Saskatchewan Early Childhood Education Council

Nest-Nest Egg-Empty Nest
http://moniqueart.com/nest%20egg/nestnesteggaffinitygallery.html
Saskatchewan Craft Council – Affinity Gallery
813 Broadway Ave, Saskatoon, Sk, Canada
Installation on Broadway Ave beginning April 24
April 20-May 27, 2012

Reception: Friday, April 27, 2012 – 7:00 – 9:00pm
Curated by Leslie Potter and Stephanie Canning

The Market Mall Studio – continues until June 12
I am currently the Visual Artist-in-Residence for the PotashCorp Children’s Festival of Saskatchewan. I am creating larger than life bird nests to display at the festival and am using studio space in Market Mall (2325 Preston Ave, Saskatoon) to create.  The theme of the 2012 Children’s Festival is DREAM BIG and the nests will definitely be big.  I am is using only recycled and reclaimed materials in the creation of the nests. Come down and see the artwork or check out the blog where I post updated images as often as possible http://moniquemartinart.blogspot.com/
Sculptural Nests link is http://moniqueart.com/nest%20egg/Sculptural%20nests.html

Artist in Residence – Potash Corporation Children’s Festival
http://www.potashcorpchildrensfestival.com/site_activities.php
Kiwanis Park – installation based work
Special event at Rouge Gallery on Sunday June 3 – 12:00-3:00
First 100 families to visit Rouge Gallery on Family Day (June 3) get a special gift from the Children’s Festival Artist in Residence
June 3 – 6, 2012 – Saskatoon

for more of Monique’s amazing work:

Lessons for Teachers: http://moniqueart.com/teacherlessons.html

http://www.moniqueart.com
BLOG http://moniquemartinart.blogspot.com/

This an excellent online art program that children can use to create wonderful digital artwork, great for the Smartboard!

Elliot Eisner is an advocate for the Arts in schools…here is a great poster to display in your classroom or school about the important things that the arts teach.  (The link gives you a pdf download to the page)

http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/protected/SearchResults.aspx?q=eisner&cx=011084338979932899036:qg2cq38jxyq&cof=FORID:10&ie=UTF-8

I just discovered an online version of Peter Reynolds’ book The North Star.  You can choose a boy or a girl character and read the story online! He even offers a musical you can purchase to perform at your school.

http://www.fablevisionlearning.com/northstar/read/index.html

All of his books and materials are amazing, and you can also download free inspirational posters here: http://fablevisionlearning.com/resources/

“FableVision artwork on this website copyright by Peter H. Reynolds” http://www.fablevisionlearning.com.

Kim

Go to the Learning Station’s website to see photos Don Monopoli took at the conference, how much fun was that? Click on Saskatoon once you get to this page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36959394@N00/sets/

Also, they have many of their songs now on video!  http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLearningStation

It is with great sadness that I inform our members of the loss of one of our most dear teacher friends and executive members.  Erin Tisserand passed away on Friday, July 7th after a long battle with cancer.  She served on both the Saskatoon Local Executive and the Provincial Executive as well as being part of the team that brought you such great social events at the conferences.  She will be missed dearly by us all.

Jen Gruending-Pizurny, Erin Tisserand, Kim Deibert at an ECEC Conference

Here is the link to her online obituary.

http://www.legacy.com/can-saskatoon/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=152438975

aka bird with a hot dog in it's mouth!

My intern Jenn read the story “A Turkey for Thanksgiving” by Eve Bunting. ‎She started the story by discussing the little stuffed turkey in this photo. Later in the day one of the girls asked her, “Miss Revering, where is the bird with the hot dog in it’s mouth?” “Oh……… you mean….. the turkey?”