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Jalilah Jackman
Dear Parents:
My name is Ms. Jackman and I will be your child’s Visual Arts teacher for the upcoming school year! I’ve been working with children for 10 years and it is my passion. The majority of my teaching experience has been with pre-k and kindergarten.
My art philosophy is each child should have the opportunity to create their own work of art by being given materials that they can discover with to create their own masterpiece. I believe in the use of open-ended material, which means we will use ... read more everyday items to create works of art. These materials will have no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way of being used. Using open-ended materials nurtures both the child's creativity and self esteem.
Some skills your child will learn this year through the use of visual arts are the following:
• Gaining fine muscle control and strengthening eye-hand motor coordination. By holding paintbrushes and learning how to control paint, crayons, scissors, and other art tools
• Being given the opportunity to make choices and solve problems. How do you get the legs to stick on a clay figure? What color should I use?
• Children become aware of different sizes, shapes, and parallel lines and use every math concepts as they discuss their art and the art of others.
• Experiencing success. Because art leaves the end open to the creator, all children experience a measure of success.
Most importantly, we will have fun! Children are naturally creative and it will be great to see how they progress throughout the school year. Below is my contact information, please use it if you have questions throughout the year. I would love to hear from you and learn more about your Pre-K child. See you soon!
Sincerely,
Ms. Jackman
Jjackman2@schools.nyc.gov
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