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Cool Hands, Warm Heart– Kindergarten

By Marcia Beckett | December 23, 2011 - 3:02 am |January 15, 2013 drawing, kindergarten

These charming pictures of hands were a lesson on warm and cool colors. The hands are colored in cool colors and the heart is colored in warm colors.

Mask Love!

By Marcia Beckett | December 21, 2011 - 3:36 pm |January 15, 2013 masks

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I love these masks!

Bubble Prints

By Marcia Beckett | December 20, 2011 - 11:00 pm |June 13, 2013 all grades, painting, preschool

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Over the summer I tested out several ways to make bubble prints. I experimented and discovered they way that works best for me. I decided to do bubble printing with some students this week, because it is the week before break and I wanted something fun and out-of-the-ordinary to do with them. So apparently bubbles are out of season right now. I went to Hobby Lobby however, and found this pack of 24 small party bubbles. Pop off the top … Read more… →

Snowflakes

By Marcia Beckett | December 20, 2011 - 6:11 pm |January 15, 2013 all grades, holiday

Snowglobe Picture

By Marcia Beckett | December 19, 2011 - 5:11 pm |January 15, 2013 Christmas, holiday, winter

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These were some pictures we made today with the third graders. The kids used markers and construction paper crayons to draw their snow scene on the globe. Then they added white paint dots for snow. Some glued on white fluff as well. topped snowman!

Pacific Northwest Coast Masks– third/fourth grades

By Marcia Beckett | December 16, 2011 - 6:28 pm |January 15, 2013 fourth grade, masks, paper mache, third grade

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The third/fourth grade classes made paper mache masks. We used inspiration from the Pacific Northwest Coast masks and viewed a video about their culture. Here are the steps we used. Start with a papermache mask form (we used some from Nasco). Then, add appendages with newspapers, LOTS of masking tape, pieces of cardboard, yogurt containers, etc. So much fun to build up a mask! After all the parts are very secured with tape (and I mean lots of tape, MORE … Read more… →