Celia Freese's Art
I have used manilla art paper with inch squares; half inch squares
and quarter inch squares with lst, 2nd and 3rd graders for at least
29 years. I tape a sheet to the chalkboard and
with very simplistic directions draw one line at a time. The lines
to begin with are drawn either along a line of a box or diagonally
through it like the example of the fish.
The ojective is to get an outline from which they can then use
their imagination to finish the task. We do animal shapes, signs
(using either line or box shaped letters), patterns and designs,
maps and numerous math assignments using this type of paper.
I can remember in Junior High School that I was stressed out by
graph paper assignments. I
have most of the children in a class using their own imagination
rather soon after they are exposed to these assignments. They as a
whole look forward to doing more. After the middle
of the year the kids learn to transfer inch squared sized tasks
onto half or quarter inch
squared paper. It also helps with mapping skills that
are introduced early on.
Meggie was a one pup litter from an aging registered Scotch Terrier
named Jeanie. Though, she was a gift to my mother on her
birthday from
a family friend, Meggie chose to be my Dad's dog in a very
short time.
I was sick with the mumps missing the first 3 weeks of my
sophomore
year at Stephens Junior College for Women, when I sketched
the new
puppy.
It is interesting to me to see in our school art displays
that a number of children use what they have learned in my class.
It shows up in the lettering on posters. They are more at ease
with map like symbols.
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Last construction 21 Jun 1997