Georgia O'Keefe wrote: "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."
My fourth grade students are eagerly looking for various ways to express what they think, feel, and believe.
Too often their imaginative minds get lost in the busyness of academics. Help create opportunities for them to find joy in making their thinking visual.
I work with a group of curious, creative, and enthusiastic 10-year-olds who need a creative outlet to express themselves. Sometimes certain life situations throw challenges at them that never get addressed or expressed. Other times, a challenging concept may be better explained in pictures than words. I believe that making art will give these scholars greater breadth of expression and understanding. My students relax and their creative juices start flowing as soon as they are able to use art materials. It never feels like work to them.
My Project
Providing art journals and drawing supplies will allow my students greater freedom to express their thinking and learning in a visual format. My students are thirsty for alternative ways to show what they know, what they've learned, and what questions they have. Too often the language barrier prevents them from fully expressing what they feel, think, and wonder. Through art, my fourth graders can make their learning and thinking visible.
By donating to this project, you will gift my students with the freedom of self-expression that will directly impact their academic growth and personal awareness.
Students will also learn to explore other art mediums that will otherwise be confined to their weekly Art classes. The watercolors will teach them to layer transparent colors to achieve different effects while the oil pastels can give them an experience with using oil colors without the prohibitive cost of oil paints. The colored pencils will allow them to showcase rich, deep luminescent colors they might not otherwise achieve with plain crayons. The mixed media journals will be able to handle all of these art mediums. My goal is that these materials will encourage my students to observe themselves and their surroundings and provide them a place to record their thoughts along with the art they produce. While their writing gives them a voice for their thoughts, their art will help express their more subtle and complex ideas.
Canson XL Series Mix Media Paper Pad, Heavyweight, Fine Texture, Heavy Sizing for Wet and Dry Media, Side Wire Bound, 98 Pound, 7 x 10 Inch, 60 Sheets
• Amazon Business
$6.97
25
$174.25
Crayola Broad Line Markers Bulk, 256 Count Classpack
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$54.54
1
$54.54
Sargent Art 22-6010 10-Count 8-Ounce Watercolor Magic Set
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