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Art Table

It's always there. 
It's always available. 
It's a popular part of the classroom.

 The art table is kept stocked with pens, scissors, glue sticks, sticky table, stapler and of course...tons of paper. Paper of different sizes, shapes and color.

 We add anything else we find that might be interesting for a child to use for an art project.

 When a child has finished their project they decide what they would like to do with it - take it home, display it on the wall, or give it to me, the teacher. There is always something going on at the art table. Something new, something creative, something interesting.

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