On January 24th CFY and the Carlyle Public Library with help from the RBC Foundation celebrated Family Literacy Day with an Artful Afternoon Family Event. The art was provided by the Afterschool Art Classes that have been working hard on projects since last October. Families were invited to view the art, listen to stories, play … Continue reading An Artful Afternoon
R-tworx – Puppet Theatre Round-up
All of December the kids at R-tworx have been working with Mrs. Bell (our resident theatre guru) on shoebox puppet theatres. This project was simple in theory but took a long time to execute. We started by cutting a square out of the front of a cereal or shoebox and then a small rectangle from … Continue reading R-tworx – Puppet Theatre Round-up
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Girls Circle: Round-up
The last six weeks have flown by! The girls have come a long way together since we started. It has been great to get to know each one and watch them open up and enjoy the program. Next week will be our last meeting of 2014. We will be celebrating our time together creating small … Continue reading Girls Circle: Round-up
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R-tworx: November Art
Sometimes some of the best art is unplanned. These pictures were created when the students were finished their other projects. They were given simple instructions such as: Draw yourself, your family, your house, etc. I wish I had taken more pictures as I let the kids take home their sketches. The last picture by Mady … Continue reading R-tworx: November Art
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Nov 21 – No School Fun Day!
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!
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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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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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R-tworx: Koi Fish
Last week the kids enjoyed learning how to make a basic tear drop shape and turn it into a fish. The fish were drawn in pastel / crayon and then the background filled in with watercolor paints. It was a blast. For a full tutorial please click here.
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At Home Alone
On Oct 7th, students at the Carlyle Elementary School took part in the At Home Alone safety program. The program runs in two sessions - Fire Safety / Street Proofing and When to Call 911 with the Fire Dept and RCMP and a second session with Supreme Ambulance that teaches kids the basics of first … Continue reading At Home Alone
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