Cloud collage
Often the sky from my window is unrealistically beautiful, abstract, chaotic, colorful, colorless, empty and full. what I like most is when there is a pink color coming from nowhere, with clear skies and big clouds same time.
I used constructed paper, flower waterproof wrapping paper, cotton and glue.
Found object art
Found object art
I was thiking about what I can make of my dries flowers to build an ornament piece, and I decided to shape musical notes, and G key with ear phones, which took me time to compose. as a background, I put colored construction paper.
the next item, was very easy to create, as while working on the musical notes board, I saw my folded mas next to the flowers, so idea came by itself. I built it as a tote bag on the composition to contain the flowers, and I used pushpins as a hanger.
the next pictures idea came in my classroom, when I saw a almost-rotten banana, and it inspired me to build a face with it. I used a plate, the eraser as a nose, colored cups (from the kitchen ) and pipe cleaners for eyebrows. I made the hair from treads, as I choose ginger color just like my hair color.
Nana Kvaratskhelia
Planning your Curriculum Web, First Draft
ECE 211
Professor Reich-Shapiro
Final Project: Curriculum Web Planning Sheet
| The theme (topic) of my curriculum web is: Identity | ||||
| The “Big Ideas” I want to explore within this topic are: My “big’’ idea about identity is to get to know and discover myself, my genealogy, my environment, and inherited customs. I also want the students to understand what it means to represent another country or tradition and why we should respect them, and how they get to accept themselves as they are, to admit all people are acceptable and why should we not criticize them. How to help myself and others overcome complexes and how not to inflict pain on others. How to love my family, my country, and my friends. | ||||
| The five sub-themes (topics) of my curriculum are: | ||||
| Myself | My Family | My Culture/Traditions | My Relationships | The World Around Me |
| For each of my sub-themes, three possible activities that would support students in learning about that topic are: (Make sure to include a range of creative arts activities and at least one literacy activity for each sub-theme) | ||||
| Observe myself, how do I look? Which shape do I have, what color are my eyes, hair, and skin? What do I love? What makes me happy an unhappy? Let’s imagine “me” in every age: as a baby, as an adult, as in age and as a grandparent. | How many members do I have in my family? How many languages do we speak? Let’s play “It’s my grandmother’s birthday party”. Let’s make a family tree. | Share what do we celebrate together? Let’s talk about our national food, dance, songs, clothe. Bring any traditional food and speak about it. | What do we do with our friends? Let’s draw how our friends look. Let’s make a gift for our besties, what would you do? | Lets’ draw the map, where am I there? Let’s learn “hello” in as many languages as we could remember. World’s most famous celebrations that I like. |
| Art-project: Draw myself, with crayons on the paper. Make smile emojis. | Activity: Pretending we are family, and we are getting ready for grandma’s birthday party. We will use kitchen area. Cut and draw tree and write down our family member’s names. | Activity: Wear traditional clothe, bring any food, singing traditional songs. | Activity: Draw friends with coloring pencils. Cut construction paper and make rectangle, square, circle shape, color them with paint. | Art-project: Using construction paper, paint, crayons. |
| Books: “I like myself” “It’s okey to be different.” “What I like about me “ | Books: “Me and my family tree” “My family, your family” “Owl babies” | Books: “Celebrations around the world!” By Helen Gregory “Celebrate! The Holiday” By Sophia Day “ “Where did my clothes come from?” by Chris Butterworth | Books: “We are better together” by Eileen Spinelli “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes “You’re mean Lily Jean” by Frida Wishinsky and Kady Macdonald | Books: “The Earth and I” by Frank Asch. “Same, same but different” by Jenny Sue Kostecki Shaw “Say Hello” by Rachel Isadora |
Seminar project: Exploring Children’s Museum of Art
This is a sunny lighted living room embellished with pistachio curtains falling over low windows.
In the middle there is a wood table on the top of which we have a glass vase with violets, roses, marigold and Lilis. In the middle ceramic coffee colored vase, we have daffodils, and spikes. On the right side we have a basket full of avocados, grapes, bananas, figs, oranges and apples.
The house for me is where I always have flowers in Larnaca, fruits and chocolate spread and hidden. Where there are large windows for sunbeams to enter without consent. Where I change tablecloths, curtains as often as I feel it and where I never miss an occasion to decorate for Christmas or any other celebration. When I usually open the door, I greet the house “Hi home!’’ and ask my flowers how they are feeling today. There we meet the loved one who, with a smile, greets you “welcome back home.”
The drawing is made with digital line and paint brushes and filled with bucket technique
Nana Kvaratskhelia
ECE 211
Professor Reich-Shapiro
November 7th,2021
The importance of play
When I was a child, my parents befriended a married couple who were our neighbours. The couple had 3 children. One of the children was close in age to me ( 2 and a half years older), her name was Mariam. Mariam became my cousin, and by default, her older sister and brother became our babysitters.
Every Saturday into Sunday, I would sleep over at Mariam’ s house. We both had a love for Barbie dolls; and all the accessories that came with it. After breakfast, and a quick shower; we would throw our dolls and scatter all the things all over the living room floor. This was done in front of the t.v. that was playing any variety of cartoons and other t.v. shows. There would be different outfits, shoes, hair combs all over the carpet floor. In retrospect, two things stood out during our play: We would re-enact soap – opera scenarios and usually end up in an argument after! Why? Well, for one, Mariam’ s mother was addicted to the plots and twists of these day time shows. When she was home, that’s what was on the t.v. So when we were under her supervision, I guess we became influenced by it.
One day my Barbie was marrying Georgi, and the following day or weekend Georgi no longer loved my doll. Mariam’ s Barbie had a new haircut, complimented Mariam’ s scissors, and was therefore “Prettier”. Not to be outshined, my Barbie would show up with a purple or pink hairdo. I accomplished these colors by coloring on paper with a marker, then running water down the paper and onto the doll’s head.
That’s where the competitions began, but never where it ended! Mariam and I would have full-blown arguments about whose Barbie was better, and then those arguments turned into arguing about whose toys belonged to whom. We each became specific about who owned what, and selfish in our childish ways. This, ofcourse, was to be expected because we were young and learning how to share. Whether we were being babysat by her older siblings or mom, that was usually the point of intervention as well as explanation. We were learning boundaries in play time for the next time. The actual play was so much fun, as we used our imagination and creativity to invent storylines. The fighting never lasted very long, and all was forgiven and forgotten by the next play date.
Many years have passed since, but the memories are impactful and last a lifetime. I believe that all children should be encouraged to play; playtime is healthy and a necessary part of growth. Children need time and space to be children. Adults who understand the importance of play place value in children and their ability to flourish through imagination and creativity.
Exploring the Eric Carl Museum
the Leaf Study
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