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I am an Arts-Infused teacher to the core. While I love to bring pieces of Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio to my classroom – I am arts-based at the most basic level.
Yesterday we painted fans. I found a great deal at Oriental Trading (just $25 for 48 fans – and they are a nice size).
The children painted the fans with basic watercolors. (I cut off the black and brown from my watercolor palettes as I find these two muddy the colors).
Each fan was unique and individual.
We danced with the fans.
I set the boundaries by saying our fans may not touch each other and we keep our fans in our own space.
We worked on positional/spatial words – an important math concept in PreK:
“Wave your fan above your head.”
“Wave your fan below.”
“Wave your fan in front.”
“Wave your fan behind”
“Wave your fan under your legs.”
“Wave your fan beside yourself.”
“Wave your fan to the left.”
“Wave your fan to the right.”
“Wave your fan in front five times.”
“Wave your fan to the left 10 times.”
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I love this idea. The fans are beautiful.
You are doing such an amazing job. I love the arts-based ideas and find your ideas very inspiring!
Awww – Thank you Bev!
I loved your suggestions to use pure joy and singing to motivate students in the Art Room during the podcast “How to Engage, Inspire and Create Art Room Magic”
Also thinking about assessing the Rhythm of the classroom before I react has really helped me to understand that some times my best responses come when I consider what’s happening in the classroom, and not solely on my pre-planned ideas about how I should respond.
It is astonishing how much the rhythm of the class can impact behavior. Balancing the active and quiet times to the needs of specific classes is tricky but magical!