2nd Grade Wild Things - Special Display! Recycled Tissue Paper Sunflower Bowl. This was our second project from Jane Bull's book, "Make It!
" We had plenty of eco paste leftover from our Re-cycled Paper Bowl making project. I have to admit that I really wanted to make this sunflower bowl too. I was excited when "E" asked if she could make one. We already had our eco-paste made from the re-cycled paper bowl project. For instructions see this post. "E" shredded a bunch of tissue paper into strips. She worked with yellow, orange, green, and blue. She greased up one of my kitchen bowls with a layer of vaseline then got to work layering the tissue paper strips with eco-paste.
We found that the best system was for me to hand her strips with my non-sticky handys while she stayed goopy and spread out the glue/goop. She worked from green to blue then added the yellow and orange. The overlapping areas in the center look dark (sort of brownish) just like a real sunflower. She put her sunflower bowl in the art studio to dry with the other paper bowls.
Here's the bottom of the sunflower bowl. Course: Pushing Moodle Content to Twitter. Mosaic Hearts. The students painted paper red and blue with a little white mixed in.
When it was dry they traced a heart onto black or gray paper and then cut the paper and glued the pieces on. Penguin Thump Prints « MeriCherry. We just finished our penguin unit in kindergarten.
This year I added penguin thumb prints to our art agenda and the kids LOVED them. They thought they were the cutest thing going. Question of the Moment - Hogwarts. Walkthrough team deems reading area 'clutter,' removes it. By Guest blogger on Feb 09 2012 Posted in Community voices This guest blog post comes from Andrew Ganim, who shared a version of this story as testimony to the School Reform Commission on January 19. Talk to teachers in Philadelphia, and you'll hear more than a few complaints about walkthrough teams. These are the groups of educators sent each month to struggling schools to see how well teachers are following the details of the mandated curriculum, down to such items as how desks are arranged and what’s on classroom walls. Laurel Burch inspired Cats. An Open Letter to Channel 4. Dear Channel 4, I am writing to you with the hope that you will stop ruining my life. While your obsession with my ethnicity is flattering, it has become somewhat apparent to me that you might have gotten the wrong end of the stick.
This is sort of awkward for me, because I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but your documentary, 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings', is unfortunately a work of fiction. There is no need to be embarrassed, it can happen to the best of us, and thus I hope my letter will help you establish the facts, after all I'm sure you are passionate about fighting discrimination against ethnic minorities. Paper Dolls: Photo Dolls. The children have had a lot of fun with the simple paper dolls.
We made dolls from a template here and created our own here. This time, we’ve made paper dolls made from real life photographs. Above is our family, in photo doll form. Classroom displays - Modern foreign languages. This Art is Cute. Oh No, She Didn't! Can't help it.
These little skeleton critters are cute. Collected all together they dance and skip. Yes, yes, they have intestines, both large and small, hearts, pairs of lungs, stomachs, livers, and even a couple of bladders between the seventeen! They even (mostly) have 12 pairs of ribs. The skeletons were so cheerful, once finished, we got them named and popped them right up on the wall. I Am Poem. I am an idea junkie and thief.
Paper Party Decorations Part 4: Accordian Folded Starbursts & Medallions, For The Succah Or Anytime. What can I say?
These are really quite simple to make and yet so stunning, hung flat on a wall or from the ceiling. You can glue two back to back for a more dimensional hanging ornament, and even use really large paper for wall decorations that will not only look amazing as space fillers, but will certainly require less effort on your part! It takes the same amount of time to make a large medallion as it does a small one, so give it some thought. You'll Need: Paper Mosaics. Question from a classroom volunteer... - Primary. Make a Viking Ship. Join The Flock. The Flock sheep will be making an appearance at ZSL London Zoo this summer, alongside the well-known Aardman Animations character ‘Shaun the Sheep’!
A flock of over 5000 pompom sheep have been sent from Eden to London to feature in ‘Shaun’s PomPom Parade’ exhibition and a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest display of handmade sheep. In summer 2012 the Flock sheep were toured around Cumbrian venues and events and the artwork was seen by thousands of delighted people. Earlier this year retailer The Wool Room and Aardman Animations took inspiration from the Flock project and launched a similar project called ‘Shaun’s PomPom Parade’. Thousands more pompom sheep have since been created in support of ‘The Campaign for Wool’ and a target of 10,000 sheep set.
