European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 23, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9education 38 rom Mary Tew Yor at left teacher Peggy Kulp in White coat instructs Matthew Rodgers while his Mother Pam also takes part at right Nancy Baumbusch watches her son Ryan squeeze Pai Tafler school Art class All in the family by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brun sum Netherlands a third grader Andrea Wolf thought an Art class for parents and children after school would be just the thing to attend with her mom Vicky. A she does no to know How to draw Good a the 9-year-old said. But after just four lessons Andrea reported her Mother is a getting a lot the wolfs were joined by seven other Mother child teams for a special weekly program at Allied forces Central Europe International school. Art teacher Peggy Kulp developed the program that will continue through the school year. A i like to be with adults too besides teaching children All Day Long a said Kulp who receives no compensation for the hours she spends after school. A a it a refreshing to meet the mothers and i think that a Good for the Community. A it adds a Little something to the Art program. The Community will get to know More about me get to know what in a this is Kulps second year of teaching at the school which serves members of natos Central european command. Before coming overseas she practice and taught Art in new York Florida and Texas. During her nearly two hour afterschool class Kulp teaches parents and children a variety of Art techniques. Sessions for first and second Grade pupils will Start next month. For the final third and fourth Grade class pupils Learned about the foregrounds backgrounds and Middle of landscapes first using charcoal then with White paint on a Black background. Iona Brock her hands Black with charcoal said she hoped that working on Art projects might become a family habit As a result of the class. She signed up because her daughter Lynsey is interested in Art she said. A a it a something that we can do together if we find a quiet moment a she said. A i know that ill never be an Nancy Baumbusch said she also hoped to continue experimenting with Art along with 9-year-old Ryan. Baumbusch who studied Art in College said she had been a bit intimidated by the great Art of Europe. The class a has Given us inspiration a she said. Kulp said a goal of the program is to encourage parents to cultivate their children a artistic talents and interests. However she said she understands that work prevents Many parents from attending the afternoon class. A some of the kids Are really so gifted and talented a she said. A i know their parents know it. I would just like their parents to be in on a Small Short term s visit opens new chapters in readings amps Ron Jansen author Richard Peck discusses his books with fifth and six graders at Nurnberg Middle school. By Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau Furth Germany a the author and his readers met and both Learned something. The readers fifth and sixth graders at Nurnberg Middle school Learned a bit about the writing profession from Richard Peck. And Peck Learned that there Are pupils in american schools who can read who can do research and who can express themselves. A i think kids everywhere respond the same to books a Peck said. A but these kids love Reading. They see books As fun. They done to see books As Peck has 20 books notched on his writing Belt and a list of awards even longer. His visit in furn was at the invitation of the Library Media association of Germany which he addressed at the organizations Spring meeting earlier this month. Peck said he has targeted most of his writings toward a Young audience that is at an age of decision regarding books. A they Are exactly the age where we lose Young people to Reading a he said referring to his school audience. Pecks books usually address a mature theme but one of interest to his readers a the effects of a broken Home suicide and Rocky relationships with parents. That approach appeals to Melissa Washburn 11, a sixth grader who has read two of pecks books. A i like that they relate things that could happen to people a she said. For most of an hour on March 13, Peck talked to his readers. Peck 57, was born in Illinois and served in the army in Ansbach and Stuttgart Germany. To meet the author pupils had to read some of his books research his life and prepare a poster or diorama depicting one of his Story lines. One of pecks most popular characters is a girl ghost. She was created he told the pupils when Young boys would ask him where the a weird stuff was in his books. That led him to write the ghost belonged to me which was made into a movie called child of Glass. A titles Are the most important words you write a he said. A whenever you write a paper for a teacher give it a title and make it although he had a Good title he said the publishers gave his Book a bad cover one that did not depict accurately the Story inside. A so what a the moral of this Story you can to Tell a Book by its cover a he said. He was asked by a student How he Felt about his Success. A i think its wonderful to be Able to write for a living. That a More than i Ever dreamed of a he said. A you could All be writers too if you want it enough and Learned Pupil Charles Williams who had done his research on Peck asked the author about Book characters Don Baer and Chick Wolfe. Seemingly touched by the question Peck said a i have come All these Miles to have someone mention the names of my two Best friends in childhood. Nobody in new York Ever mentions those Peck then said that some of the characters and incidents in his books have roots in his boyhood Days in Illinois with Wolfe and Baer. Peck said he Only visits schools that will require the pupils to prepare As the Nurnberg group had done. A schools that Are not based in literacy Are not schools a he said. A we Are expecting too Little. And we do not Call the parents to account the Way other countries do. Our schools have to be based on literacy because without literacy you lose at
