Hello!

I am an art teacher with the Fairfield Community Schools teaching grades K through 5. I enjoy working with the children and helping them learn to use the creative side of their brain. I hope you enjoy my blog and seeing a bit of what we work on in the art classes.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Third graders are learning to weave!

To see the kind of weaving third graders are learning, see this example on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtKnvc_9No

You have to see this!

Fairfield High School's art classes have a blog page where you can see some of the amazing work of our high school students and here about their work. 
Here is the address:
 

Sunday, February 20, 2011

3D projects nearing completion!

This is an exciting time of year as so many 3-D projects long in the planning and creative stages, are taking their final shape. For grades K, 1, 2, 3 and 5 this comes in the form of ceramic creations coming out of the kiln! For grade 4 students, this comes in the form of paper mache masks creations, now being painted and decorated. We have been working hard on many things each week and it is so exciting to see that you can envision something in your head, see it through with hard work, and your creative vision can become a reality. Learning this creative process is the building block for making and creating many things in life, a beginning step toward many creative careers.

Plan now to come April 30 and/or May 1 to the K-5 Art show held at Pence. We will be featuring work by every K-5 student in the entire school district!