I love my glue gun.

I laughed when I got my recent purchase order because I ordered 10 pounds of hot glue sticks. This is my drawer filled with 10 pounds of glue sticks. I have gotten quite a few emails asking me what I hang displays with and here's your answer. I love my glue gun.

Under Armour and Embroidery

I always get a good laugh when I do projects of the "domestic" variety and the boys groan. Almost always, they end up being some the best weavers or sewers. I overheard one of the boys say "this is woman's work" and we all had a good laugh and pointed out how great he was at it. My fifth grade students are learning about the history and art of embroidery. We spent a day practicing on burlap with yarn. They immediately got the hang of it and will begin embroidering their final piece next week. I will share those when we get them underway!

oooooooh....pretty.

Sometimes my sink is so pretty.

Ready or not.....

Ready or not.....we are back in school! I had a great Summer with my family and we are truly off to a great start here at High Shoals Elementary. I have survived the repetition of saying the rules a gazillion times and we are getting into the fun stuff around here. Here are a few sneak peaks of beginning projects. I hope to post often this school year so don't be a stranger! Welcome Back!

I purchased sketch books for 5th graders this year. They were a little excited.

Starry Night Owls (and a temporary farewell)

These Starry Night owls were done with Kindergarten. It was sort of a last minute idea that ended up being really fun and we ran out of time. My best ideas are always at the last minute. Anyway, I feel like the project can be improved upon but we just couldn't squeeze it in! I felt like a drill sergeant trying to get them to PAINT, CUT, GLUE, OIL PASTEL all in the last few class times before Summer break. This will be my last post for this school year. We are officially out until early August! Wahoo! I am thrilled about spending some relaxed time with my husband and children. I will be back with more fun projects to share in August! Happy Summer!!!!

Squirm!

Our first grade students performed the musical "SQUIRM" recently. Our music teacher worked very hard to prepare them and the show was unbelievably cute. Students helped with the sets and it all came together just in time. I love the costumes that the kids and parents came up with. Great job HSES First Grade!

More PiCaSsO fun!

This Picasso inspired portrait project was done with a couple of my 4th grade classes. I used my MacBook Pro Photo Booth app to take distorted photographs of my students and then I printed them in black and white onto drawing paper. They LOVED taking the distorted photos and they giggled through this whole lesson. After the photos were printed, they altered them using oil pastels.