Basic Emotions Read Aloud Book and Workbook

June 26, 2010

Just finished my book: Miss Spider and Mr. Spider Basic Emotions Book check the information on it here.

New book for preschool math and work read alouds

June 12, 2010

In preparation for the preschool opening, I’ve been buried in study. I’ve been trying to complete my latest book (it’s so close to being finished). My new book was inspired by John Taylor Gatto in that he talks about how children are capable of doing things and giving back to the community. My new story is about a young girl that helps a homeless pup and learns about volunteering along with other things. It’s a great story for a read aloud that involves many topic subjects: math, emotions, art, the value of work, and occupations.

For some links to John Taylor Gatto's talks click here.

Preschool Free Activites

June 13, 2010

I’ve started to put up my things that I make for my students and hope you can find some use for them, too. I just recently updated the “games” section with a couple of books (one about grandmothers and the other about an aquarium) You can download them freely and share them with your students. Work with the children to illustrate them.

To find them and download them click here. They will download directly to Microsoft Word.

Persian Steampunk

April 9, 2010

I’m so in love with Steampunk these days. I love it’s mystical, futuristic, debonair, tough vibe. I had no idea that’s the name for what I like. But after wasting lots of time on Etsy for some hard looks with elegance–behold Steampunk. My more recent work is sort of Emo and Steampunk and trying to incorporate more colors into my work. Some stuff I picked up online today taught me about showing art–my dream as I’ve only done it once at a small gallery–and then I scrolled down and found an interview with a very successful steampunk–fantasy artist you can find the link here. Her style is a little tiny bit similar to mine.

--**Update: June 26, 2010: Here is a quick drawing I did which captures the steampunk attitude with a Persian feel--especially Persian style around the 70s when wearing mini skirts was widely practiced. The shoes were modeled after a pair of zebra printed Sam Edelman's I have and adore. I used water color in the color of henna, added some steampunk goggles, and made the hair to resemble hejab, nose strong and eyes wide like a strong Persian lady.

I’ll post some of my work here pretty soon. I’ve been doing a lot of research on different funky styles, lately.

I’ve also been thinking to merge middle eastern styles with a steampunkish vibe. We’ll see. I think that would make a sweet global vibe.

Stuff I like and may be you will like, too! (Where ever possible I have inserted the link into the picture–so if you click on the link it will lead you to the place where I found it) Some of these are from friends and some are from the vast Internet)