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Now is the time to explore spring fever. Kids have been learning about the seasons: butterflies, flowers, the birds and the bees. What better way to explore the season of spring then to get kids thinking of the change of season, then to draw a spring butterfly scene. Florida saw the end of spring break…
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Seaworld Orlando offers a plethora of options for students and teachers on spring break this week here in Central Florida. Tired of winter – try walking into the arctic air, viewing penguins or taking Seaworld’s newest attraction – Penguin Trek.Try looking at the Seaworld website for more tickets and information on https://seaworld.com/orlando/. Leaping dolphins and…
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Saint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. Making artistic shamrocks can go beyond the wearing of the green. Try this colorful version of the shamrock by having students design shamrocks their way. Shamrock pattern, followed by coloring and decorating with tissue paper to make this colorful display just in time for St. Patrick’s Day!…
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Oscar night was in a way about the American Dream gone bad. Anora , according to EW, follows its namesake character (though she goes by “Ani”), a 23-year-old exotic dancer and sex worker living in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, which is home to a high population of Russian immigrants. “One night, Ani, who can…
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March 2nd kicked off Dr. Seuss weeks’ nationwide-encouraging kids to wear Dr. Seuss hats, wear green, or eat green eggs and ham. Dr. Seuss Day is a holiday that celebrates the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, otherwise known by the pen name by which he authored children’s books: Dr. Seuss. During the 1990s, the National Education Association…
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Independent films like Anora and The Brutalist swept The Oscars, as Anora‘s director Sean Baker made a plea for people to watch films in the theater and not on television. Adrien Brody’s acceptance speech ran long, just like the film itself, however the two-time Oscar winner commended The Oscars for reviving his career. Brody told…
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Everyone needs a day off. With winter temperatures still in the 30’s and 40’s in some parts of the country, kids dream about a day off – a snow day. Many kids have returned from last week’s winter break depressed and dreaming about spring break. Give them a snow day. Have kids draw out their…
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Ever get lost in a book or nature. Well figure drawing in landscapes in your sketch book are a great way to help students reflect on their daydreams and the world around them. We learn about profiles, nature, and quarter view art drawings. We are what we read. If students love to read and sketch,…
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One of the highlights of Walt Disney World’s Epcot Festival of the Arts is Animation Academy. The drawing classes were featured twice a day for the duration of the festival that ends tomorrow at Walt Disney World on February 24. Activities. Other highlights of the festival included the exciting Disney on Broadway musical series, Animation…
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