Art in the Kitchen
When this student brought in treats for the class, the other students said they looked like play dough. There goes my record for teaching aesthetics!... [ Join the Discussion, Ask Questions, Introduce a New Topic! ]
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Dragon Sleeping Bag
Dragon Sleeping Bag — School for Young Artists and then the Bear Sleeping Bag …... [ Join the Discussion, Ask Questions, Introduce a New Topic! ]
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Animations of Mugging for Camera
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We Tied Up the Parking Lot
Soooo, When my expensive nylon ropes were used, without asking, last week to make a knotted web in the play area, I asked that they be untied (a boring and focus-intensive task) but I also made an opportunity out of it. In the attitude of Christo, I gave my students industrial-sized spools of [...]... [ Join the Discussion, Ask Questions, Introduce a New Topic! ]
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Serendipity
What is a creative dialogue? The animation above started with a student inventing elaborate velvet curtains for a miniature stage. She “… left them for someone else to use.” I hung them up where they might be noticed. A few weeks later the two girls in the animation photographed each other On Stage.... [ Join the Discussion, Ask Questions, Introduce a New Topic! ]
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Poster Board and Cloth skirts
"They are funny. They don't hurt to put on. They are in style. They are Poster Board Skirts!" says one of the designers of these fanciful garments. I find it interesting that she phrased her comments for this blog to sound like an advertisement. When they have the opportunity, children play at everything, including designing advertising. Poster Board Skirts! I'd never have thought to... [ Join the Discussion, Ask Questions, Introduce a New Topic! ]
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