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Cool Glass Fusing Information from Clearwater Glass Studio

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Corolla_01Steve Immerman of Clearwater Glass Studio makes gorgeous glass pieces. And he’s kind enough to share information with other glass workers. I’ve posted a pattern bar tutorial from him in a past posting. This time I’m linking you to his coldworking page. Here he talks about cleaning up the edges of pieces as part of the process of completing your glass work. Grinding and smoothing edges before a final slump or fire polish firing.

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Steve has other information that you may find interesting, such as why he uses Bullseye glass or the abrasives he uses for sandblasting. All really great info to assist you in some of your glass fusing projects. And don’t forget to check out his gallery pages of his work. Very inspiring!

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Leaf Learning Activities for Kids

There are lots of things you can do with leaves in the classroom and at home, and fun ways to learn about leaves as they start changing color in the fall. 

Learn about different kinds of leaves and match them to their trees with this printable from Montessori Nature. It includes 10 kinds of trees and their leaves to match with. If you have those trees nearby you can also find the real leaves to match with. 

Of course if you’re going on a leaf hunt yourself, you’ll want to save some of those leaves the kids find in their own leaf collection and identification books. You can learn how to make your own from Dappled Skies and DIYs. Or turn your leaf peeping into a sticky leaf scavenger hunt with this idea from Little Pine Learners.

There are a lot of easy art activities you can do with leaves, such as the classic rubbing (check out a tutorial if you need it from Laura Radniecki), complete a picture with half a leaf and learn about symmetry (like in this post from NurtureStore) or drawn in, on and around leaves to make fun art as shown in this idea from Artful Parent. 

Make your leaves into people, paint on them or with them; there are so many possible ideas!

Trace your leaves, label them with what kinds of trees they came from, and then play a matching game like this one from Preschool Toolkit. 

Early Learning Ideas has some great printables on the parts of a tree and a leaf, the life cycle of an oak tree and leaf sorting that you can find on Teachers Pay Teachers. Or check out the leaf investigation worksheet from Turner Tots. 

Looking for more leaf fun? Check out these ideas for leaf activities that don’t use real leaves, and these that do. And let me know what your favorite way to play and learn with leaves is!

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