Posted by:
Amy Sweeney
K-12 Classroom teacher
North Easton , MA

Topic:
There is no cost for creativity!

Message:
I do not think that a large supply budget is necessary to successfully run choice-based art program. Although the exotic art materials are more desirable by both teachers and students, those expensive supplies are not needed in order to have a choice-based teaching program in the classroom. There is no cost for creativity! The students could use just about any type of art material to be creative. They could reuse art material, save newspapers, magazines, paper, and the list is endless. Let the children come up with ideas for their own art supplies while the school would still have a budget for the necessary items such as scissors, crayons, glue, and markers.

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