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So if you follow my blog, you know that I am in a temporary room while the construction is completed on my art room. I'm trying not to complain, because good is coming from this temporary insanity, but today, I realized just how much I'm used to my routine in the past. I have unpacked just enough boxes to see me through a few weeks. MNPS curriculum dictates that the Kindergarten students must experiment with paint during this particular time frame. I thought, since I'm a tad limited, I'd start with watercolor. Pulled open the cabinet today, to discover that I've lost my water cups in a box somewhere, along with my watercolor boxes. What I had was refills. So, thinking fast I scrounged up 12 bowls for water, and I put the refills out on plates. Not a bad discovery... The drips have a place to land, the paintbrushes have a home, and aside from not really having counter space to stack them on, it ended up working really well. Who knows, out of this uncomfortable time in my teaching, I may find some innovative new material distribution systems.
2 comments:
I think that I like the idea of leaving the watercolor paints out of the box. Right now, all of my boxes are breaking easily. But that's probably because I used to only order Crayola watercolors. Now I have some generic brand....
I don't like crayola as much, because their colors have air bubbles, but I do like Sargent, and Prang. Just my opinion. I am thinking of ditching the boxes too-they get paint in the hinges, and then they stick.
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