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The feelings artbook
\"This fun, imaginative activity book gives children a way to develop their emotional literacy skills through creativity and drawing. The new edition has been re-imagined as an entirely child-friendly activity book, with beautiful new illustrations and more than ten extra activities. The accompanying instructions and guidance are now available online, so that the book can stand alone and be completed independently, allowing the child to draw at their own pace, and feel a sense of ownership over their learning and their artwork. For professionals, the book is designed to be flexible and photocopiable, so that it can be used in a range of educational and therapeutic settings. The online instruction booklet includes a clearly stated aim for each activity, a suggested outline of how to facilitate, and two or three optional follow-on ideas. There are now also two Evaluation & Monitoring templates included in the online booklet, one for individual work and one for group work. The resource is divided into three themed sections: - Self Esteem: Activities exploring identity, personal empowerment, aspirations and values, and important relationships in a child's life - Emotions: In this section, children are invited to consider a range of complex feelings such as excitement, jealousy and disappointment - Empathy and Imagination: These activities guide children towards an awareness of other people's experiences, emotions and feelings Suitable for both parents and professionals, this book is an invaluable resource for anybody looking to improve the emotional awareness and wellbeing of young people.\" -- Provided by publisher.
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“Me Dancing”: An Intrinsic Case Study of Primary School Boys’ Understandings of Movement and Dance Through Their Drawings
In this research we explore the place of creative embodiment through movement and dance from the understandings of a group of 8-10-year-old elementary school boys. Children can be asked to speak or write about their movement experiences, but for younger cohorts it may easier for them to reveal their ideas via their own drawings. In this qualitative study using drawings as a research method, two classes (a total of 31) of Year 3-4 boys in a suburban elementary school in Melbourne, Australia were asked to produce a drawing of “me dancing” in an empty frame. Each child was then asked to explain their drawing to clarify their depictions. Visual data from the participants were analysed thematically with their comments assisting our understanding of the meaning of their images. We recognised in the data representations of movement as integral to personal physical activity and self-expression. Our findings suggest that young boys were engaged through kinaesthetic activity (movement and dance) that was included in their experiences both at school and beyond. For us, this underscores the importance of providing movement and dance in educational programs for young boys.
Journal Article
The colour of velvet : A transdisciplinary approach to connecting students from a refugee background to the natural world
What pedagogical strategies support students from a refugee background connecting to the natural world? What would these strategies look like for fifteen students participating in a language intensive New Arrivals Program (NAP)? These questions were the focus of a small collaborative project set up to investigate the impact of pedagogical initiatives on building educational and cultural connections, and enhancing educational achievement in science in refugee students. This article focuses on the events and outcomes of an interdisciplinary unit of work based around a newly established school garden. Science, mathematics, English and visual arts are the key learning areas covered. The study involves one classroom of students, one English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, one gardener, a volunteer community artist and three science and mathematics teacher education academics. [Author abstract]
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'It felt like real science!' : How Operation Magpie enriched my classroom
This paper describes what happened in four teachers' classrooms as a result of participating in Operation Magpie, a Citizen Science project. The range of strategies used to engage their students in observing magpies in the schoolyard and in nearby parks is the focus of the teachers' stories. 'Magic spots', data collection, class blogs, binocular use, creative writing and orienteering walks to monitor magpie family groups are all part of the story. [Author abstract]
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Geometry and Op Art
An activity in which students use computers and techniques of Op-art to learn various geometry concepts. Writing, speaking, and drawing skills are reinforced in creating slide shows related to the project.
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Children's Literature: Impetus for a Mathematical Adventure
Discusses how the book \"The Indian in the Cupboard\" sparked a class of fifth graders to become actively involved with mathematics concepts by solving problems and relating them to the real world. Areas investigated include ratio and tables, measuring, averaging, using calculators, estimating area, and volume. Suggested activities could also be used with other children's books such as \"The Borrowers\" and \"Stuart Little.\" (AIM)
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Half-Time Day
Presents activities that were used to celebrate \"Half-Time Day\", the halfway point of the school year. Includes various hands-on ways for children to experience the fraction 1/2, including learning centers and whole-group activities. (JRH)
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My Other Half Manifested in Mask-Making
Every fall season, each grade level of Rowland Hall St. Mark's Lower School in Salt Lake City, Utah, completes a mask-making project to be featured in a schoolwide parade. This sparked an opportunity to incorporate the fourth-grade unit of realistic and observational drawing with mask making. In this article, the author describes how her students created alter egos of themselves. Keeping the drawings for their masks realistic, they focus on shading and contouring with conte crayons, smudging, scraping and texture techniques with oil pastels, and the reflections and highlights found in the pupils of the eyes and in the hair.
Magazine Article
Blob Flowers
Describes an art project called blob flowers in which fifth-grade students created pictures of flowers using watercolor and markers. Explains that the lesson incorporates ideas from art and science. Discusses in detail how the students created their flowers. (CMK)
Magazine Article
Looking into Space
Describes three integrated science and art lessons: (1) first-grade students created paper sculpture space helmets; (2) fourth-grade students created self-portraits as astronauts using foreshortening; and (3) fifth-grade students created a \"Martian community.\" Includes descriptions of each lesson, materials, and learning objectives. (CMK)
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