In the 1998-99 school year, we started the I*EARN Global Art Project "A Sense of Caring". I*EARN is the International Education and Resource Network where children and youth use the Internet and Email to do school projects together that make a positive difference in the world.

Schools from around the world are exchanging artwork on the theme of how we care for one another in our homes, schools, communities, countries and the world.

First, children create their artwork and then they write an essay to describe their artwork, describe how they care for others, and how others care for them.

The purpose of this project is to share through artwork and writing how we are caring and compassionate people around the world.

We send some of our artwork to each of the other schools and they send us some of theirs.

When we get a package of artwork in the mail, we open it together as a class. We use our classroom globes and maps to see where the package came from and the route it traveled to get to our school.

Here is our teacher with two envelopes of artwork. We like to look at the stamps on the packages!

Here we are looking at a new artwork.

We talk about the artwork and writing with each other at our classroom tables.

We are really happy to see the artwork from around the world!

We put our collection of artwork up in our Sunnyside School library classroom so everyone can look at the beautiful art and writing.

 

We carefully read what each artist has written about caring.

One of our classmates is reading the Spanish words on the artwork from children in Nicaragua.

We send email to our friends around the world to tell them thank you for their artwork and to tell them how we like their ideas about caring.

Here are our classroom pieces of artwork and writing about caring.

In this picture I am walking my next door neighbor's dog, Cocoa. He left a few weeks ago and I miss him. I was taking care of Cocoa because he is really friendly and he likes to play with me. It was important to take care of Cocoa because my next door neighbors were both really sick.

My Mom is making me feel better when I was crying. She is saying, "It's okay." She is hugging me. It is important to care about each other so people don't feel so much bad.

I am taking care of my turtle. I like to take care of my turtle because he is my pet. He's good at hiding. He is cute and very trustful! he loves to stay in the water. It is important to take care of pets because they can get hurt and hungry if you don't take care of them. And they can get lost.

Sometimes I help my Dad walk the dogs. We have two dogs. their names are Daisy and Otis. I like to take care of them.

I'm caring for my dog and fish. It is important to take care of my dog and fish because they might die if I don't. My dog is nice. I feed her and brush her. My fish has lots of pretty colors on its tail. I give my fish food.

Somebody is hurt and somebody else is going to help. we need to help people when they are hurt because it's a good thing to do.

This is my family. We are picking up litter because we can help the environment. I care about the environment because it is very important.

I am helping my friend in my gymnastics class. I am teaching him hoe to do a hand spring.

I care about healing the wings of all different kinds of birds. The birds in this picture broke their wings. I'm fixing their wings.

One night my brother started bleeding and I got a special cartoon kind of bandage he likes to put on that place that was bleeding. I like to take care of my brother because he is really nice to me and we are really nice to each other. He is four years old.

I like dogs a lot so I take care of one of my friend's dogs when I go to her house. I pet it a lot. It's important to take care of dogs because they are important friends.

I'm helping my Mom and Dad water some plants in the greenhouse. I care about plants because I want to help plants live. Plants are pretty. Plants are different colors.

My Dad is helping me pet a horse because I like them and sometimes they're very gentle. I've always wished to have a horse. I care about horses because they are very sweet.

I'm taking care of Velvetina. Velvetina is a pony. She is sixteen or seventeen years old. Horses are animals and they have a brain. They are like us. We're animals and they're animals. I like taking care of horses because it's fun!

Me and my friends are picking up litter so that animals won't choke on it. We care about the Earth.

I care about helping my Mom and Dad at home. I am cleaning my room. I help my family because I care about them.

We need to help each other. My friend and I are holding hands. We care about each other.

My sister is swinging with me. She takes care of me. My mother takes care of me too. My sister takes care of my little brother too. My big brother takes care of me and my little brother and my cat and my goldfish. My dad takes care of me.

I am caring about my older brother and I am telling him I like his concert. He was singing in a concert.

This is the front of the house where I take care of my little cousin. It's my Grandma's house. My Grandma's name is Mammy. My cousin's name is Henry. when he cries, he cries loud. I take him and play with him to cheer him up. I play games with him. He is four years old. I help take care of my cousin.

Me and my friends are picking up litter so that animals won't choke on it. We care about the Earth.

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