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Goal

To provide clay, clay working tools, texture making materials, embellishments, and paints for students to create amazing clay pieces! The clay pieces will both act on their own as individual works of art, but could also be placed together to create a visual of different ecosystems in Florida. 

 

Category

School supplies - Markers, paints, paper, crayons, clay, pencils, sharpies, modeling dough, etc. 

 

What will be done with my students

I teach art to VPK-5th grade. This year we will be creating clay pieces to create a difference. Our pieces will reflect an environment, a plant, insect, or an animal of interest, with a focus on Florida. Our goal is to be able to take the pieces and set them up in the style of an installation, where we basically create a scene of these species and places together.
Each grade level will be tasked with a specific type of subject to create, and be given choice in selecting the type to replicate. An example would be- 2nd grade fish, where students would look through photographs of different native fish species to develop their own piece. Students would go through a multi step process in planning, learning about their subject matter, creating, painting, and writing an artist statement to discuss their piece.
We are linking their learning from their class Science, Writing, and Social Studies content from their grade levels, within the Visual Arts into this piece, so that the art is both an accurate representatio 

 

Benefits to my students

The benefits are unending for our Champions.
Although many of the supplies are consumable, several of the clay tools will be used for years to come with our students in creating amazing works.
MaryAnn F. Kohl, an author of several books discussing the importance of art for children also said, "Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves, and to explore what is possible." She also said "Art is a natural as sunshine and as vital as nourishment".
When I read these quotes, it further reminded me of what I strive to do for my students. They are getting to be purely human as they create. They get to make mistakes, discoveries, ask questions, develop different ideas, and apply them within art. They get to collaborate with one another to learn about our Sunshine State, and individually and in groups create pieces that represent something important to them. Art is very simply one of the most powerful ways someone can communicate with others-even without words.
This will impact all of the C 

 

Budget Narrative

Items 1-12 are clay tools. They are two different sets that have a variety of amazing tools that can be used for years.
Items 13-17 are texture tools which can also be used for years with our students.
The remaining materials asked for are consumable materials- air dry clay, paint, pipe cleaners, embellishments, pastels, and spray glazes.
 

 

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