First, congratulations to all of the teachers and students who are now on summer break – myself included! My absence on the blog corresponds directly with the “end of the year craziness,” but now that I am on break I have more time to share ideas! This is a lesson/project I did with my kids [...]
3D Objects and Drawing
One of our current math objectives is for kids to be able to recognize and name common 3D objects, and for them to be able to relate them to everyday objects. My kids are getting pretty good at this after a variety of activities. I want to share about what we did today. About once [...]
Teaching Setting Through Drawing
I want to share a lesson that I did on teaching setting that my kids just loved! We have been discussing setting in writing and reading, and the kids definitely understand it pretty quickly. However, it takes a little bit more to get them to add setting details to their drawings. I think they find [...]
Using Drawing to Build Fine Motor Skills, Teach Vocabulary, Math, and Reading!
I have always been a bit of an artist. It began with a love of coloring in my preschool years, and drawing and painting became a passion during high school. I liked to make everything I did a bit artistic. My math projects doubled as art projects, as my “stella octangula” was a patterned kaleidoscope [...]
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