Summer 2014

This summer I had the amazing opportunity to work with the Pines Lake Association as their Art Instructor  for their summer program. The summer was full of fun and messy projects. These projects you wouldn't normally see outside the art classroom, but being that I want to be an art teacher, I figured this would be a great opportunity to use these kids as guinea pigs and see what works and what doesn't. Below are just a sample of projects that the kids completed this summer. Some other projects not pictured are: Dream Catchers, Tie Dye Fabric, Tie Dye Card Making, 3-D stars, Paper Quilling, String Painting, Torn Metal Collage, Miniture Clay Sculptures, Sand Art, Decoupage Boxes, Mehndi Hands, Printing Making, Illuminated Initials, and the ever so famous friendship bracelets.

Paper Mache Donuts

Flexible Stain Glass Sculptures

Watercolor Painting Techniques

Hawaiian Lie's

Shaving Cream Marblized Paper

Glue Painting Butterfly

Student Art

Student Teaching

I am now more than half way done with student teaching and it has been a rewarding experience thus far. I have learned so much and continue to learn each day. As I continue with student teaching I am eager to finish and become certified in hopes of obtaining a job teaching art to young students.

2nd Grade Landscapes "Starry Night" "Sunny Day"

1st Grade Landscape "Warm and Cool Colors"

3rd grade Landscape "Cool Color"

5th Grade Landscape

4th Grade Optical Illustion Landscape

Saying Goodbye

This coming Friday I am going to have to say goodbye to my class that I have grown to love. We have shared so many memories as a class from September to August as a class we have gained and lost many classmates through transitions of moving up to other classes or moving away all in all they are still part of our class. Besides saying bye to my class I am saying bye to previous students who I have watched blossom from toddler to kid knowing that I've had the pleasure of being their first teacher and seeing where they are today is rewarding in its self. As I move into a new school it is nice to know that I will be seeing some familiar faces and have the pleasure of taking part in their first elementary school journey.

This is for them. 

Thank you all. It is going to be hard saying Goodbye on Friday

Coming to an end

My time at the preschool Inspire Kids is coming to an end at the end of the month, it's been a great 2 1/2 years. But with every ending there's always a new beginning and I will be beginning mine at Bee Meadow Elementary school as a student teacher in September and couldn't be more excited to start this next chapter in my life in becoming a certified art teacher. 

Here are some projects my class created throughout the year. 

This was a painting relay the children all worked together to try to fill each paper with paint moving from station to station. 

Painted with cars to create two giant pieces of art as individual pieces.

Farm Week

Lil Chef Week

Hot Wheels Week

Christmas Projects 

Valentines Day Projects

St. Patricks Day Projects

Space Week- Crayon Resist Painting

Transportation Week

Sunflower Painting

April Projects

Earth Day Projects- Children experimented with water and markers in order to make their Earths and painting with recyclable material even recycled paper

Circus Week

                                                                          Dinosaur Week

Fourth of July Week- Paper plate Uncle Sam's, Tissue Paper Stars and Jasper Johns Inspired Flags