Despite having three wonderful, separate sink areas in the art room, my students and I all gravitate to the low sink at the right of the room.
Today, at clean-up with my 4th graders who had major paint stuff to clean, I, out of the blue, assigned each of my three table "islands" their own sink. The helpers dealing with cleaning up all of the water containers received rights to the low sink. WOW! It was awesome. No traffic jams, no impatient hands washing hands over hands. And all three sinks were being utilized. I've always joked that it's funny how certain parts of a classroom (and our homes) are more lived in and it's tough to utilize
all of the wonderful spaces, today was a success in that sense! mumble, mumble.
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Today, at clean-up with my 4th graders who had major paint stuff to clean, I, out of the blue, assigned each of my three table "islands" their own sink. The helpers dealing with cleaning up all of the water containers received rights to the low sink. WOW! It was awesome. No traffic jams, no impatient hands washing hands over hands. And all three sinks were being utilized. I've always joked that it's funny how certain parts of a classroom (and our homes) are more lived in and it's tough to utilize all of the wonderful spaces, today was a success in that sense! mumble, mumble.
What a beautiful room! I'm jealous of your 3 sinks! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I feel fortunate to have the space/sinks that I do. I have definitely gone through my "rites of passage" to have these 3 wonderful sinks. Could you imagine designing your perfect art room?!
ReplyDeleteWhere were the cabinets purchased? Thanks!
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