Geometric Solids Fractions

This is why I love estate sales!

Bonanza!

I sorted two boxes of wooden fraction blocks found in the basement of an estate sale that match the Geometric Solids !

Oklahoma barite rose rocks and a weird ball were in the boxes!

Found dates in boxes from 1979.

 I am sure the past owner, who was an early childhood educator, 

is smiling down from heaven!

Cube Extension

Every which way to divide a cube.

It boggles my mind!

Rectangular Prism Extension

What a lesson this will be!

The rest of the family now have all wooden classification matches.

I had used a basket of found objects of various shapes before. 

Mystery forms

 I struggled with these until they became cubes from three odd looking pieces!

Flat wooden shapes hold a future of design wonderful to behold!

I have bagged the rest of the shapes for exploration in math 

and Reggio loose parts!

My old way of classification has been upgraded!

Paper Towel Apple Trees

So easy!  Twist brown paper towels into a tree. Glue old puzzle pieces for leaves and wood craft tiles for a fence!

Paint in apples and green up the leaves.

Even our youngest kids loved doing this!

Head in Search of a New Body

My simple master for the kids to follow.

Free Form Designs on Trays

Old jewelry and wooden objects make a lovely design work for even the youngest children who need a bit more containment when doing a free form activity. 

Reflections in a Mirror

Mirrors, foam and wooden blocks and a tiled ceiling make for cool reflections!

Mother's Day Bonanza

Each Mother's Day our students give a clay project as a surprise from our clay program. This year we added a Mother's Day Art Portfolio with art projects from the last few months and examples of writing or other paper work the student has done. The combination makes for an awesome presentation for Mom to open!

A pinched coil is simply wrapped into a spiral.

Press mold leaves 

In the kiln

Flower hands are stapled to the front of a file folder that holds all their papers.

Lucky Mom to view this variety of awesomeness done by their child and to get a keepsake clay rose to have forever!

Copying Drawing Masters

I have three teaching degrees, one being a BFA in Art Education. As a child I loved nothing more than doing coloring books with crayons. It did not stifle my creativity, but instead make me think about color, line and design. I studied how the pictures were drawn and often tried to copy them. So, now with decades of teaching art to my students I never hesitate making masters for them to follow and copy. It allows very young minds to analyze shape, form, structure, space and color. My students are able to reproduce my master at a much higher level of artistic expertise than if they were simply asked to draw a tree with birds in it without a finished work to view first. These children are not yet in kindergarten, yet with the help of a master which I draw at a child's ability level, they are able to create startling finished work.

These drawings were added to their Mother's Day Art Portfolio.

Imagine their mom's delight at these guided drawings!