On Friday Nov 21 we celebrated National Children's Day with a No School Fun Day. In the morning we had grades k-2 play active games, build tape roads and make play dough. In the afternoon grades 3-6 played active games with the parachute, played kick ball and soccer, made healthy snacks and built wire hanger … Continue reading Nov 21 – No School Fun Day!
R-tworx: Lizards
Pastel lizards inspired by Deep Space Sparkle. This lesson was more complex than some of my students were used to. (If you haven't signed up for the Deep Space Sparkle Teaching Art 101, Please do!) We started by drawing the shape of our lizard using familiar prompts like: Draw a backwards 'C' to make … Continue reading R-tworx: Lizards
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R-tworx: Colour Study with Marylin Carter
Local artist Marylin Carter came to R-tworx last week to teach the kids how to blend water colours. It was a fantastic class! We started with basic water colour paper and drew three overlapping circles. Then we used our red, yellow and blue watercolours in each circle. Twirling the paper and using extra water let … Continue reading R-tworx: Colour Study with Marylin Carter
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In Remembrance
This week our theme was Remembrance Day. It's pretty tough finding books for the little guys so I went with one about Canada and one about home. We then had a craft for each day.
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R-tworx: Day of the Dead
This past week was Halloween and Day of the Dead. So at R-tworx we explored Sugar Skulls made out of black paper and pastels. At first I had the kids draw some designs on a template before moving to the black paper. It was a great exercise in learning about the shape of the human … Continue reading R-tworx: Day of the Dead
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