Shaun’s PomPom Parade will be on display at ZSL London Zoo from 30th August – 1st September, as part of the Little Creatures family festival. A special film has been created about the sheep’s journey to London Zoo! Kid's Craft / Mommy Craft: Hot Air Balloon Mobile. Sooooo this started out as a kid's craft, but the further along I got it really became a Mommy craft :) Depending on the ages of your kids, they may or may not be able to help with the whole process.
On Mondays and Fridays I watch two other kids for a friend - one is a 3 year old girl - Charlotte's BFF, and one is a sweet little 3 month old boy. So I've been trying to conjure up activities for us to do, especially on rainy days like we had on Monday. Since the girls are 3 and 2 1/2 the only part they could really help with was the finger-painting.
But that was great fun. Teaching "I" Messages. Secret Agent Josephine » Blog Archive » Fairy Wings and Toadstool Cupcakes. I’ve had this idea of making cardboard fairy wings with cut-out windows filled with tissue paper for the longest time.
I probably thought it up when I was little but never was allowed to use a sharp knife or didn’t have the right supplies or something. So now that I’m a grown up, I’m making all my little-kid dreams come true. I love this part of being a grown up. Bulletin Boards! Hey, Hey! Sunny Days in Second Grade is hosting a bulletin board linky party!
And seeing as how I love these so much, I thought I would join in on the fun. Here are a few of my favorite bulletin boards. Last year, I decided to make a "scene" outside of my classroom door. While this was a big task at first, changing it throughout the year became something I looked forward to. That Was Easy! Do you have an Easy Button in your classroom? The other day I was digging through some boxes of school materials, and suddenly I heard a voice announce, "That was easy! " I laughed out loud, and those three words brought back so many memories! I could clearly picture the big red Easy Button perched on the file cabinet at the back of my classroom a few years ago.
Bulletin Board Solutions. Eskeletons. Clay Dragons and Paper Castles. Piet Mondrian Style Hearts. We painted coffee filters with warm and cool liquid watercolors. We added the lines and then the heart. Safer Internet Day - posters and fact sheets for your classroom! Graffiti in the classroom. Hallway Display. ME! Graphing. Classroom Displays Courses. Interactive Floor, Wall & Advertising Projection : Free Interactive Projection Software : PO-MOtion.com. ‘Failure to Learn’ or ‘Failure TO Learn’ If you try and fall short, people say “Oh, you’ve failed.” We tell kids “As long as you try your best, I’m proud of you.” Word Ladders. Another word for choose. Teachers Pet - Free downloadable PDF teaching resources.
Linda Hartley Trending. 10 Resources for Safer Internet Day 2012. Safer Internet Day takes place this week on the 7th February. The aim of the day is ‘ to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.’ District office building art display. Each month, the art teachers rotate hanging artwork at our Green Bay school district office building. Simpsons Pictures. Crooked Buildings Cityscapes. Free Teaching Resources. Teaching, Learning, & Life. I wish for.... Teachers Pet - Free downloadable PDF teaching resources. Amazon.co. Creating Display Lettering. Chaîne de artificedesign. Number Displays...is yours 'abstract' or 'real'? Classroom Displays. March of the penguins. Environment Display – Antarctica. Foods With Moods. Penguin Art. Venspired.com {Posters} : un album. Not my work. Puppet Pals HD.
What does she mean. MeMima font. Ndebele Dolls. Non-Objective Symmetrical Name Designs. LOVE Canvas: In the Style of Robert Indiana. P1190005. Monster Bookmarks. Retractable Number Line and... Kindergarten. Tu’Bshvat Celebrate Trees Bulletin Board « MeriCherry. Dilly-Dali Art: Window Painting {& It's My Blogiversary!} Art History Snowmen Bulletin Board. Read About It ... Think About It. Class Display. No, David - Fall Into First. Fact and Opinion Aliens.