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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Quilted Yurt Project

Vision of what the yurt might look like
My wife, Ruth, and I are working on this very cool project. We are going to build a yurt and quilt the outer walls. Ruth is starting a forest preschool from our home and this awesome art project will double as a classroom in the forest. The students will even be involved in the quilt design as it develops.

It is going to be amazing!

Learn more about it here: Quilted Yurt Classroom in the Forest

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

6th - Create a Country: Monuments

These monuments tell stories about the histories each of the students' invented countries. After designing a flag and a map, the students created a monument. Click "More" to read about each one.

Monday, May 20, 2013

1st - Walking on their Alien Planets

*Update: I have added the longer versions of each student's video below. When you click "More" you will see them.

The 1st graders will blow you away with their genius and enthusiasm. This whole alien planet project has been amazing: paintings of alien planets, space ship sculptures to get there, space Suits to survive on the planet, and the alien life forms that they observe. Here are the amazing videos of them walking on their planets. Through the magic of green screen technology, they can be transported to an imaginary realm.



Sunday, May 19, 2013

3G - Blown Ink

The 3rd graders have been experimenting with a temperamental medium: ink that is blown with a straw. You can't get precise control over where the ink will flow as you blow. Most of the time you get a random set of splatters. What is fun about random splatters that unexpected images emerge. So after experimenting, we looked closely at our ink splotches and created something new. The ink was inspiration for a scene or a monster. They really are lots of fun.

Friday, May 17, 2013

1st - Alien Life Forms

The 1st graders have been in outer space for a little while in art class. They painted planets, made space ships, and made space suits. They just discovered some alien life forms on the intergalactic travels. They documented their discoveries in these gorgeous oil pastel drawings.

3 - Pop-up Cards for Mother's Day


For mother's day, we engineered pop-up cards. It really is amazing what can be done with folded paper and a bit of glue. We had a simple template and lots of instructions. Most of them made two, and it is amazing how much learning happens when you are doing and making mistakes. The second ones were much more sophisticated and confident.

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