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okay, so i've got this volunteer art teaching job at my local middle school. incidentally, they are running an urban summer camp, and i'm delegated to teaching art twice a week (10:45 am-5pm)

we have lots of materials: markers, construction paper, color pencils, crayons, lanyard, popsicle sticks, but I could only come up with oh so many lessons where the kids use these materials.

since this is a "summer camp" the kids don't want to do any art. they prefer chatting and gossipping even though i've set up some paints and paper for them to paint with.

i don't think we'll be able to get any more materials. any suggestions as to how to keep them interested? (some kids just love art. the others don't care because it's just a free summer program for them)

we're also going to work on an actual tile mural, but most of them are not interested in participating in this project.

any advice? thank you!
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hsart adding those extra textures to paint is a great idea! thanks brenda! :)
Jul 12, 2009
Jef On 7/11/09, hsart wrote: > okay, so i've got this volunteer art teaching job at my local > middle school. incidentally, they are running an urban summer > camp, and i'm delegated to teaching art twice a week (10:45 > am-5pm) > > we have lots of materials: markers, construction paper, color > pencils, crayons, lanyard, popsicle ...See More
Jul 14, 2009
Jef On 7/11/09, hsart wrote: > okay, so i've got this volunteer art teaching job at my local > middle school. incidentally, they are running an urban summer > camp, and i'm delegated to teaching art twice a week (10:45 > am-5pm) > > we have lots of materials: markers, construction paper, color > pencils, crayons, lanyard, popsicle ...See More
Jul 14, 2009
Leah Great ideas Jef and Brenda!

I was thinking a contest too. Getting the "leaders" excited about a project could help, as well as making sure you have enough variety so that each child can feel good about their creation. Some have been told that they can't draw, but perhaps they could make beads out of paper.

Any article that MAY b...See More
Jul 30, 2009
Maybeme I just ran an art summer camp - the most exciting thing they did was paint outside on the stairs and rocks around the school - they brainstormed character virtues important to them (honesty, responsibility, faithful, love, sincerity ect) and painted the words on the step rise... we sue tempera paint - did a base coat colour, painted the words with ...See More
Aug 17, 2009


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