Back to School!

July has come to an end, and August brings us to a new school year. This year our school theme is "The Wild." My personal library of children's books from my Kindergarten days are going to prove very useful.  We will begin by  focus our artistic energy on

• the jungle and other wild places, http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/kids/kids-jungle.html
• native cultures such as Australia's Aborigines,
  
• and grow familiar with the art of Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
• and Post Impressionists Henri Rousseau and Paul Gauguin. http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46688.html

We will also resume our goal to keep journals in the Art Zone, with 3rd-5th grade getting a new journal. (Thank you, donors from www.DonorsChoose.org!)

I'm excited, and hope that my students are as well!