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Taking Lines for a Walk
This is gorgeous This is a great lesson I did with grade one and three. I loved the results and the kids had a great time exploring lines. It’s always good to review what a line is with your students...
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Lines Go Walking In Kindergarten!
I couldn’t resist not doing my previous lesson “Taking Lines for a Walk’ with my eager Kinder kids. We talked about lines and we looked for them in the classroom. We drew imaginary lines in the air...
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Oil Pastel Cats in Grade One
Get your oil pastels ready because this is a really great lesson you can adapt for any subject matter. The kids voted on cats but you can do dogs, fish, butterflies, etc. We looked at several cat...
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Scratch Art in Kinder
Kids love scratch art because it’s like magic for them. All you need is scratch paper which is easy to find in art and craft stores and a scratching tool. Of course if you prefer to make your own...
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Back to School Art Ideas: Self- Portraits E-book
Just in time to help you get off to a great new teaching year. I have put together five lessons in a 21 page PDF e-book, that you can adapt to any grade level in the elementary school. Click on the...
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Progress on the Art Goals Mural…
This is what my back wall was looking like at the beginning of the week. Now the mural is coming to life with busy minds thinking like artists! Still a work in progress but my room is starting...
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Watercolor Dragons in Grade Four
Our school celebrated Chinese New Year recently so it was perfect timing to explore dragons! I had recently seen a dragon project in an old Arts and Activities magazine that would fit nicely with this...
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Clay Fun in Elementary
I was finally able to teach some fun clay lessons with all my students. There was a whole lot of pinching, rolling, punching, and coiling as each grade level explored and made gorgeous creations out...
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Recycled Cardboard Robots in Grade Two
I thought I would share these gorgeous robots my grade twos created using recycled cardboard and junky stuff they collected from home. I saw this idea on one of the many fabulous art blogs I check out...
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Picasso Inspired Faces in Grade 3
Picasso has to be one of the most influential and well known artists of all time. Kids tend to gravitate to his art because it’s different and ‘weird’ as one of my young students pointed out and they...
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Jacob Hashimoto Inspired Installation in Grade One
There are lessons and then there are LESSONS! This one has to be one of my top lessons EVER in the span of 20+ years of teaching children art. This says alot and I put it right up there with my cave...
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