Do you mean centers using different materials as a means of
differentiation?

I am pre-k to 8 and I use centers every day. With the primaries,
I have centers set up on attribute blocks, modeling clay,
watercolors, drawing materials, collage materials, and I change
it around often. Intermediate an upper grades use tempera and
acrylics, sculpture materials, monoprinting and block printing
inks, stitching, crochet, collage, drawing, etc. Each day I
introduce a new center, a new theme, or a new technique to use
at an existing center. I start off with drawing, then collage,
then sculpture, then painting-those are the basics. The the 1st
to 4th are graded almost daily while the older ones have a
rubric for each center. They can choose which project they want
to work on but they must complete that set of objectives. There
is little set up and clean up since most classes use the same
materials (tables one and two are always the wet media tables,
table three is collage, etc).

go to teachingforartisiticbehavior.org. this outlines how to
introduce centers into your art room. i'll never teach any other
way again.

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