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I teach kindergarten through fifth grade art. Most of my students are from middle-class suburban families, but I also have many students with special needs. My goal as an art teacher is to instill a love for creating with my students and to help them feel proud of their creations. This is easy with my artistically gifted students, but more challenging with students that feel their abilities are lacking. By encouraging my students to create art in their way instead of just copying my art, I am able to help them find their artistic style. I like to expose them to different art media and techniques to help them find an artistic process that they feel proud of. Many of my students have fine motor difficulties, so I need to help them develop those skills while helping them to find ways that they feel successful expressing themselves through art. I also have several non-verbal students who use art as a form of communicating. Many students come to school with very little art experience.

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I teach kindergarten through fifth grade art. Most of my students are from middle-class suburban families, but I also have many students with special needs. My goal as an art teacher is to instill a love for creating with my students and to help them feel proud of their creations. This is easy with my artistically gifted students, but more challenging with students that feel their abilities are lacking. By encouraging my students to create art in their way instead of just copying my art, I am able to help them find their artistic style. I like to expose them to different art media and techniques to help them find an artistic process that they feel proud of. Many of my students have fine motor difficulties, so I need to help them develop those skills while helping them to find ways that they feel successful expressing themselves through art. I also have several non-verbal students who use art as a form of communicating. Many students come to school with very little art experience.

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