1. The Demise of the Cotton Ball Bunny Sherry Snowden NAEA Conference – Seattle 2011

2. Things to consider when teaching art to wee ones… They know if you are having fun…and they expect to have fun…so it better be fun ! Do not underestimate what they can do… Lead them to observe, they see much more than we see… They can express themselves better than we can…let their art do the talking… Scribbles are very important…they lead to great things…

3. Patterned Bunnies PK - 4

4. PK 4 Patterned Bunnies

5. A Beautiful Day to be a Bunny

7. PK - 3 & 4 Texture Collages

8. “This feels soft, this is squishy, this is fluffy”…

9. Give a child 2 straight pieces of pipe cleaner…what do you get ? A “T” for Texture!

10. PK – 3 Snow Flurry… Drag tempera paint with a cardboard swatch onto a dark background

11. Cardboard and tempera paint to stamp …Snowflakes

12. Textured Mittens from shapes/swatches of fabric on a Snow Flurry Background

13. Nocturnal Animals…Eyes in the Night PK 3 First Named Scribbles…

14. Nocturnal Animals…Eyes in the night PK 3 First Named Scribbles…

15. A Great Day in PK 3 observing…. Tilford the Great Dane A Very BIG Dog !

16. The Eyes Have it….

17. So does the tongue…

18. “O” is for Octopus…and there is “Commotion in the Ocean” PK-4

19. Zoo Animals on Parade PK 4

20. Tigers, and alligators, and zebras, Oh. My!

21. “V” is for Vegetables PK 4 Discussing and drawing shapes and colors of vegetables observed in the classroom

22. Adding water to the water soluble oil pastels for a painters touch!

23. Snowmen at Night PK 4

25. Valuable Snowmen K &1st

26. Symmetry…K and 1 st Preparing papers Scumbling with a plastic card…

27. Trace around symmetrical shape onto backside of prepared paper, cut out shape.

28. Creating Special Heart Cards for Special People

29. Butterfly Studies K & 1st

30. Cropping with View Finders to observe details of shape, line, texture, color…

31. Coloring in with Oil Pastels

32. Results are Abstract Masterpieces

34. Directly Observing the Perfect Tree… K & 1st

35. Closely observing and drawing Trees…

36. Painting the trees in tempera, adding white for form…

37. Adding Highlights & snow in the forks of the tree

39. Variations of A Winter Tree

40. From a Sunny Day in the Texas Hill Country to a Cold Snowy Day…Brrrrrr

41. Direct Observation of “Paper-whites” K & 1st

42. Line…Shape…Color…Masterpiece!

43. A World of Color, Composition and Wonder…2 nd & 3 rd

44. Creating the Picture Plane

45. From Preliminary Sketches to Colorful Compositions from Bright Imaginations

47. An autumn leaf from grandma’s house becomes inspiration for direct observation…5 th Grade

49. Printing with Snap Blocks 5 th Gr.

50. One Plate…Many Options

51. Very Specials Thanks to… Young artists at St. Stephens Episcopal School, Wimberley Texas, whom I adore! Eloiese Krabbenhoft at Texas State University- San Marcos who was so very kind to insure the monster-sized images were downsized. All my friends and colleagues at SSES and TSU campus communities who support my passion for teaching art in so many kind and generous ways.

52. Snap Blocks Mitchell D. Harmon President Midwestern Plastic Products INC. 2205 Forte Court Maryland Heights, MO 63043 800.229.7861 314.770.2211 Fax www.mppsnapblocks.com