Blog 2

" Let's Pencil Our Way Back into School!"

                              Being that many of us are at a beginning of a new school year, I thought this project would be a great project to start the year off! It is a very quick, easy, and fun project for children. One very important tool that children need in school are pencils. So, this project gives kids the chance to go wild and crazy and make their pencils as colorful and unique as they wish. I tried this project with two of my younger cousins ages 5 and 7 and they had a blast!

              

                      We took a bunch of regular no.2 pencils that you can find at just about any store and dipped them in tempera (poster paint) to create more colorful and stylish pencils. The entire project took about one hour including clean up and the kids enjoyed every minute of it!

Here is the link where you can find all the materials and step-by-step instructions for the pencil project!

http://www.amazingmoms.com/arts-crafts/back-to-school-crafts/painted-pencils_34242





BEFORE



AFTER



Our finished painted pencils





Hello my fellow bloggers,


        Just wanted to give a brief introduction about myself and my blog. My name is Subrina, I am currently attending Kean University to obtain my Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. I have always had a love for children and teaching has been a dream of my since I was a little girl. From my experience with young children, I find that kids love to use their creativity and take pride in their work when they feel a sense of accomplishment!



HAVING A BLAST DOING A PROJECT FOR EASTER!!



       I created this blog for one of my English courses this semester as a part of a required assignment for the class. The purpose of my blog is to help educators and parents find fun, creative, arts and crafts projects that they can do with young children.It can be difficult to come up with ideas that will engage children and keep them interested. I hope that my blog will be a place where people can find useful ideas to help encourage young children to use their CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION here, there and everywhere!!!