Here is a great lesson for Fall that we have posted on TeachersPayTeachers website. It’s called “Perspective Pumpkins” and includes a great “how to” page for your students to learn how to draw a pumpkin. Use this worksheet for any fall lesson that includes pumpkins. Kids love it! Click HERE to get the lesson. What other types of lesson do you do with your students to celebrate the Fall season? Let us...
Level: K-2 Art Elements: Form Art Skills: Clay Literacy Connection: Book Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner This is a great lesson to introduce the youngest of students to clay. Students use Sculpey oven bake clay for the project, which is mess free for the kids. Students develop the skill of rolling the clay into a ball for this project, which is a great introduction for making a pinch pot later in the year. This lesson connects to the book Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. The students love this book...
Need an easy winter lesson for your kiddo’s? Here is a oil pastel resist castle painting using basic simple shapes and fun materials. Materials: Pencil and paper Oil Pastels Watercolors and brushes (metallics preferred) White Tempera paint Metallic Markers Step 1 Draw the castle. Draw a large square in the center of the paper. Draw two large rectangles on each side of the square. Draw the tops of the rectangles by making ovals with pointy tops (like a Hershey Kiss). Add rectangles for doors, windows and bricks....
When I was in school earning my certification, we spent time discussing our philosophy of education and writing in depth about it. We wrote it and revised it many times. Realizing that my students were never goinng to read it, and during an interview, it was unlikely that the principal was going to read the entire page, I decided to come up with a short saying that could sum up what life would be like in my classroom. Art Respect Thinking Creativity Laughter Add up to Successful Students in...
Printable to help keep paintbrushes healthy! Click on the image to open a .pdf...