studio day last week. during this time, we decorated the covers of our learning reflection journals ($.50 composition books from staples) to make them personal and special. the kids loved the idea and enjoyed their time working on their own for an extended period of time. i told them a couple of days prior what we would be doing so that they could gather materials to use and think about what they wanted to do. i think this helped them to really take advantage of their time (90 min) in the art room.
i know this may seem like an easier thing for an elementary teacher to schedule into the day, 