Art Museum Rules Coloring PacketIncludes both full color and coloring pages.Thank you for supporting my store!When you leave a review, TPT will give you 1 credit for every $1 you spent on TpT for that resource. Each credit has a value of 5 cents, so every 20 credits earned equals $1 you can apply to...
Make an origami paper transforming ninja star to experience the awesome combination of math and art!
Great FREE Printables for AAC/PECS to use with students with Autism and PMLD. Awesome free printable communication boards for special ed.
Welcome to Math Craft World! This community is dedicated to the exploration of mathematically inspired art and architecture through projects, community submissions, and inspirational posts related to the topic at hand. Every week, there will be approximately four posts according to the following schedule:
By Shannon Merenstein You will be inspired and delighted by Collage Workshop for Kids, a colorful art instruction book on collage techniques for children - made in cooperation with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Each chapter of the book explores a different art theme including nature, faces, construction, c
The art of Ted Harrison is perfect for inspiring students to create art, while creating spectacular paintings for the classroom (free lesson)
Make this Awesome T-Rex! This dinosaur craft is perfect for a classroom, preschool, and scouts! Comes with a Free Printable Template!
Make a color mixing sensory bottle for sensory play, learning about colors, or just for fun! These are perfect for all ages.
Make an origami paper transforming ninja star to experience the awesome combination of math and art!
In this Aquarium Perspective Lesson, Middle School students will dive right into learning about the principle of perspective while designing an aquarium.
Vocabulary instruction is so critical in today’s classroom! A vast vocabulary will help students to become better readers and writers. Vocabulary is also essential to their performance on standardized tests. Helping kids to develop their vocabulary is time that is well spent in a busy classroom. I have developed a routine to teach new vocabulary
TUTORIAL FOR LIZARD HEAD HERE http://www.elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2013/05/catching-up-lots-of-fun-stuff.html I have been so busy lately and have hardly had time to blog. Thank you so much for the Versatile blogger awards. I will eventually get some time to reciprocate! I appologise! I really appreciate all my readers and your sweet sweet comments. I have two high maintenence toddlers at home that keep me on my toes! We have been doing so many things in here and I need to catch up and bring my camera this week to update the latest. Here are some things from a few weeks ago… These cubes are so easy to make and you can be so creative with what they put inside. Some kids put an alien inside, some made flowers, animals, tvs, and some made it into a giant robot head Ok this made my day. Today I had a parent tell me that they were on their way to the zoo and saw a painting of Van Gogh outside the art museum and the child said, “Look mommy, it’s Vincent Van Gogh!” It made the two weeks of yellow paint stains on my pants completely worth it!! Shout out to Artolazzi! Jenny Bartolazzi, you are a genius! Your ideas impress me and your posts never disappoint. I am so glad you blog so I can copy you! My kids are so happy with their chameleons because of you. I love the candid picture I caught of a student snuzzling up to her chameleons as though they were made out of velvet and purred like kittens!! You can find step by step instructions for these chameleons on her blog here: http://artolazzi.blogspot.com/2011/04/3-d-lizard-directions.html My kids used the same steps as we used on the bunny head to make the chameleon head They LOVED them. We watched these videos first, some of the other classes gave theirs sun glasses Some kids even made a cube cage for their Chameleons and I gave a prize to the one who could spell chameleon first! AND I will conclude with a random photo from one of my recent newborn photoshoots that has nothing to do with elementary art! This also keeps me busy! Is she not the cutest thing God ever breathed life into! www.shelbyjunephotography.com She makes my ovaries hurt!
Acrylic pour painting techniques tutorial. I especially like the details on how to make this amazing art project work with a bunch of kids!
Since our oldest son started drawing, he's been embellishing letters with extra lines and swoops, and adding details to his drawings Grandma Moses-style! So it was no
There’s a ton of superb free art instruction out there for kids who are into drawing, painting, sculpting, and other artsy things! Here are our favorites!
My top recommended supply for your art cabinet is a big roll of paper, sometimes referred to as "butcher paper" or "kraft paper." Your kids can make some truly awesome art projects with a big
Here’s how I go about building a PVC lightsaber.
