Two weeks left!

I have two weeks left at my elementary school and I have already cried about it this week. I really love the school I am in, I'd like to take more than my fair share of kids home, annnd I have an amazing group of educators around me that I love to learn from. I just really can't imagine not seeing these people everyday and being a creature of habit doesn't help me anticipate the change that is going to come.

One of my favorite things about having students in the art room is just allowing them to be them! I try really hard to let their creative juices flow freely and cater to their needs. I love listening to their stories and watching them interact. I have a few students who really stick to the individuality in fact one declared herself just E. So of course I had to go with it because who hasn't thought about trying a new name before? I also love that the students are able to feel like they can be an individual in our room because all artwork is unique!

This week we had a few fun station days to relieve some of the stress around parent teacher conferences. One of the items students could work with was modeling clay. We had some extruders out that when you pushed the clay through it made "hair." One of my little girls was asking another student to use it and calling a wig maker. She is very petite and her voice is very small so hearing her say "Can I use the wig maker now?" was too much for me and I couldn't help but laugh. I will certainly be using that technical name in my future classroom!

This week I shoot some images of student artwork so you can see what we have been working on.

:)