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Seasons of Joy Toadstool Mixed Media Collage, Story, and a Song!

Completed by 12 learners
Ages 3-7
Live One-Time Class
In this one-time class, we will gather up our favorite art materials and create a mushroom picture while listening to songs and stories.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(140 reviews)
Star Educator

Live video meetings
Meets once
2-6 learners per class
40 min

What's included

1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

In this class, your child will gather some of their favorite art materials to create a toadstool/mushroom picture. We will create the background together using leaf prints and paints and create a mushroom with red and white construction paper and white paint. As for the rest? That's up to your imagination!

This class will be largely cooperative and conversational as we share ideas with one another. It will be a safe place for creative exploration of art materials. There will also be a more structured component as we create the background and the mushroom. Learners will be encouraged to interact with one another as the instructor assists in facilitating the craft and the conversation. I will also have a few songs and stories in my pocket to guide the project.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Children will be using paint, glue, and scissors (unless the adult has precut the mushroom shapes), which can get messy. Please be sure you have protected your crafting area and your child from spills and stains.
Supply List
White background paper
Fall leaves
Paint in autumn colors (red, yellow, brown, orange, green)
Red construction paper and white construction paper either pre-cut into the mushroom top and bottom (see photo) and with scissors for your child to cut freely
A glue stick
A paintbrush
Water for cleaning the brush
If desired, a pencil with an eraser. The eraser may be used to make dots on the toadstool.
Additional materials: Paper doilies or autumn-themed paper, crayons, ribbons, materials from nature-- basically anything your child might like to add to their painting to make it even more amazing.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Ms. Annette will show some pictures of toadstools in nature. Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg https://amzn.to/3knZ7yo

Meet the teacher

Joined July, 2020
5.0
140reviews
Star Educator
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Hello! My name is Ms. Annette, and I am so excited to be part of the Outschool learning community! I have been teaching for over 25 years, and have a teaching certification for preschool through high school music. While pursuing my Bachelor of Music, I majored in music education with a voice and theater concentration and minored in English. My graduate school studies were  in early childhood and elementary education. I homeschooled my own children for 16 years and wrote my Waldorf-inspired Seasons of Joy curriculum during that time. I also teach science through afterschool and summer camp programs, and am a licensed Kindermusik educator, certified in Feierabend's Conversational Solfege and First Steps in Music, and a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), as well as a certified Vocal First Aider.

I have worked as a teaching artist for years in a variety of educational situations, including teaching voice and piano, working with choirs and group voice lessons, teaching drama, musical theater, and classes that look at the arts in history and literature. I do audition coaching and love leading musical storytimes. Through homeschool co-ops, I have led book clubs, choirs, history classes, opera classes, art and music appreciation, science classes, and theater productions. These are all classes I hope to bring to Outschool! 

I believe learning happens best when we learn together. I do extensive lesson planning and curriculum development but also leave space for the learners to bring their own interests, knowledge, and passion into the virtual classroom. I have experience in Waldorf, Reggio Emilia, and Montessori education, and I like to bring all those things together when I teach. With my experience and planning and the students' excitement, prior knowledge, and goals, we work to construct classes and curriculum together.

I am a mother of six-- four still at home and two grown and flown!-- and a huge fan of fantasy and dystopian literature, as well as mythology and fairy tales. I'm also a fan of Disney movies and music. I try every year to take a trip to Broadway or Disney. They are my happy places. I love performing onstage, but also like climbing the scaffolding, hanging lights, and working the lightboard.

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