First we signed up with a group. Librarian Shannon Miller posted about the project and included the link to the group sign-up. Then we needed to create the mural! This year we partnered with our amazing art teacher Ms. Dwyer to create the mural. In library class we read Hey, Wall by Susan Verde and illustrated by John Parra to help students understand what a mural is. Once we did that, Ms. Dwyer added a design to our paper and started having learners add color to it using pastel crayons. It came out amazing!
The Brewster School library was so excited to participate in the 2022 Global Traveling Mural Project this fall. I have participated in the past and it was amazing to send and receive mural pieces from all over the United States as well as countries as far away as China! First we signed up with a group. Librarian Shannon Miller posted about the project and included the link to the group sign-up. Then we needed to create the mural! This year we partnered with our amazing art teacher Ms. Dwyer to create the mural. In library class we read Hey, Wall by Susan Verde and illustrated by John Parra to help students understand what a mural is. Once we did that, Ms. Dwyer added a design to our paper and started having learners add color to it using pastel crayons. It came out amazing! Once the mural was complete, we cut it (gasp!) into 10 pieces. I wrote a note to the other schools in our group which included a little about our school and a picture of our completed mural. We kept 1 piece and mailed the other 9 to our group members. And then we waited! And slowly but surely, other pieces began to arrive. Our first piece was from Alabama and we read the note, explored their piece, and then searched for their school using Google Maps. It was exciting to see how close they were to the Gulf of Mexico! We also noticed that because their school was brand new in August, all we could see on Google Maps was a construction area. We have also received pieces from the Hudson River Valley area of New York, a town outside of Chicago, Illinois, a small town in SW Kansas, a piece from northern California, one from a middle school in right here in Connecticut, and a town in Kentucky. Our school community loves to watch the new mural growing in the hallway. We are hoping to do a mini-traveling mural project with schools in Connecticut beginning in January. And of course, we can't wait til next year!
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AuthorMrs. Lussier is a Library Media Specialist at Brewster Elementary School in Durham, CT and at John Lyman Elementary School in Middlefield, CT. I am passionate about getting kids reading (ok, everyone!), wondering, using technology and having FUN! President of CT Association of School Librarians Blogroll
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