A visit to the Lincoln Elementary School, Grand Island, Nebraska

I returned home today after spending Monday and Tuesday at the Lincoln Elementary School in Grand Island Nebraska. Monday I gave five presentations and Tuesday I did one presentation and ran two workshops to future authors and illustrators.

Photo credit, Lane Hickenbottom, The Grand Island Indepentent full story: http://www.theindependent.com/stories/040307/new_illustrator03.shtml

During my workshops I gave the students one of my own assignments - an ocean pop-up book - to work on. Here we try to unravel the engineering of the folds.

...and here students work independently

I am interviewed for a school project.

My thanks to Maura Hendrickson for taking these photos.

This was my first time visiting Nebraska - and I LOVED it! I flew in from Denver on a small 20 seat plane to the sight of migrating flocks of sandhill cranes and was greeted by my host, Lincoln Elementary Integration Specialist, Maura Hendrickson. Maura showed me the sights of Nebraska - acres of cornfields, a one-room school house, small towns. I had a terrific time, making new friends, seeing new sights, visiting a wonderful school with bright, enthusiastic children!

A special thanks to Maura for all her help. She is a fabulous asset to her school!

I hope that my travels bring me back to Nebraska soon!

This stagecoach's last stop.

A one room schoolhouse.

A small town.

farm roads through the cornfields

from the airplane, cornfields as far as the eye can see...

Comments

[Liz]

What a cool trip, Shennen! It must be fun seeing other parts of the country, and knowing that there are great kids everywhere!