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Art Centers

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Art centers are wonderful tools as they can easily keep students engaged in the learning process. I use centers when there are only a few students who are not finished with their assignment, as a motivator to continue working on a more difficult assignment, when we only have a partial class time, or finish a project without enough time to begin a new one. I also leave centers as an option on my lesson plans for a substitute. I have several different centers on my cart. I store these in plastic shoe boxes that students can take back to their desks.

Stamping Center: Contains an ink pad and several different stamps. Some are from cheap children's kits found at the dollar store, some are higher quality. 4 1/2x6" paper is included in box.

Collage Center: Various types paper, stickers, sequins, ribbons, etc. 1 1/4 oz. glue bottle and 4 1/2x6" white paper included in box.

Chalkboard Center: Colored chalk, erasers, and 2 small chalkboards.

Markers Center: Assorted types of markers - overwriters, tropical, stampers, etc. 4 1/2x6" white paper included.

Oragami Center: 6" square colored paper and oragami books. Students may trade me for true oragami paper after they have demonstrated mastery.

Imagination Station: Variety of coloring sheets such as Optical Illustions, Famous Artworks, etc.

Art Games: Art puzzles, Tangoes, Izzy, Architecture WonderBoard, etc.

Art Toys: Mini Etch-a-Sketch, Magnetic faces (the ones with the face enclosed in plastic and you add "hair" with the magnetic wand), optical illusion games (seperate the rings type games) etc.

Art Library: Books on several topics: Variety of "How to Draw", Optical Illusion, Artists, I Spy, Related books of interest

Not shown: Texture Center: Various textures for rubbing including sandpaper, screen, mesh, texture rubbing plates. 4 1/2x6" paper included.

Modeling Center: Modeling clay, various tools including mini rolling pin, "Crayola" tool kit, plastic table cloth (appx. 2' square)

 

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