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i've been encouraged by fellow art education teachers to keep a blog of my student teaching experience with elementary students. we will start off with one of my favorite subjects of all time: wieners

(i feel like it should be known that i googled penis synonyms. my favorite being: meat popsicle and beef bayonet.)

i am curious to know from my male friends as to what age you all were when you started drawing weens all over the place? today i found a third grade student drawing  one on the back of an art placemat.

"Excuse me, but what are you drawing?"
-"Um it's a gun."
"Oh yeah? then where's the trigger?"

his face preceded to get beet red, and he let out a stream of high pitched giggles. now i'm not sure that i should be more upset that an 8 year old is drawing dicks on my placemats for other students to find, or impressed that his rendering of the sex organ is pretty good for an 8 year old.

to continue on with today's theme, my students in second grade are working on their collages. we have been talking about figures and how to create form. we started off with stick figures and have been adding appendages and thickening up the sticks to make figures. some of my students are adding more appendages than just legs and arms...

pile drivin'? (that's for you randy, and jay.)

i have to say i have already enjoyed my last 3 weeks with the kids, and have quite a bit of source material for the blog. i'm sure i will enjoy the next 5 weeks, and the following 2 weeks i devote to elementary aged campers for a local theater camp.

until next time,
miss m