Four weeks

Although we are longing for the summer vacation the kids in our class still make the most beautifull artworks,







Only four more weeks to go!

A man on my mind.

My head is filled,

Filled with a man,

These last few days were filled with this man…

This man gave me no time to blog

He made me go to the library, to the bookshop, go through the internet…

He even made me paint!

He sure has a character!

No I’m not cheating on my DH!

But there really is something about this man…

Something about his colors, his head, his ear

I have been busy with this man,

Vincent,



Our next school art project is about Vincent van Gogh and we’re busy making all the preparations.
I have to finish these things before I can blog. So I hope to have some blogtime tomorrow or Sunday !

Till than!

What shall I wear? 3.

You must think, ‘she has been walking around in flower underwear the past days’… (since my last post). Yes I did …almost… I just couldn’t pick the right clothes…
But today it was really easy! We went for a autumn forest walk with all the children in my class. So I choose this,



And a raincoat,



luckily I didn’t need. The weather was just great! So was the walk! Young kids are so curious and open-minded look what they found;





How does the toadstool look on the underside... and where did the gnomes go?



In class the children made these autumn artworks,





Oh, how I enjoy my job and all these children!

I made a pattern of the ‘What shall I wear’ quilt, and just this week I had one of those ‘can’t sleep’ nights and look what is happening now…



Yes I started making stitchery’s now! A perfect job for dark autumn evenings (and a fast result).

Wish you all great autumn days!

Sint-Nicolaas and Zwarte piet

Zwarte piet climbing on the roof and throwing presents down the chimney.

With the Dutch children, Sint-Nicolaas feast (5-dec.) is the happening of the year! The children at school and at home are preparing for this feast from half november till 5 December. So now you know why I was absent last two weeks, and neglecting my bloglife (I'm still so very busy)
Anyway I will share with you some of the things my colleague and I made with the children in our class for this feast.





two needle felted 'zwarte pietjes'


Sint-Nicolaas


Three pompon 'zwarte pieten'


three 'zwarte pieten'made with oil pastels


A hand puppet 'zwarte piet'

And although Sint-Nicolaas and Zwarte piet are in the Dutch country, I did see these little felted christmas santa's snooping around.......

Childrens work

Al thaugt me and my head are very occupied with schoolstuff, I notice blogspotting can be a good distraction. It is'nt working with the children that troubles my mind. It's the operating system that can make it difficult for hard working teachers.

Anyway I want to share with you some of the things we (me and my very creative colleague)do with the children in our group. We just finished the subject "me and my house". this year I work children in the age 4-5 and 6. I'm so proud of them!