Pictures around the room

I took notice today to the things around my room(s). I looked at the way things are organized and how most things have a "place"...sort of. I am very interested in the organization and decoration of other art rooms, probably because this is only my 2nd year of teaching. So, I figured the curiosity is out there, and I'd post some random pictures of things around my room(s). Maybe it will encourage others to do the same and satisfy my hidden desires to see such things. :)

Houses, Kindergarten

I rarely post Kindergarten lessons...because, to be honest, they are often times a mess. I know that sounds so horrible, but I don't teach just regular AM and PM kinders, I teach the full day guys. They need a little bit of extra help, and are overall a little bit of a tough group. I was proud of them this week with their house projects. They followed along, and some of them even looked like houses in the end! Here is one of my favorites.

My favorite part (riiiight) is the floating candy cane in the sky. The kids just cannot get Christmas off their mind, can you blame them, really?

Snowy Evergreens, 3rd Grade

Snow Globes, 4th Grade

Poinsettias, 2nd Grade

This is a project I do around Christmas time, obviously. I like that I get to teach the kids how to cut better, glue control (oh that's a biggie), and assembling a project together (collaging, per-say). These are a beautiful addition to the hallway. I also change it up with what we 'add' for detail. For instance, this time, I had metallic paper so I used that for the vase and for the little petals. Last year I used feathers and added them for fun. I didn't have feathers this year, so I decided to add glitter. Whatever you add, they turn out really fun and they are a great project for any parent to take out every year at Christmas-time and decorate the house with.

Santa Clause Portraits, 1st Grade

I taught the 1st graders about portraits, and then we drew our Santa. I got this easy step-by-step way to draw the jolly-ole-man from my friend who teaches in the next county over. I love it. The kids feel SO proud of their work, and people's responses to them have been AWESOME.
The one with the purple background, for some reason, reminds me of my father-in-law. :-)

Candy Canes, 2nd Grade

I love this project around the holidays. It's a simple 2-day lesson and the kids really enjoy it. It is the only time they are able to use a tracer all year. They must draw 10 candy canes at least, and some need to be overlapping. They have to draw the lines of candy cane in a curved fashion to make it look 3-D (we used glitter crayons). They also need to 'know' what type of candy cane they are drawing, so is it Strawberry Banana, or just plain Peppermint? The results are lovely. Glitter is added for some fun. The students drew borders around the edge if they had time. Sorry for the bad pictures...I didn't crop them.