Since 8th graders made ceramic hand sculptures earlier in the semester and wanted to make something functional, I told them I would make ...

This school year I did my ceramics boot camp a little differently. I've started using some "around the room" activities- a br...

My 8th graders weren't yet ready for too many choices  when it was time to do clay. I wanted to choose a topic that would get them inter...

This year my grade school chose a theme of "Oh the Places You'll Go". For Family Literacy Night in the fall, each grade had...

I'm a firm believer in being real with my students and admitting my weaknesses. I'm honest with my students that wheel throwing is ...

In my last post I shared what we tried last school year for the ceramics boot camp.  After students had sampled each of the basic hand build...

I mentioned in my last post that I hadn't planned on offering wheel throwing to my 8th grade class but some students asked and I figu...

I almost didn't share my 3rd grader's clay projects this year, because I've been using basically the same lesson based on th...