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hello Violet – update
This Wednesday afternoon, Alidis Vicente came to our studios and read her latest book Violet to an enthralled group of children. Followed by an art project, this special event concluded with each...
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hello stampers!
Stamping, part of the printmaking family, always fascinates children. There’s something magical and mysterious about the process, never being sure of the result until the stamp is lifted. Moving beyond...
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hello feet painting!
Feet Painting has become a tradition for the last Monets (ages 2.5 – 4 years) class of our Spring session. We tape paper down on the floor, remove the children’s shoes, add trays of paint, and away...
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Hello butterfly paintings!
Something as simple as tweaking the scale of a project creates excitement about it for the students. Working very large or very small intrigues the children, and encourages them to use a new...
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hello water beads!
What are water beads? They are small pellets, made of a super absorbent polymer. After soaking them in water for 6-8 hours, they are about 30x bigger than their original size, and are squishy, wet fun....
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Hello pass-along drawings!
This week, our Art Foundations 101 first – second grade section students began the Fall 2015 session with this pass-along drawing project. It got the class off to a positive start as it promoted...
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Hello warm color circles!
In our Chagalls class for 3-6 year olds, we use this multi-step project as one of the many ways we teach color mixing. With primary colors of red and yellow, the students create a palette reminiscent...
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