This is a picture of a blue duck. I made the duck blue because to be honest I'd never seen a blue duck before and I wanted to see one.

I think if a child made a duck blue it would show great outside the box thinking.

This is a picture of the magic school bus that a group of us (Heather, Jesslyn, Jordan, Ida Mae and I) made for our science class dramatic lesson last year. This was an interesting project for me because the creating of the set was something I was not used to. It was a giant project that took a lot of thinking in ways I wasn't used to. Luckily I had group members who are much more artistic than me to do most of the creative work. The project also involved drama, which is another thing I am not used to. It ended up being a very fun project and gave me lots of ideas that I think I could take to my classroom someday.

I love art that contains a message. I have this print hanging on my wall. While it is great to have to decipher deeper, hidden meanings from a piece at times, I love this picture because the message is great and to the point. I think I could bring this into a classroom and have students say what it means to them, and tie it into a language arts lesson and a fine arts lesson to incorporate some cross-curricular activities.

 I took these photos on Cranbrook Hill during July and the second set this fall of the exact same spot, and thought I'd upload them to show how important season and weather are in how we view a scene. I know that for myself, these things play a big role in how I will feel about a piece, especially literature. Almost every good book I can think of used these elements to create a mood and atmosphere for the reader. I think each set of pictures brings a different set of feelings with them when someone would look at them.