tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post172739770317385382..comments2023-10-22T03:29:52.892-04:00Comments on There's a Dragon in my Art Room: Can I have your ear, please? - a crazy dayPhylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-11210614524130624972011-09-25T11:29:56.786-04:002011-09-25T11:29:56.786-04:00that is funny! I brought my ferret to school one t...that is funny! I brought my ferret to school one time and he chased a kid around the room screaming in histerics! HE really just wanted to play, but he ran for his life and eventually hit his face on the door frame trying to run out of my room! I laughed when i saw the squishy ear! I TOO had some of those one year and we used it to throw at a giant print of Vincent's self portrait. Whoever got it closest to the bandage won.Kind of like pin the ear on the insane artist game! It wasn't as educational as your game, but it was always a big hit!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543761027491088727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-83324904797947630122011-09-24T20:17:55.119-04:002011-09-24T20:17:55.119-04:00Oh my gosh! I am laughing so hard my husband is lo...Oh my gosh! I am laughing so hard my husband is looking at me wondering what the heck I'm doing!<br />Thanks for sharing!kszwahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07931013214050728397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-511643549679391752011-09-24T18:53:30.561-04:002011-09-24T18:53:30.561-04:00Clarifying a misconception: I did NOT go ahead wit...Clarifying a misconception: I did NOT go ahead with the painting, just used crayons, but I was able to save the paint in covered containers and will use it with another class next week.<br /><br />Love the image of the boys stomping to kill spiders! Though a spider wouldn't "bug" me at all!! Now a rodent would send me right out the door with the whole class. Can't handle ANY sort of rodent (rodentphobia?). But that's a story for another day...Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-64151502539278878032011-09-24T18:32:49.480-04:002011-09-24T18:32:49.480-04:00Glad to put a smile on everyone's face!The lif...Glad to put a smile on everyone's face!The life of an art teacher, huh?! <br />Our principal has a new thing; we have to hand in a little sheet every Friday "How did your week go?". Sometimes it's hard to know what to write - I mean I wrote about the schedule last week, and that's about all I had to say, so this week I drew a picture on it (instead of writing) of a murderous art teacher armed with a phone book. The eyes were bugged out and the mouth was in a scary snarl, and I hope I had her (my principal) laughing all weekend.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-33338132691038586872011-09-24T18:27:38.244-04:002011-09-24T18:27:38.244-04:00HATE wasting paint and would probably forge ahead ...HATE wasting paint and would probably forge ahead like you did! Wasp. . . that part was killer! But there is always the moral dilemma. I personally kill all insects, but in front of the kids I make a big deal and say "It's a living creature" and try to shoo it out the window to prove a point. Point being BE NICE. but I did have to add a clause to my rule last week.<br /><br />Here's my insect story from last week (there are a ton of rodent and insect stories at my school.) <br />We were reading a story and a jumping spider jumped on the book. I screamed, it jumped off the book, I felt like little Ms. Muffet (but I couldn't be scared away with a room full of 2nd graders.) They reminded me how insects are creatures and I had to amend my previous statement "yes, but if the insect is jumping spiders you can kill it!" Then a bunch of boys stormed to the front of the room and the spider hunt began and was over in 1 minute with about a billion shoes taken off feet and whapping the ground while the girls looked at me and the boys like we were crazy. After about 30 seconds which is all I could take of this I declared one boy victorious. Everyone didn't believe me but I said look at the bottom of his shoe. They believed me luckily and the boy felt like a hero. Which was good for him:)<br /><br />-your friend-<br />artprojectgirl (hahaha)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782513928143522368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-77036808336317789172011-09-24T17:15:39.145-04:002011-09-24T17:15:39.145-04:00Dear Phyl,
Only your fellow art teachers could vi...Dear Phyl,<br /><br />Only your fellow art teachers could visualize and understand what that situation was like because we've all been there! I couldn't stop laughing! On Friday, we also had picture day so I had to scrap my lesson with my kinders and read them, "The Three Samurai Cats" and proceeded to teach them how to make claw scratching motions and hissing noises....All my classes are learning about China and Japan so I figured the story would intrigue them. So far this year, I've only had to kill a fly in front of the kids so you're my hero as a wasp exterminator!<br /><br />;) PatPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481951771573117224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-19764124763656849542011-09-24T07:56:09.762-04:002011-09-24T07:56:09.762-04:00Oh Phyl, it sounds like my day, back to back "...Oh Phyl, it sounds like my day, back to back "loaded" special ed classes. One student who the whole school is working with, told me he hated art! "I asked him, do you still like me? Why yes, Mrs. L. I love you! "He proceeded to come in while 2 other teachers gently pushed him into my classroom. I had to hold his hand then hug him for half the class. SEVERE sensory disorders. I put him in charge of holding my demonstration paper while I demo painting techniques, mind you still hold and hugging him with my left arm!!! All this was with 2nd grade, Next came the 5th and 4th grades and I had to do it all over again. Very exhausting! I am with you hopefully next time it will be more calm.Paintedpaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600475537002937461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-61747525201980706152011-09-24T01:05:40.319-04:002011-09-24T01:05:40.319-04:00Those kinders are gonna be the death of us! I too ...Those kinders are gonna be the death of us! I too am usually astonished if we actually get anything done in their 45 min w/me. Although I did get a 'sitting' ovation from a kinder class a few weeks ago. The accomplishment? I had traced a tagboard shape and they were simply amazed when I lifted off the template to reveal the result...<br />Hang in there!Nancie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351651846274437455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-45809938287279128832011-09-24T00:32:17.330-04:002011-09-24T00:32:17.330-04:00I was laughing hard before you even got to the was...I was laughing hard before you even got to the wasp part of the story. You just gotta love those kindergarteners!! Always unpredictable!! The ear idea was masterful -- made me wish I'd been there for the lesson:))Christie - Fine Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418114130566362780noreply@blogger.com