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From the time I could hold a crayon I loved creating art and my favorite gifts were art supplies. My mother, grandmother and great grandmother were all artists so it was a love gifted to me by those who came before. There were many years I devoted myself to a work, being a parent and then caring for my own parents that I didn't pick up a pencil. When most people retire I started a new career doing what I love, art!
Colored pencils surprised and delighted me the first time I tried them. Most associate colored pencils with children's art which is far from reality. I'm continually intrigued by the creation of different colors, textures and techniques which are unique to this medium. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between the art and a photograph.! I'm constantly learning and improving my skills every day. One can always learn and hone their their talent.
All I can say is animals! I love animals! Tall ones, short ones and everything in between! Growing up we lived in the country and had the usual collection of pets, dogs cats, horses, robins, pheasants, wild rabbits, hawks...you get the idea. If it was hurt or abandoned it ended up at our house. I love watching them, studying the way they move, how the sun reflect off their coats, the muscles sliding under the skin. Animals have such fun expressions and ways of communicating there's endless inspiration for an artist. Being surrounded by critters of all sorts was a wonderful privilege both personally and as an artist!
Farm Language & Literacy Ideas
Farm Living Is for Me
One of the privileges of childhood is the ability to change career aspirations every day--or even every hour!
Well, just for the moment, encourage youngsters to try on farming--if only in their imaginations.
In advance, make a photocopy of each child's school photo. Then duplicate a farmer pattern
on construction paper for each child. Have an adult cut out each face. Then tape a photocopied
school photo to the back of each farmer so that the child's photo appears on the farmer's body cutout.
Give each child a large sheet of art paper and his/her farmer pattern. Ask each child to think about
what kind of plant or animal she would like to raise if he/she were a farmer. Encourage the
child to color or paint the page to represent his/her farm. Then have the child color and cut out their farmer
pattern and glue it to the page. Give each child a blank sheet of paper on which to write or dictate to describe
their farm. Staple each child's paper to their farm scene. Display the finished projects on a bulletin board titled
'If I Were a Farmer....'
Horse Tales
Invite the children to dictate stories about meeting or riding a horse.
Write on horse shaped paper.
Farmer's Job Duties
Discuss the different jobs of farmers.
Farm Animal Discussion
Discuss the roles of each animal on the farm.
Ask children what they know about each animal.
Farm Animals Sounds
Discuss farm animals and the sounds they make. Practice the sounds. Then play a game
with the sounds. As you or one of the children call out the sound everyone repeats that sound.
Farm Field Trip Class Book / Language Experience
Make a FARM field trip book or you could make it for just a language experience
We took a trip to the Farm (I put a picture of children and a bus)
There were many sights to see. I saw a ____________________
There were lots of sounds to hear. I heard a __________________
There were many smells to smell. I smelled ___________________.
There were many things to touch. I touched a ________________.
Purple Cows
I just talked about purple cows with my class today. We read the little poem:
Anyway, we then wrote our own story about a purple cow and
then I am going to type it up and send it home for the families.
The children got to drink purple cows as a treat. Grape soda
and ice cream. Some people add milk, but I prefer the ice cream.
The Animals On the Farm
Use beanie babies, plastic animals, or laminated pictures.
Give each child an animal (one at a time, not all at once).
Then encourage the child to tell you what the animal is and make the animal's sound.
Then sing the song as follows:
The cow on the farm goes moo moo moo,
moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo,
The cow on the farm goes moo, moo, moo,
All the whole day!
(Continue along, substituting different animals).
Cow Discussion
Talk about what cows give us, why they are important, and why God made the animals.
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Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!