A wild week before Christmas!

My PE classes learned a new game, Star Wars!  They loved it!

On Tuesday morning, Sven the Kindness Elf visited the studio!  Students decided to make a poster for Ms. Durand thanking her for teaching them music.

On Wednesday, RAOK Club bagged over 1,000 new and gently used stuffed animals for police officers to give to children in need.  Bags included notes of kindness from our students.

Officer Stanley from Winnebago County joined in stuffing bags with the children.

On Friday, these girls gave up their recess time to make a blanket for Mrs. Bardell's husband!  

We also are experimenting with a new "Smelling Studio."  Students may gently rub one herb leaf per class period and enjoy the smell to themselves.  The children are really into it!

Winter Celebration!

Wow!  Today was fun!  We rotated grade levels and specialists had relay races in the gym!

Let's decorate the tree!

Human lights chain!

Let's waddle like penguins!

The smiles were amazing today!  

Busy days finishing our first WOW pieces of the school year!

The following pictures were all taken during one class period.  So many busy artists in action today.  WOW piece 1 is due next Friday, December 18th.

Here you see students reflecting on each other's artworks and collaborating on their artist statements to check for understanding.

We have circle weaving!

Monsters and tessellation spiders!

And this little painter, who made beautiful paintings for many of his classmates today!  Fantastic brush strokes!  Art is fabulous when we can have choice in mediums.