Purple Crayon

Edward Hopper’s dark oil painting, Nighthawks inspired me. Nighthawks is something I never want the world to look like. His art inspired me to be the change. The dark colors used made New York City feel like a sad and lonely place. I wanted to change this. The city is bright, loud, and filled with energy and this art goes against what the city is known for. This is related to me because I am not a sad and lonely person. I deviated from the original to show my bright attitude. I used color to…

10 female) from a university preschool in a small city and a primary school from a small town in New Zealand. These participants participated in a three-part procedure. First, the children were asked to sort the 10 colors of crayons (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, white, brown and black) into colors they like and colors they did not like and were asked to rank their preferred colors of both…

Many of my colleagues will tell you they did not, and do not enjoy and sort of writing. Most cite their bad experiences beginning with the American public school system. I, however, had a different beginning to my writing career. Beginning early, with my writings of candy colored equines, changed and helped my early transitioning to academic writing. Therefore, thought the topic may be tedious, and very boring, I still manage to take some pleasure in writing. Unlike my peers who tend to groan or…

a child to create a strong flexible identity, “They develop as children experiment with a wide range of roles and possible physical attributes in there play and art work.” Such as acting as a puppy or a firefighter, and portraying themselves with purple skin. “These explorations lead to flexible, multifaceted identities that change over time.” To help with different gender or race roles there should be different pictures around the classroom that the teacher should talk about with the students.…

Process-Analysis Ever since I was young, art has always been my niche, the one thing that truly defines me. Crayons, markers, finger paints, anything I could get a hold of to create something. I started creating and I never stopped, thanks to my encouraging parents and teachers. I did not get what I needed in my early years of school so started learning how to draw and paint on my own. I taught myself every tip, trick, and technique I could; desperately trying to learn how to better myself. I…

Through the words and pictures in this book, A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon, children are being taught to be themselves. The patterns and images that show up on her skin do not represent what she is feeling on the inside, but instead, she is changing based on what other people are telling her she should be. The illustrations and text of this book interact in order to fill in the gaps for the reader. The pictures enhance what is being said in the book. If you only look at either the…

Another week has zoomed by! The kindergartners are settling in and are busy learning school procedures and practicing self-control. We are practicing recognizing letters, sounds, and numbers. We are working on letters/sounds for Bb, (butterfly) Cc, (caterpillar) Mm, (monarch) and Ss. (smile) We are learning to recognize our classmates ' names and recognizing color words! We have 1 growing caterpillar. Ten of our caterpillars have entered the third stage of metamorphosis! We were excited…

When people hear the words “genteic mutation,” they tend to think the worst and exaggerate the scenario in their head. Yes, some will alter a person’s life in the way they could never imagine, but others aren’t as critical. One of the non life-threatening genetic mutations is color blindness. I believe that the expression “color blindness” can be quite deceiving. Almost all color ”blind” people can still see colors, but just see them not as accurately. Their perception of the colors are also…

and Spiritual Wellbeing children have access to sensory play through treasure boxes that are safe for them to touch, see, smell, hear and taste, access to art materials that they can use with practitioner supervision such as play dough, paint and crayons. Social Competence is developed through teamwork and sharing games and songs that babies can dance along with in a group such as Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses and is also developed through roleplay with items such as Duplo bricks and TV remotes used as…

would beat me down with abusive words. Classmates would always call me names and put me down, sometimes even physically push me around. Life was not at all peachy. There was this one day where I reached a breaking point and decided to put a temporary purple smiley face tattoo onto my left wrist, as a reminder that I will be okay. Sitting in my chair at my desk, I didn’t really think too much about my actions, but Mrs.Rider noticed it and asked me why I decided to put a smiley face on my wrist.…