Sloths + Lambies = Too Much Cuteness

Mrs Alma kept asking me if I would do "sloths" with the lambies. Once those snakes were done she absolutely insisted - she's got a thing for sloths! I do too, they really are so adorable. 

Super-Sensory Model Magic Secondary Color Mixing

Providing my 2nd and 3rd grade students the opportunity to learn about how to make secondary colors out of the three primaries using hands on mixing and mashing of "clay" was a blast. I've never seen so many smiles and excitement!

Lambs Love Snakes?!

Who knew that the lambies would love to decorate snakes? Not me! I wanted to add to our rainforest themed mural, the current state of which is this: (which by the way really brightens up that brick wall!)

Free Draw Selfies Make Me Smile

My students have been working furiously on completing their monochromatic self portraits inspired by Cassie Stephens. Thanks to her I have one more collaborative artwork to create that each student will be contributing to. Several of my classes' teachers have mentioned that they like their students to do self-portraits in the beginning of the year and I thought it was a great idea as an opportunity for me to get to know them as well as assess their skill levels since this is my first year with them. More on that later…

Our International Dot Day Collaborative Mobile is Complete!

Looking up from below

Our first art class project for all of the grades I teach at FCDS was based on the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. After some thought I decided this would be a great introductory project that would give each student the chance to express him/herself as an individual and then also combine their work with others in the spirit of collaboration which we all know is a valuable "21st century skill". 

Fun & Sparkly Flowers

My plan was to have the lambies make flowers for our rainforest mural, but after they spent so much time making these sparkly beauties they asked me if they were going to be able to take these home… How could I say no? Of course they became attached to these lovelies so I had to let them enjoy their sparkly goodness on their own turf.