SCARBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
I am currently a full-time art educator at SMS, teaching sixth and seventh graders painting, drawing, ceramics, watercolor, sculpture, and fabric arts. Please explore student work below.
Cardboard Sculpture
During our sculpture unit, seventh graders could choose to use cardboard to build a recognizable form. These “upcycling” projects require patience and a great deal of problem solving. Here are some examples from last semester.
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At Centerpoint Martial Arts, my co-teachers and I taught a group of early elementary students a two-day lesson on color. We wanted to introduce the notions of primary and secondary colors in an age-appropriate way that would capture their attention and reinforce the concepts.
The first day we introduced the color wheel and had the students separate pieces of paper and fabric by color. Then they took the pieces and worked together to make a rainbow collage. The collaboration fostered teamwork and problem solving. Afterward we talked about the rainbow and how it represented the primary and secondary colors.
The second day we reinforced the lesson by having the students create secondary colors by mixing primary colors together using play-dough. Once the students had completed their color wheel, they made fun creatures out of the mixed dough, making sure to use both primary and secondary colors. Our closing activity was taking turns introducing our creature and saying what kind of colors we used to build it.
Every child was able to successfully label their colors and recount which colors had been mixed together to make new ones. The lesson used tactile materials to engage, short activities to hold interest, and scaffolded projects to reinforce learning.
