At the beginning of each year our school sends out a school supply list. While some of my students are able to bring what is needed the majority are not. These supplies will help us explore reading, writing, math, science and social studies through hands on art projects.
Ninety-nine percent of my students are military dependents that live on an army base.
I teach students that have been all over the world. My students come from every background imaginable. Many of my students have one or sometimes two parents that are deployed overseas. Writing and drawing can be a huge help when a student is missing their parent(s). Art therapy can provide comfort where comfort is needed the most.
My Project
The art supplies we are requesting include: classroom sets of crayons, markers, paint, construction paper, stampers, and glue! With these art supplies my students will be able to illustrate their own books and poems. They will be able to make cards, and illustrate pictures for mommies and daddies that are deployed overseas. Our math problems will become vivid pictures instead of just black and white blobs. Science and social studies projects will be filled with color and imagination.
All of my students love to draw, color and paint pictures for their parents while they are deployed overseas.
However, this becomes problematic most of the time because of the lack of art supplies. At the beginning of the year we request each student bring enough supplies to last them all year. However, most of the time our families can only afford the bare minimum, which may be a notebook and some pencils. With these art materials you can help my students see the world in bright vivid colors.
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