Art with a splash of English – Spots and dots!

I am very excited as today is my first lesson in Tel Menashe, with a group of new girls ranging from pre-school to grade 3.Teaching English in a fun & creative way I decided today we would start off with something fun and colorful and simple but effective. I had recently bought the wonderful book “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds and loved the illustrations and the wonderful message! Just the perfect way to get started!

Unfortunately my studio was not available yet, but we were blessed by one of the moms offering us her patio…so we got to enjoy the outdoor air too!

We read the delightful story, on my magic carpet; translating each page …they loved it!

I gave the girls each a cut out circle in different colours and asked them to stick it on their page as our starting point .I also gave them black pastels and suggested that they could make rings around the circle(like a tree).Others stayed with the dot idea.

The girls were delighted with the wonderful paints (I use Giotto tempera)the radiant colours and wonderful results!

Great fun was had by all!

Inspired by Deep Space Sparkle

Wow! Today I discovered the most amazing site! And I would like to give her credit & tell you about her! Patty's classes are so what I dream to do!And although I'm just starting out it was great to see that I'm on the right track!!

Being a Children's Book Illustrator myself I have relied on stories for years!(I totally survived babyhood with 4 kids due to the huge pile of story books next to my bed!)

 In my classes I read stories to my kids and just love to see their eyes wide open & loving it! And with my older kids we use books & famous artists as inspiration and reference.

But thanks to Patty from Deep Space Sparkle with all her years of experience & knowledge I feel confident & further inspired! What a beautiful site! & so well designed! You can even buy PDF's from her to help plan your lessons! Wonderful!!! Have a look she's a great inspiration!

I even bought 1: http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/shop/13111/

And it was so much fun!!!I cant wait to tell you all about it!

I do always pride myself with the fact that I try to come up with my own ideas and put a lot of thought and plan into each lesson, but I must say it's lovely to have some guidance! Some extra sparkle!

One of the things I'm always teaching my kids that even when we use someone else's idea or are inspired by something we must always try to add our own spice to it!

So thank you Patty you are amazing!!!!!