Author illustrator slideshare from Debbie Clement SLIDESHARE #1!!Can you believe it? Did it work? I continue to attempt to leap tall buildings in numerous small bounds.  Enclosed above you will hopefully find a 53 slide 'scrapbook' of my travels making school visits -- with some library visits mixed in as well. All of this effort, (and I ...

It's Friday!!! It's February FIRST!!! That means a couple of things to me. We continue here with my Fine Motor Friday series. This is week number 43 in my on-going series of all things: FINE MOTOR LEADS TO FINE ARTS. Since its also the first of the month, that means its my turn to write an article for our collaborative blog:PreK+K Sharing.I have ...

Gingerbread Village Created in the Elementary School ART Room Wait till you see this collection! Pinch yourself. This is the stuff of dreams.Showcases filled to over-flowing with snow-covered buildings.ENTIRE VILLAGES!  I've made an Artist-in-the-Schools visit to Scioto Darby Elementary in Hilliard, Ohio, every year for probably about a decade or ...

I've had a whirlwind of fun making my author-illustrator school visits recently.Are you ready for some A-MAZ-ING bulletin boards? ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BULLETIN BOARDS: HERE WE COME! First up: A floor-to-ceiling wall-display. Way beyond a Christmas bulletin board.FLOOR TO CEILING -- I tell you!  This was so absolutely ENORMOUS that I ...

~~ 12~12~12 ~~Certainly that's reason to celebrate?Let's have a party! A READING Party!! I have so much to celebrate. This is my week. (Hint.Hint: tomorrow's MY big day!)  These first pictures are from my camera's memory card.I've gathered up images of special little 'reading corners' that I have had the pleasure of seeing during ...

HALLOWEEN!!!The thrill and excitement of the season is upon us! I am hoping that in the midst of the abrupt change of seasons (for some of us) that you are safe and enjoying all of the delight of the concluding of the month.  Do you celebrate fall harvest? Do you have fun with Halloween?  What could be simpler than a brown paper bag ...

FINE MOTOR LEADS TO FINE ARTS!!First off the good news: it's FRIDAY! Then even MORE good news: great ideas ahead in this, Part 34, of my Fine Motor Friday series.  We've been talking here for a while about MONSTERS. I've been searching for monster-work to help launch the digital download of my children's song ''Monster Spray'' over at TpT.  Enjoy ...

KINDNESS. FILLING BUCKETS: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.  It's time for a RoundUP of oodles of ways to reinforce the good!! In my travels around the country as an Author/Illustrator making school visits, I have the great-good fortune of observing a variety of 'systems' that teachers are using in their classroom to focus on the positive.  LUV LUV LUV ...

I subbed today in a fourth grade classroom, in a building I had only been in once. We went on a field trip to a nature center.  I knew in advance that we would be going on a trip, but I did not really know much of anything about the destination. The place turned out to be extremely heavy on nature, and very light on center.  Almost all of the ...

I've accepted a job for tomorrow with the following note attached to it: We will be going on a field trip to Forest Hill- you will need a sack lunch and will want to wear jeans/tennis shoes. Another class will be going also, so there will be another teacher there.  Not only have I never subbed for this class, but I have only worked in this ...