Painting Nature. I saw these wonderful Candied Gumballs on Casa Maria's Creative Learning Zone. Be sure to check out the both of the follow up posts, Gumball Sculptures Project 1 and Tie Dyed Gumballs, as well. We have so many gumballs around our area, that I knew we had to try this. Our playground is literally covered with them, and the kids spend hours collecting, counting, and playing with them in a multitude of ways. It was a "no-brainer" to put some in our art center to let the children have a go at painting them. Most of our gumballs fall with pretty long stems attached, so we didn't use toothpicks, we just held on to the stem.
With the first few balls, the kids were hesitant, and only painted portions of the balls. They looked pretty cool individually. After letting them dry for a few days, I added string and attached them to a nice branch to make a mobile to hang from the ceiling. ( For photographic purposes, I placed white paper behind it to show it better.)
PIANO. About this site. Reason for this site I am Director of Music at Soham Village College, Cambridgeshire. I decided to create a music website in the summer after my first year of teaching, July-August 2000, to be used by teachers and pupils for several reasons. Finding good music resources and links on the web can be a troublesome task. My site allows you instant access to some worksheets I have created and used effectively. It also allows pupils to research extra information and revise class work without taking away valuable worksheets. Why Study Music? There is a long standing controversy behind the place of music in school education.
Music was beginning to be seen as a valued subject that could contribute to the all round education that a child needs. "The educative value of music has often been overlooked in the past. Beneficial effects of music Links. Music Tech Teacher. Morton Subotnick's Creating Music. The Music Lab. Science of Music. ArtsAlive.ca. PIANO.