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Hi! My name is Ana.

I teach English as a foreign language for prek-12 kids in South America.

I also teach English to my sweetest student, my niece Catalina.

She is 3 years old and she lOvEs English.

I am also the author and designer of the books and games I sell here.

Scroll down the page to find different resources. I hope you can find something that fit your needs.

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Art & Crafts

Children love art! They love painting, colouring, gluing and playing with play dough. Art work gives children sensory experiences. Their senses are involved in their work: they see, they smell, they touch, they listen and they also taste edible dough.

The art centre allows children to show what they know about their world. They express their feelings and thoughts through their art work.

Tables, chairs, shelves and storage cubes are useful when working with arts and crafts materials. Children need an opportunity to work with a variety of materials. These should be easily accessible so that children can get what they need themselves. Paper, crayons, pencils, scissors, glue and paint are essential materials.

This area is best located near a water supply. Enough space for children to work is necessary.

Play dough or plasticine kept ready for use and tables set up ready for painting encourage children to participate. There is no limit to the variety of materials that can be used in a creative and expressive way.

We should keep in mind that the process and not the product is the most important.

Suggested Materials:

· Colored paper

· Colored pencils

· Crayons

· Eye droppers

· Glue

· Hole puncher

· Lacing yarn

· Markers

· Paint

· Paint brushes

· Paper

· Pencils

· Scissors

· Scraps

. Smocks

· Stapler / staples

· Tape

· These are possible outcomes for this centre:

· Using imagination

· Being creative

· Working independently

· Expressing self

· Developing eye/hand coordination

· Increasing social skills

· Problem-solving

· Utilizing concepts of colour, size & shape

· Having fun

Useful junk

A-appliance cartons, aluminum cups (from Crystal Light drink mixes), acorns

B-beads, buttons, bells, big boxes, burlap, baby food jars, berry baskets, boots, bedding, baby dolls, baby bottles (unbreakable), bags

C-caps, cardboard, cotton balls, corks, carpet scraps, coffee cans, Christmas cards, cookie cutters, calendars, clothing

D-dice, decals, dowels, doilies, dishes, dress up clothes (for boys especially)

E-egg cartons, empty food boxes, empty plastic cologne bottles or after shave bottles

F-funnels, felt scraps, fabric scraps, frames, floral sprigs, frosting containers

G-gears, gloves, garland scraps, greeting cards

H-hats, hinges, Halloween costumes, hand mirrors, hangers (plastic)

I-ink pads, ice trays, iron (with cord cut off)

J-jewelry, jars, juice cans

K-keys

L-lids, lace, laces, laundry baskets

M-monopoly money, milk lids, milk cartons, men's clothes, magazines

N-newspaper, netting

O-oatmeal boxes, old socks

P-pie pans, post cards, pinecones, popsicle sticks, paper clips, packing cartons, peanut butter jars, puzzle pieces, Pringles cans, paper scraps, pots and pans

Q-quilt scraps, Q-tips

R-rings, rocks, rope, ribbons, rickrack, roll-on deodorant jars

S-string, straws, stickers, six-pack holders, seeds, spools, spoons, spice jars, shells, scoops (from formula and juices), silk flowers, shoes, scarves

T- towel rolls, tins, trim scraps, travel-size bottles and jars, toy catalogs, telephone

U-utensils, uniforms

V-valentines, velvet

W-washers, wool, wood scraps, wallpaper scraps, wire, wigs, wallets

X-x-rays

Y-yarn, yardsticks, yogurt cartons

Z-zippers

Suggested activities:

· Illustrate and make covers for their folders and books.

· Make puppets or characters from books .

Make a mask to go along with a story that has been read.

Illustrate music and poems.

Play with play dough.

Paint using watercolors, tempera, finger-paint.

Draw using crayons, markers, colored pencils.

Make a puppet with different craft materials.

Experiment with colours, lines, forms, shapes, textures.

Make “themes” collages.

Recipes

NON-HARDENING NO-COOK PLAY DOUGH

You will need:

1 cup self-rising flour
2 Tablespoons salt
2 Tablespoons cooking oil
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons boiling water

Mix and knead.

SILLY PUTTY (GLARCH)

You will need:

2 cups white glue
1 cup liquid starch

Mix in a large bowl.Add food coloring or powdered tempera.

DRY SALT PAINT

You will need:
1 cup salt
½ tsp food coloring
Spread in pan to dry. Put in shakers. Shake onto paper brushed with glue.

COOKED PLAY DOUGH

You will need:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Heat until all ingredients form ball, add food coloring.

SOAP BUBBLES

You will need:

1 cup water
2 T. liquid detergent
1 T. glycerin
½ tsp. Sugar
Mix all ingredients. Use bubble wands to blow bubbles.

FINGER PAINT

You will need:

2/3 cup elastic dry starch1 cup cold water
3 cups boiling water
1 cup Ivory Snow Flakes
Oil of cloves, a few drops (conservative)
Calcimine pigment or vegetable coloring

Dissolve elastic starch in cold water. Smooth lumps and add boiling water. Stir constantly. Thicken but do not boil more than one minute. Add rest of ingredients (hot or cold). Use on glazed paper, newsprint, or wrapping paper.

CHOCOLATE PLAYDOUGH

You will need:

1 ¼ cups flour

½ cup cocoa powder

½ cup salt

½ Tb. cream of tartar

1-½ Tb. cooking oil

1-cup hot water.
Mix dry ingredients. Add oil and water. Stir quickly. Mix well with hands when cool.

SOAP PAINT

You will need:

1 1/2 cups soap flakes
1 cup hot or warm water

Whip with egg-beater until stiff.

PAPER MACHE

You will need:

2 cups flour
water
strips of newspaper
Mix flour and water to make a thin "paste" Dip newspaper strips into mixture and squeeze off excess. Layer onto base of puppet or mask you are creating. Allow to dry. Paint and decorate

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