having the kids award certain artistic attributes to their classmates and then I also give an artist...
Teri, Why don't you propose a workshop? If you are presenting at the conference, your administration might be more willing to release you and allow you to...
Hi everybody I just want let you know about my next exhibition. I will be part of a group exhibition at the Art Gallery in the Union City City Hall. 3715...
Hi everybody I just want let you know about my next exhibition. I will be part of a group exhibition at the Art Gallery in the Union City City Hall. 3715...
the coils in my kiln popped out again and broke:( i have 4 weeks of school left...and i don't know what to do in my ceramics class for high school:( any...
Kerri Gordon
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May 6, 2009 3:09 pm
19357
Hi, I'm new on this list and will be teaching art to three classes next year. I usually teach music and feel the same way about choosing "best." While reading...
Kerri Gordon Art Teacher Northwood School Minong, WI 54859 715-466-2297 "Believe it or not, I can actually draw" -Basquiat ________________________________ ...
Kerri Gordon
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May 6, 2009 4:05 pm
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if the elements actually broke then they have to be replaced. there is nothing else to it! if they just popped out of the grooves, then you need to heat the...
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