Artopotamus

This is the time of year when my students start bringing me fun sized Snickers bars.  It's a  bit of an inside joke, actually. I am t...

I've had some interesting results with my faux batik project.  We began by studying the batiks of Africa, which is our theme continent ...

Hey there.  Sorry I haven't made a post in like - forever!  Been kinda busy.  This January our school's overcrowding got out of cont...

I collect dried-out markers in my classroom and have turned them into lovely liquid watercolors.  But to prevent the kids getting frustrat...

I love it when a kid randomly asks me to spell something and then I later find that word in a little love note on my desk. Today a 1st grad...

I've noticed that students really love these mini-art projects and I think they're a great way to reinforce vocabulary words that we...

So here we are in September. The kids are beginning to hit their stride for the year, and I'm finally breathing after the rush to get th...