One of my favorite topics to teach in my art class, no matter what the age or skill level, is divergent thinking. What is divergent thinking? One of my favorite videos to introduce divergent thinking to my students is the lecture by Ken Robinson. Divergent thinking is the ability to come up with multiple solutions
Welcome to the How-To Guide for First Year Art Teachers where I give you my 10 Steps for Success! Congratulations! You got your own classroom. OH MY GOSH, you have your own classroom. Your mind and stomach start racing, both with extreme excitement and panic because now, it all just got real. You will have a lot of students, a lot of planning, and a lot of classroom to keep organized. Figuring out where to even start is a huge stress and will require a tea (or a beer) and a nap (probably some Netflix too).
I created this culture jars art lesson for an Art and World Cultures class, and continue to use it in art classes because it is so well received. The word
Starters / Bell Ringers can get your lesson off to a productive start with every student focussing as soon as they walk in the room.
Want to teach students how to turn fractions to percentages…while also engaging them? In this blog, I’ll show you how you can use an art quilt lesson to help your students with fractions and converting to percentages.
Teach children art history through a variety of fun art projects and lessons. We love using artists as inspiration for our own creations.
Teaching children about coping with anger? Check out these 15 effective anger management strategies for kids.
Teaching empathy is important. In the simplest of terms, empathy is the ability to notice, understand, and share the emotions of others. It is a critical social skill for all people to have. In many ways, empathy is the social skill that paves the way for all other social skills. It helps us to take
Some ideas for teaching plot elements to help students recall stories in sequential order, summarize stories, and understand theme.
The 5 Best Methods & Specific Tips on HOW to Incorporate Each in Your Own Classroom Being a teacher is a tough business. It can be hard to navigate the classroom and know if your teaching methods are
Integrating art and content in the ELA classroom. Tips and resources.
If you are looking for an art rubric for your elementary students, here’s one created with real teacher feedback.
Learn 15 simple anxiety art therapy activities that can help reduce anxiety and lower stress. Feel calm instantly! Art Therapy Activities for Adults
Can you escape? Create an escape room at home using simple materials for an engaging and exciting game! Perfect for family game night.
Resilience is one of my favorite topics to teach and one of my favorite small groups to run. I always include goal setting, identifying problems, coping skills, healthy habits, and positive relationships as components to being resilient. Here are 6 tools for teaching resilience that help bring those components and your resiliency lessons to life.
Art Lesson Plans for Art Teachers to save you time and restore your work/life balance. Let The Arty Teacher do the work for you.
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
You might be asking, What are the 7 Elements of Art and How Do I Teach Them? The Elements 7 Elements of Art are: Line, Value, Color, Space, Shape, Form, and Texture and they are the foundations or building blocks that artists use to make art. Let's dive in and learn about the 7 Elements of Art, Which You Should Teach First, and How to Teach them.
Let's dive into some new options to teach vocabulary, for those who have the time and energy to pursue them. In this post and podcast, I'm sharing ten ideas for making the study of vocabulary something students might even look forward to.
Have you ever thought about using wordless videos in your speech therapy lessons? It increases engagement! Start with these videos...
"The healthiest form of projection is art" ~ Fritz Perls Here is a popular internet list of art therapy activities originally posted up in 2011 by the Nursing School Blog. I have since taken over the list and I consistently research current links that reflect the most inspiring art therapy...
Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? In this post, I am going to address this problem with my best advice, and some advice from others as well.
Bring art and math together with this fun tessellation art project. It’s a great way to explore patterns, tiling, and geometry!
In today's post, I'll share ideas for teaching inferring through a gradual release of responsibility. Make sure to read all the way through the post, because there are several different freebies you can download and use right away!
Pictures are worth a thousand words - and teaching art doesn't have to be boring! Here are 30+ hands-on ways to teach art without a textbook!
5 key reasons to teach students to analyze differing perspectives
A bunch of FREE art teaching resources for art teachers and artists. Resources include art room posters, art worksheets, sub art plans, and more!
Inspire kids to come up with their own unique pop art ideas and learn how to teach pop art in your classroom with these simple guidelines.
In this Winter Fox Art project, students will study foreground, middle ground, background, and do a directed drawing with added personality.
Cultivate lifelong reading skills.
Starters / Bell Ringers can get your lesson off to a productive start with every student focussing as soon as they walk in the room.
These engaging strategies to incorporate movement in the classroom are perfect for the fidgety students & kinesthetic learners in your class!
Learn how to practice rhythms with this budget-friendly and fun rhythm game in your elementary music classroom.
Imagination Workout Printable Click the link above to download Attalie’s Imagination Workout free printable art worksheet.
Check these practical and research-based classroom motivation strategies!
This unit focuses explicitly on Dale Chihuly: his life, his art. The artmaking pursued in this unit is inspired by one of Chihuly’s most well-known themes: the bowl.
Symbolic Self Portrait Handout and Rubric
