"Creativity takes courage" — Henry Matisse
Last January through June I had the pleasure to work with students ages 5-21 years of age through the DCIU at the Pennington School. This school serves the needs of students with multiple behavioral/emotional, physical and cognitive disabilities in a small setting. Working with the students here has helped me grow as an educator, and enabled be to practice accommodating the needs of diverse learners through the use of adaptive devices, planning instruction, and work in an art room setting with a number of one-on-ones, nurses, teacher aides, and other instructional support staff in this caring environment. Below is some examples of student works.
Charcoal portrait of Phillies' Ryan Howard by a high school ES student. Students learned to basic observation skills and how to draw using a grid system.
"My family" prints created by a LS student of herself.
Following a daily schedule helps students know their expectations in the art room.
This student has a visual impairment. He created the trunk by tracing over a piece of string and dipping his fingertips in paint. In this lesson we discussed things we see outside in the spring.
Series of prints created by a student in the MDS program
Students in Life Skills and Multiple Disabilities classes learned the primary colors and experimented by color mixing to create a full color wheel.
Students in Life Skills and Multiple Disabilities classes learned the primary colors and experimented by color mixing to create a full color wheel.
Students in the Life skills and MDS classes created paper lanterns to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year. They discussed the difference between 2D and 3D.
Students in the Life skills and MDS classes created paper lanterns to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year. They discussed the difference between 2D and 3D.
Students in the HS Emotional Support class created 3D rice paper lanterns to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year. They discussed the difference between 2D and 3D. These lanterns were lit from the top and hung in the art room and loved by all!
Students in the HS Emotional Support class created 3D rice paper lanterns to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year. They discussed the difference between 2D and 3D. These lanterns were lit from the top and hung in the art room and loved by all!
Students in LS and MDS classes created Mardi Gras Masks. We discussed how the mask can become a way to celebrate various occasions in different cultures. Tracing lines and using tape to mask areas made this project a success!
Students in LS and MDS classes created Mardi Gras Masks. We discussed how the mask can become a way to celebrate various occasions in different cultures. Tracing lines and using tape to mask areas made this project a success!
Students in LS and MDS classes created Mardi Gras Masks. We discussed how the mask can become a way to celebrate various occasions in different cultures. Tracing lines and using tape to mask areas made this project a success!
Students explored how watercolor reacts on wet paper and used their imagination to find any animals that they could find in the shapes they created.
Students explored how watercolor reacts on wet paper and used their imagination to find any animals that they could find. This nonverbal student used an ipad and pre-loaded animal pictures to point to where he saw them in his work.
Students explored how watercolor reacts on wet paper, looked at Monet's 'The Waterlily Pond,' then created these works to celebrate things we see "en plein air" (or outdoors).
Students explored how watercolor reacts on wet paper, looked at Monet's 'The Waterlily Pond,' then created these works to celebrate things we see "en plein air" (or outdoors).
Students in the MDS program created a series of prints
HS ES class created woven baskets using yarn and enjoyed creating a functional container. They were allowed to try weaving other materials for this 3D piece.
HS ES class created woven baskets using yarn and enjoyed creating a functional container. They were allowed to try weaving other materials for this 3D piece.
Students in the HS LS program were introduced to chalk pastels to blend colors. They were also introduced to landscapes and created a beautiful scene.
Students in the LS program learned how to use a light table to trace, and were to choose a design to trace, then fill in each area using a different color tile to create a paper mosaic.
Students made Kandsinsky circles using oil pastels. This project was inspired after working with a HS-aged student who could not form a written circle. After much practice, the student can now do so successfully following the directions "down, around, and up".... He is also told to "make it like a basketball" since he really loves the sport.
Students in the HS MDS class made 3D pop-up cards for Mother's Day.
Students in the HS MDS class made 3D pop-up cards for Mother's Day.
Students in the HS MDS class made 3D pop-up cards for Mother's Day.
Students in the HS MDS class made 3D pop-up cards for Mother's Day.
Students in the HS MDS class made 3D pop-up cards for Mother's Day.
Students in the MDS program explored a sensory activity of print-making using rolling paper-towel rolls to create a mixed print that uses three colors.
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