Bead Graphing

Every day that our class takes a session of the state test, I try to schedule an art project for the afternoon - a kind of balance, to give the kids a chance to focus with each side of the brain for part of the day.  Yesterday we made designs on graph paper, and today we used beads, string and twigs to string those designs.  It was much more time-consuming than the class had guessed it would be.  Most of you will be seeing partially-completed art projects coming home tonight!