What a fun and busy week before Spring Break!

We started the week out on Monday with kindergarten experimenting with finger-painting.  I was shocked at how many kids had never experienced this medium.  They had a wonderful time and we will definitely be bringing the paints out again soon!

Finger-painting is F-U-N!

I was able to create another Animoto video about this year's Fun Fair last weekend.  This is a great website/ app to use!  You can make a 30 second video for free, or a longer one for a yearly subscription.  Super easy to use.  Thank you to all of our volunteers for the Fun Fair and a BIG shout-out to Ashley Hoffman for all her dedication to making kids smile!

On Friday, I had the pleasure of accompanying Miss Wiemer's class for our math rotations!  The kids had a great time playing different Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks games.

Hope everyone has a wonderful spring break!  

It's great to be back!

Pecatonica Elementary is such a great place to work!  It's an honor to both live and work in the same community!  I received many well wishes and gentle hugs since my return.  It's wonderful to be in the Studio again!

We jumped into the art of printmaking this past week!  Ask your child about monotype printmaking.  Some students created prints using markers and styrofoam (BRING IN THOSE TAKE OUT CONTAINERS, please!) and some students experimented with the new Gelli plates.  The Gelli plates feels like gelatin without the mess of cooking.  Don't worry, we still got very messy and had some great discoveries in the process!

 If you forget the directions, here's the menu!

 Showing off her work!

 Students help each other so I can circulate the other studios.

 Mini-demo before opening studios.

Some students chose to visit other studios this week.  The wonderful thing about TAB is the freedom of choice of chosen mediums to create authentic child art!

Hope everyone had a great time at the Fun Fair this weekend!  I am working on creating an Animoto video I will post soon!