Sanding our Chairs, page 1

Painting our Chairs, page 3

I painted stars on my chair. I painted a rainbow. The stars were green, blue, orange, gray and yellow. ...Andrew

I painted a train on my chair. The sun is out. My train is going over a bridge. ...Elijah

I put a sailing boat on mine. There are clouds and sun up in the sky. It is a sunny day. ...Payton

December 17, 2002

Sanding our Chairs, page 1

Painting our Chairs, page 3

My chair has smiling flowers. It is a sunny day out. The flowers are in a flower garden. ...Hailey

I have a rainbow. The sun is out. There is one Dinosaur. ...Tawny

My chair is so colorful. It has stars, flowers and planets. My favorite color on it is blue. ...Devin

Thomas, a fifth grade student, Interviewed many of the young artists. Here is what he learned:

I am painting on the chair. First we made a picture with a pencil. We picked numbers out of a hat to see who gets what chair. The chairs had ducks, a cowboy boot, or fish. She picked a duck. ...Louise

I picked a fish. I haven't sat in it yet. I drew a cat on my chair. I painted my cat purple, red, and yellow. ...Jon

I made shapes on my chair. The shapes are squares, circles, rectangles and stars. I used yellow, green, red, blue, orange, gray and black. ...Nate

I made a Christmas tree on my chair. I wanted a fish chair. I got a fish chair. Mr. K. put the chairs together. ...Janique