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Last year, I wrote about my upside down glue . I love it and am never going back! Upside down glue is the way to go! I am way over the sl...
Five Steps to Opening a TAB Drawing Center Curriculum Approaches % %
Between Monday and today I have opened our first art center of the year. The first center to be opened is the drawing center. In this c...
Changing your curriculum and/or teaching philosophy can be overwhelming, and at times, you might not know where to begin. This article will take 8 minutes to read.
The Card Loom Tapestry Weave Handout is a color coded illustration to aid students learning to weave. This illustration demonstrates how t...
Organizing a choice-based art room does not have to be a nightmare! We're sharing 5 easy organization tips to make your classroom a dream.
Eraser loss is down by 97.3% since I made this parking lot for my desk this year. Kids love to return them because they get to park them. PS - sometimes there are collisions in the parking lot, so you better carry full coverage insurance on all of your erasers. From John Post at www.JohnPost.us
Why I switched to a TAB-Choice Based Art Program If you've been on this blog before than you know that my methods have always been to allow the children to
This is a print-making project I did with a grade 1 and 2 class recently. We began with self portraits using mirrors. I really, really pushe...
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This is the Five Minute Museum, week two: Works by Van Gogh, Chasin, Gaughin and a third grade abstract expressionist. We used his work to discuss the difference between an original and a reproduction. He was pleased to see his work in the Museum.
Riley and many of her classmates were instrumental in the development of our sculpture. Teaching for Artistic Behavior studio centers are not limited to material or technique-based learning centers. Mini-centers and ephemeral centers can bolster learning opportunities within a base set of studio centers. If I wanted to pair a beading and jewelry-center with a drawing, painting, collage and cardboard construction center, I have a dynamic TAB studio setup that can accommodate all kinds of student-directed art ideas and collaborative processes. Of course I could set up daily art traps and introduce artistic concepts within a center to enhance my TAB curriculum. Another use of a studio learning center we have discovered over the years was to dedicate participation into the development of a singular, specific work of art. The conception and development of a project-based TAB studio center is greatly dependent on the teacher or other creative individuals in leadership positions. In November of 2022 students in our introductory high school art class disassembled a guitar box and began to transform the material into a T-Rex skull. “I Was A Teenage T-Rex” became a curiosity in the school. We also used paper smashe! The paper smashe dries to the consistency of fossilized bone. Once we had the head completed we could concentrate on the body. The 27 foot juvenile TRex was completed and transported in 5 separate pieces to the 2024 Hancock County Art Educators Exhibition on May 1, 2024. Art teachers from four K12 school districts in Hancock County exhibit art at the annual county art show. This year’s show was held at Greenfield Central High School. Everyone wanted to check out the sculpture! Whole families wanted to take a photograph with our special project! Everybody wanted to get a closer look! The sculpture even has a marble run built inside of it! The sculpture returned to the art room at New Palestine High School after the show was over. We are now looking for a good home for our Teen-Age T-Rex.
5 Essential Centers for Choice-Based Classrooms Curriculum Approaches % %
