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The art materials I have chosen for this project center around the mediums watercolor and clay. Both of these art mediums are especially important for kindergartners to experience. They aren't common household materials, and they are excellent for improving fine motor skills. Due to district-wide budget cuts, my classroom supply budget was cut by over 50%. I am already using my own money to buy materials to make play dough for students to use. But play dough doesn't have the wide range of artistic possibilities that real clay has. I dream of teaching my students basic hand building projects and techniques such as a pinch pot, a coil pot, slab building, and how to "glue" clay pieces together. Currently, watercolor art consists of using the trays of dried watercolor paint on construction paper. This is problematic because watercolor paint will often blend beyond control on construction paper and the construction paper will rip easily. There is also a steep learning curve for kindergartners to learn how to use the trays of dried watercolor paint. It can be frustrating for them when their paintbrush runs out of paint too often. Real clay and liquid watercolors will help me guide my students in expressing themselves while creating high quality kindergarten art.

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The art materials I have chosen for this project center around the mediums watercolor and clay. Both of these art mediums are especially important for kindergartners to experience. They aren't common household materials, and they are excellent for improving fine motor skills. Due to district-wide budget cuts, my classroom supply budget was cut by over 50%. I am already using my own money to buy materials to make play dough for students to use. But play dough doesn't have the wide range of artistic possibilities that real clay has. I dream of teaching my students basic hand building projects and techniques such as a pinch pot, a coil pot, slab building, and how to "glue" clay pieces together. Currently, watercolor art consists of using the trays of dried watercolor paint on construction paper. This is problematic because watercolor paint will often blend beyond control on construction paper and the construction paper will rip easily. There is also a steep learning curve for kindergartners to learn how to use the trays of dried watercolor paint. It can be frustrating for them when their paintbrush runs out of paint too often. Real clay and liquid watercolors will help me guide my students in expressing themselves while creating high quality kindergarten art.

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