12ArtyRoos

16/06/2026

Hi art family. I'm working on a digital app or few ☺️and hope you'll share with teacher friends. They are listed on Etsy and on my website as well but sing out and I'll get a copy to you. "The Relief Day Studio", and one for other shores called "The Substitute teacher Helper"
http://12Kangaroos.studio

15/06/2026

A Relief teachers, companion Dashboard. Please tell your favourite teacher friends. Especially fun for those who loooove UAPs and anything, Space 🚀🛸

The Substitute Teacher Helper (Space Edition) - A Relief Teacher Classroom Companion | Interactive Digital Tool for Casual & Substitute Teachers.⭐ Our fun, interactive classroom companion built especially for relief teachers, casual teachers, CRTs and substitutes who walk into unfamiliar class...

15/06/2026

12Kangaroos has gone digital. Please tell your teacher and relief teacher friends. This is the dashboard you MUST have. 🥰 (also available in a cool 😀space theme) http://12kangaroos.studio

The Relief Day Studio - A Relief Teacher Classroom Companion | Interactive Digital Tool for Casual & Substitute Teachers.⭐ our fun, Australian-made interactive classroom companion built especially for relief teachers, casual teachers, CRTs and substitutes who walk into unfamiliar classrooms an...

16/04/2026

16/04/2026

07/04/2026

Long Covid is no joke.
Lung Infection, then bronchitis… steroids and antibiotics… and three or so weeks later, the cycle starts all over again 🙁

But one thing I’m grateful for is that creating doesn’t need perfect health, it only needs a switched-on mind.
Right now, I’m painting, drawing and making earrings as tiny art sculptures, because I can’t sit still for long. Even when I’m slowed down, my hands and mind still want to make something.😵‍💫

I’m leaning on my creative thinking, educational resources, and my belief that art really can be a therapy. I’m using all the ways art helps people work through depression, illness, and anxiety… because this time, it’s me, and it’s real and awful.

And honestly, I feel completely sh*te but lucky.
Lucky that I have something to keep me motivated and moving forward, even on the days (lots of days) when I feel completely stuck.

18/02/2026

01/12/2025

12Arty acknowledges the Ngangkiparri River. (Women’s River)
A green spot on the bend of the Onkaparinga valley river which has perhaps always been a place to give women and children strength, resilience, collective protection and medicinal healing.

Living here means you’re on amazing Country with a long history of care, protection, and women supporting women which aligns perfectly with my own path in art, therapy, healing, and caring for others. It’s quite a symbolic place for me and other creative people to be. 🫶🏽
I’m learning so much more to love about its history. I can almost picture “Aunties weaving, story, song, and caring for Country”in my own backyard 🙌🏾

06/11/2025

30/10/2025

Reasons to do art with children…or any age really. 👍🏾
1. Visual and spatial reasoning :understanding relationships, patterns, and structures through images, shapes, and movement.
2. Symbolic thinking using metaphor, analogy, and symbolic representation to explore complex ideas.
3. Creative problem-solving, imagining multiple solutions, experimenting, and iterating in an open-ended way.
4. Emotional expression and awareness exploring feelings and perspectives through performance, drawing, music, or storytelling.
5. Holistic and integrative thinking connecting ideas across senses and disciplines in a flexible, non-linear way.
6. Reflection and interpretation learning to observe, interpret, and respond critically to experiences, objects, or events.

This can’t be learned in combination in any other subject area. So get CreARTive 😂😊

(Readings from researchers including; Howard Gardner, Elliot Eisner, Edward de Bono, R. Keith Sawyer, John Baer, Roger von Oech)