Education Tips and Tidbits

1. I recommend for any education student working with a supervising teacher to take a notebook with you to class every day and write down any little tidbits that the teacher gives you. For instance, my current teacher has given me some awesome ideas for the use of puppets. She uses a bunny and calls him 'shy bunny'. 'Shy Bunny' only comes out when the class can be quiet. 'Shy Bunny' also is used to let a student know when they are not behaving in a good way. The student makes shy bunny upset when they don't act good!
2. Communing with nature is not only relaxing it is educational in a varitety of disciplines: Art, Science, Music, and Math
3. Art is not only nice it is necessary! (a quote taken from the textbook: Children and Their Art). I truly believe in this quote purely because my own children communicate and express themselves through art. If they were not able to create their 'art' I believe they would not be as outgoing as they are.
4. Art frees the mind. There are no close minded people in the art world. This is proven with the Bodies exhibit (which, by the way I don't approve of!)

Art Websites

WEBSITES
1) www.mrpicassohead.com
2) www.youdraw.com
3) www.zoopz.com
4) www.princetonol.com
5) www.artedventures.com
6) http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/
7) http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
8) http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/116/artsupplies
9) http://tradingideas.orientaltrading.com/art_supplies/
10) http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/index.html
11) http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/for-kids.htm
12) http://www.glencoe.com/sec/art/student_resources/interactive_games/index.php
13) http://play.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx
14) http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.php
15) http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm

Artists I Would Use In My Classroom

ARTISTS
Salvador Dali- I would use him because I admire his work and have been to a museum of his works. I find such depth and symbolism in his work. Every time I look at a picture of his I see something I missed.
Van Gogh- I would use Van Gogh to boost a students self-esteem by showing them that what they see is not always what other people see.
Andy Warhol- I would use Andy Warhol in my classroom as an introduction to modern art.
DaVinci- I would use Leonardo DaVinci in my classroom because he is so diverse in his art and his endeavors; I could use some of his inventions as a demonstration of what some people thought of before it was even possible and that they should not listen to nay sayers (negative people)
Jacob Lawrence- I would use Jacob Lawrence in my classroom as a way to introduce the history of the great migration

Places To Find Cheap Art Supplies

ART SUPPLIES can be found at these stores and websites:
1. Hobby Lobby
2. Michael's
3. Wal-Mart
4. www.discountschoolsupply.com
5. www.unitednow.com
6. http://www.enasco.com/earlylearning/Arts+%26+Crafts/
7. http://www.homeroomteacher.com/
8. http://www.schoolbox.com/
9. http://www.crayolastore.com/index.asp?.
10. http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?namespace=browse&origin=catalogCategory.jsp&event=catalog&categoryId=382160&tabId=artSupplies&cm_re=TOP-_-AS-_-AS

Field Trip Ideas

1. hike in the woods or on the border of the playground; used to introduce the students to the science of nature
2. children's toy museum; used to introduce the critical thinking of why toys were made the way they were (due to history and what was going on at the time they were made)
3. Margaret Mitchell museum; used to introduce the civil war and taken farther by teaching of the racial stereotypes of the 30's
4. Callaway gardens; a science exploration of insects and botany
5. Cades Cove in The Great Smokey Mountains National Park; a step back in history to the way people used to live at the turn of the century
6. Roaring Forks Motor Trail; would be used similar to Cades Cove, except the houses are more authentic to common people not wealthy landowners
7. Publix Supermarkets; can be used to introduce Special Education students to how to buy their own groceries
8. Ruby Tuesdays; Students in a second language or ESL class can practice their new language when ordering food and conversing with the waiter
9. Tour of homes in Newnan at Christmas (hosted by the Historical society); can be used to introduce/reinforce students knowledge of life at the turn of the century in Coweta county
10. Tour of the old Newnan hospital; can be used to jump start a unit on the Civil War and Coweta county's role in Sherman's march to the sea

Art Lesson Integrated Ideas

Language Arts
1.Paint a tee pee and decorate with the Cherokee alphabet
2.Create a name plate with Chinese lettering
3.Print class t-shirts with the class slogan on them


SCIENCE
1.Create a model of the universe in full color
2.Create a flower bouquet using seeds
3.Paint a landscape picture using the features of a Georgia landform
4.Paint clouds and name them
5.Create a plant cell out of clay (Thank you to Amber from Art class for this idea)

MATH
1.Paint a symmetry picture
2.Paint a Piccaso using geometric figures
3.Create Valentines boxes using closed plane figures
4.Create a picture using polygons
5.Grouchy Ladybug math lesson on time used with in conjuncture with an art lesson on how Eric Carle made his pictures in his books; author info and genre type would be used as minilessons


SOCIAL STUDIES
1.Recycled city– to show students how to think ecologically and to reuse trash
2.Necklace– students could make a necklace of paper beads and plastic beads to represent what the Indians wore
3.My life drawing– a project that culminates after learning about communities
4.Create and sew Christmas stockings with yarn and construction paper; decorate
5.Design a traditional German gingerbread house out of art supplies
6.Design a Indian headband to wear at the festival of Thanksgiving
7.Create/Design a community flag; state flag; national flag

Puppet Parade/Paper Mache Play

In my art class, we did a puppet show. My team decided to do a real life puppet show. The picture is me in my Penelope Peony flower face. We decided to combine the puppet show project with the paper mache project. We wrote a play and acted it out in front of our peers. It was fun and embarrassing at the same time. I painted my face yellow to indicate the inside of the flower. We had plenty of flower puns written into our play. What fun!