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February 01, 2013

Patty's Room: The Art Center

First, a big thank-you to Patty and her co-teacher Jenni for sharing their amazing classrooms!!

Hold on tight!  This is a massive post!  But it will be worth every visual morsel.  First, I am going to share most of the items in Patty's Art Center.  Then, following the materials, I have posted a few of the open-ended creations the children created in this center.

I absolutely think it is critical to provide access to open-ended art in the classroom.  I love how Patty has provided such a diversity of materials.


Here is art shelf.  Below is a peek into those baskets and boxes.


A divided box with an assortment of art treasures.

 A basket of found nature items.

 The tried and true toilet rolls.

 A basket of pipecleaners.

 A basket of fake flower petals.

 A basket of plastic bottle caps and packaging.

 A basket of wood pieces.

 A basket of large rocks.

 A basket of river rocks.

 A basket of wood discs.

 A basket of glass discs.

 A basket of assorted scraps.

 A basket of fabric pieces.

A basket of construction paper pieces.

 A basket of wire.  (Love this!)

A couple bowls of beads.

 A basket of cardboard pieces and another basket of paper scraps.

 A box of colored tissue paper.

 A tray of assorted metal art treasures.

 A divided plastic container of ribbons and yarn.

A little box of special hole punches.

 A basket of tin cans, plastic lids and cardboard rolls.

 A peek at the displayed creations.



Tomorrow we will look at writing materials.

Thank you Patty!  This is such a treat!

8 comments:

  1. Wow! Those materials are terrific. I especially like tissue paper. Kids can do so much with it. Renee

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    1. Tissue paper has so much potential! This art center was definitely engaging!

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  2. That was funs scrolling down looking at all the cool stuff in the baskets. Great post!

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    1. Oh good! There was so much to share! And it was the combination of all those choices that gave the art center it's magic!

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  3. Fabulous! Thanks for the wonderful ideas for art center materials. :)

    Mary
    Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives

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  4. I love this!! I have these materials...but not readily available to my students. I need to rethink!

    Terri
    KinderKapers

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    1. Cool! I would love to see what you come up with!

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