The He”Art” of the Mailbox
Posted by Hope Spencer on 26 May 2009 | Posted in: Grade 1, Grades 2-3, Intermediate, Kindergarten, Meet the Mailbox®, Preschool, Teacher's Helper, The Mailbox, The Mailbox Books
If you could walk through the halls of The Education Center®, you would see a lot of exciting things happening. In one hallway, you might find editors squealing over the fresh and fun projects they have found in their daily mail (projects submitted by teachers like you!). In the kitchen, you may find an editorial assistant testing a recipe for an upcoming issue of The Mailbox® magazine. (You may also see a line of eager taste-testers!) In my office, you’ll find me thinking of topics for new blog posts. (What would you like to talk about? Leave me a comment and let me know!) But one of my favorite places in the building is the artists’ hallway. It is so much fun to walk down the hall and see all the incredible art that is being created! It really amazes me. If you’ve ever wished you could peek over the shoulder of one of our talented artists as he or she creates one of our engaging illustrations, then this post is for you!
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| The first thing an artist does is review the page. Here, Greg Rieves looks over a page of the June/July 2009, grades 2-3 Teacher’s Helper® magazine. | Next, Greg plans his ideas for art that will be on the page. |
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| A page that starts out like this… | ends up like this! |
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When the magazine arrives from the printers, it looks like this. |
We know you’ll enjoy using the page with your students as much as we’ve enjoyed planning and designing it!
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I find it very interesting to learn what it takes to get a magazine ready for printing. I know that the process begins months before the issue arrives in our mailbox. I look forward finding something new to do with the children each month.
This is really an interesting job!! You get to go through such amazing ideas and beautify them. I am a new subscriber to Mailbox.I cant wait for my first issue to arrive and to feel the crisp pages of the magazine!! The online issue is great and I have enjoyed every page of it. All the resources are very useful and are easy to carry out. I am a preschool teacher since 15 years and have found something that interests me finally. Hope to continue with Mailbox till the end of my career.Thank you!!
This is really cool the way that you show how you get your art ready for publication. I really enjoy using the Mailbox magazine. I have been in and out of the teaching profession for the last twenty years. One thing, however, that I always look for in any school library is the Mailbox magazine. It has saved me on more than one occasion for that little extra “push” that a lesson plan needed to “pop!” I have taught preschool ages all the way to 9th grade English, and I could usually find something useful in a Mailbox magazine. Thanks for all of your hard work!