Well, that sounds dramatic. 🙂 Yesterday I was so conflicted. My morning before work started with a phone call concerning AECA and many times through out the day I received […]
What Is An Illustrator?
Today we added art to the book we wrote yesterday . We were reminded what an illustrator is . We really looked at the words on the page to decide […]
Making Art Meaningful
Continuing our thoughts from last week I wondered as the teacher how to tie this all together. They love telling stories. They love art. They love music. I want […]
Puppets / Art
We have been talking about art and storytelling . Last night I wondered what we could do to combine these two activities. How can art influence storytelling ? I […]
Inner Conflict
We had a few kiddos ( 5 to be exact -out of 16 ) that needed extra help this morning . Nothing was wrong with them in particular ( […]
Ice and Stories
Here the boys are smelling Angie’s coconut coffee as it brews. They said it smelled” Yummy.” Thanks again parents for this amazing Christmas present. I love the collaborative gifts that […]
Collage Plus
As we continue to explore collage art today we added a little ” plus.” Why not plan ( what color we will find and cut out ) and sort by […]
More Collage Work
Today we delved a little deeper into collage work. Can we collage many different materials with a purpose in mind ? Today we read ” Just like me.’ After reading […]
Piet Mondrian Style
Still feeling my way around the Reggio style of teaching . This is the time of year that we begin to see what the majority of the littles are interested […]
Monday, Monday
Today was a really good day. It didn’t seem like a Monday at all. ( Whatever that means.) A chunk of my morning was spent doing this little […]