Month: May 2017

To be blue or to be red, that is the question…

Hi Teachers! I know where all going through the same thing right now with the end of the school year coming up fast. Some of us might have one or two weeks left and for others a little more like five or six weeks. I have five weeks until the end of the year, but with that said, really only 24 days! Twenty-four days is not enough time!!

In those 24 days I have to complete not only my classroom assessments, but the district assessments, Mother’s Day gifts, Open House, oh, and the best for last! Pack-up my entire classroom. And, not into the cabinets, our district is doing maintenance this summer on all the schools so, on our last work day, we need to have ALL our personal things out of the classroom by 3pm. Can I just ask, are you all like me and most of the things in your classroom, including furniture belongs to you personally, right?

I have unfinished projects everywhere , boxes for packing, and instead of working on either of those, I choose to sit down and write this post. One thing, I’ve learned about myself is that writing is a great way for me to get my anxiety of what happens or not happens in the classroom out. I’m not perfect, and I am the first to admit it.

First things first, Mother’s Day is this weekend, and I have yet to finish anything for their projects. We took pictures, and now I’m at a loss. I was going to have them make picture frames, but we now only have tomorrow, so that’s out the door. As I write this post I’m also skimming through google looking for cute Mother’s Day Art. Just found one…

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OK, so here is my plan for tomorrow, Mother’s Day painting, and finish one writing, math – working on subtraction, and science, our Ocean Research. I can do this, I need to say that louder… I – CAN – DO – THIS!! And, I need to start packing up for 45 minutes every day after school, and taking a box or two…or…three home every night. My goodness, before I can catch my breath it will be summer, and planning for next year!!

So, the answer to the question, to be blue or to be red? Blue to me is moving slow, getting down because things are not perfect or the way you had planned. Things are not getting done, and comparing yourself to others. Where as Red is lighting a fire, getting your engines going, and finishing out this school year the best you can. If we ask our student for them to always do their best, than we should do the same for our students. So, to answer the question, to be blue or to be red? RED, I am definitely RED, I am lighting a fire under myself and pushing through, nothing can get me down, all be moving to fast for that!!

How is your end of the year crazy going? Are you a blue or a red right now?

Kindergarten mess free painting

Art at your finger tips

Students with all levels of fine motor skills can learn to paint so easily with the new Kwik Stix Thin Stix. Last year I was lucky enough to get a chance to work with the new Kwik Stix, and my third graders LOVED them. They could not get enough of them. we used them for everything, projects, rewards, presentations.

This year in kindergarten my students adore them! They too can’t get enough of them. They are so easy to use. The Kwik Stix Thin Stix are like holding a pencil! Exactly what we work on in kindergarten. No more messy paint spilling on the table or floor! No more water cups bumping and spilling! Painting with finer detail using these new solid temera paint sticks without the mess!!

We read the book “The Greatest Snowman”, by Peter Hannan. We than painted our very own “Greatest Snowman”, and put them into snowglobes. This project would usually take me a week to do in small groups with my 29 Kindergartener’s, but with the Kwik Stix, and Kwik Stix Thin Stix I was able to get the entire class to paint in ONE DAY!! Can you believe that? ONE DAY!!!

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We had so much fun. We used the Kwik Stix for the snow and snowman, we than used the Thin Stix for the details (details–BIG word in kindergarten!) on our snowman.

I know that next year I will be purchasing more sets of both the Kwik Stix, and the Kwik Stix Thin Stix. They are an investment, but for me they are worth it because my students work comes out amazing, ALL students feel like they can achieve using this tool, and an added plus, my school OT teacher happen to pop in the day I was doing this project and she too fell in LOVE with this product and has since borrowed mine, and showed the other OT’s in our district just how awesome Kwik Stix and Kwik Stix Thin Stix really are.

I work at a title I school, and finding amazing tools like this for my little ones is a gift!!!! I hope that you take the time to try these paints out with your own students. Art and expression comes in all shapes and sizes from our youngest students to our oldest, and we should encourage our students to be creative!