Yesterday was field day!

Arwa and her sister Fatima tried on my hat and sunglasses. I spent the day helping kids throw beanbags through hula hoops. I think it was the first time in my life that I had fun on field day. We had great weather and the kids had a good time.

Liza's irises

Making origami paper out of monoprints

It's Spring in Room 35A!

The kids and I have been making a variety of paper flowers to decorate the room. They also used the flowers to make Mother's Day cards. Their cards were a big seller at the Special Ed. craft fair!

Seen in East Rochester

Look who came to school today!

See what 8th grade made!

First, we did monoprinting to paint the paper. Then, we cut it into squares, and learned how to fold origami cranes. Then they strung them on yarn and voilà: beautiful hanging cranes to bring good luck, good health, and long life. All the students in this class have special needs, so this was a really exciting project to see them finish.

Look what came in the mail today!

Straight from Riga, Latvia. This is what happens when you go on eBay at two in the morning.

Sasha inspects

Thirty one paper cranes I made for Rachel's birthday.

New friend

Where do we get wisdom?

Sasha is on my lap!

This is very unusual for him. Since I adopted him he will sit next to me, but never on my lap. It's so nice to have a warm furry purring person sitting on your lap while you read or knit. Maybe he's finally getting socialized!

Fridge February

School Number 4

Black History Month

We had a Who's Who contest for Black History Month. This is our entry. Can you guess who it is?

Kids love coloring pages!

Sad story in the parking lot

A New Scarf is in the works

This is what happens when you knit someone a Jayne hat

A fat cat on a snowy night

Sasha thinks this is a good hiding place...

Miss A. builds a bridge

It's amazing what you can do with marshmallows and toothpicks!

A winter picnic at Brighton Beach

We're in Brooklyn eating pelmeni from a Russian restaurant. It's 45 and cloudy. We have hot tea in our thermoses.

Freedom Tower

The Cloisters Museum

More origami stars

http://www.origamispirit.com

And a Little More Christmas

A Little Bit More Christmas

We need a little Christmas

O Tannenbaum

ESOL students learned to make origami 3-D stars!

The 2nd and 8th graders made a total of 96 stars, some with glitter glue, and fancy foil papers. We estimated the total number of stars, and the closest estimator will get a prize.

Sasha studies origami

Lullaby from today's winter concert

A new poster

Comfy Winky Cat

Making snow

There's a lot going on in the workshop tonight

These pictures remind me of the I Spy books. Can you find an origami crane, a pencil sharpener, four stars, a jar of paste, and a calendar?

Three years ago

My neighbor's friendly turkey went visiting.

Cat in the window

Paper Stars

Don't make these. They take over your life. Addiction to paper crafts is a terrible thing.
Danger! WikiHow link.

From Shizuka's origami paper!

November in ESOL

From a Second Grade Perfectionist