Hello everyone! Today is my day to post over at All Things Upper Elementary! Today I have posted about a SUPER fun lesson we did Monday using area, perimeter, problem solving and art! Stop by and check it out! Here is a “teaser” photo! Here is the link directly to the post . . . […]
. Sometimes my lessons are seasonally appropriate. The ice in North Texas has finally melted but while it was here this week, I was teaching my 2nd grade student's about Fredrick Church's magnificent painting, The Icebergs which is in the permanent collection at the Dallas Museum of Art. This was the view from our school this past week........... our icebergs. Burr.... using our new Prang cool colors, the student's painted a frozen background landscape the first day. On the second day, we created icebergs on a separate sheet of white paper using texture plates and cool colored crayons. They cut out the icebergs, and the objective was to have background, middle ground and foreground icebergs. The last half hour was student driven. I had a station set up with Arctic animal drawing sheets, books, small cut pieces of paper, (proportion) glue sticks, colored pencils and fine sharpies. They were in Animal Heaven! Stay warm!
I have a quick and simple tip for you today. Another teacher gave me this tip a few years ago and I love it! (I wish I remembered who gave me this tip and where they got the idea from so I could give the credit.) Do you ever start to give directions and you ... Read More about A quick classroom management tip
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Have you ever had a class that just tried your patience day after day? Have you ever felt like you could walk away from teaching forever tom...
Where do you start with vocabulary intervention? These 7 vocabulary strategies are great vocabulary building tools to help struggling readers find...
There is LOTS of controversy surrounding phonics instruction these days. Whole language, spelling lists, direct phonics instruction…They are all good teaching strategies in my opinion and each has their place in the classroom. At my school, we’ve made the switch from a traditional spelling routine (spelling lists, memorization of words, test on Friday) to a […]
Our first project this year has been a very progressive, multi step, multi media project that has really evolved as we created! Our first project when we got back from hurricane Harvery was to release some stress with scribbling to music.... Students spread out on the floor and scribbled to the sound of fast and slow music by “The Piano Guys” they love these songs because they recognize them from the radio but it’s all instrumental. The students were instructed to use large arm motions that cross over the body. Any motion that crosses from the right side of the body to the left or vise versa uses both hemispheres of the brain since each side controls one side of the body. It is very relaxing and the kids LOVED it!!!!!! The next class kids painted over thier scribbles with water colors, tempera paint, and India ink. They explored the way different paint resists or does not resist the crayon. You can follow me on instagram for more photos "Natty241" And my facebook page "Mrs. Waggenspack's Art Room" They were allowed to use their hands at the end. We try to use all 5 senses for a while brain experience. We talked about abstract art, Kinetic art, And the experience of art. It is a process and not just a product that we create in art. After each experience we gathered on the floor and talked about how they felt in one word. Students said, “Free, alive, happy, exhilarating, dancing, creative, like a real artist, quiet, excited, open,angry, peaceful,etc” When the paintings were finished the students tore them up into strips! They were so upset at first. When they saw the next step they were so excited. The students glued the strips on a late paper for the collage. This took three 50 minute classes. Then students traced the eyes and nose of the animal they wanted and outlines the eyes, nose, and beaks with India ink. ( pictures at the bottom of blog) this is the resin I use. I paint it on with a brush. This resin must be mixed one to one ratio and it is toxic so you must wear a mask. Do NOT let the children use it. You have to do it for them if you want the ultra shiney eyes effect! Wear a mask and use gloves! You can sprinkle glitter in it too for extra FUN!!! Then they glued the eyes and nose on the collage. The next step was to embellish the face and add details. We used India ink and fan brushes to make fur and feathers. When the entire face was finished I added resin to the eyes to make them shine These are how the eyes and noses look before they cut them out. We used the fan brush for making fur. These are the travers they could use for eyes, noses and beaks
We've started learning about the reading comprehension strategy, Inferring, this week. I L.O.V.E teaching inferring!! It's so fun to see the kids' gears turning and putting the pieces together to figure out what's really going on!
Second grade drawing projects get so much easier when you have step by step instructions. Free PDF downloads are available for each project.
Inside: Learn how to draw a simple mushroom and discover a wide array of mushroom drawing ideas, suitable for all skill levels and ages. With over 40 drawing prompts to choose from, you’re sure to
Are you ready to dive into one-pagers with your secondary ELA students? Are you looking for some examples to inspire creativity in your students? Check out this quick post with amazing examples of different one-pager products that have been shared.
I’ve finished a new unit for Treasures for the fourth story of Unit 1. It’s now available on TPT and Teacher’s Notebook. Find the Treasures resource pack here: For those of you who don’t use Treasures, I made a smaller file of Subject and Predicate games with the dominoes, dice, and “Go Fish” games....
Super simple Hack to give your kids an awesome vertical LEGO surface.
I just happened to stop by Blick’s art store – well, really it was on my list of places to go – to pick up some bleeding tissue. I had seen a really neat technique that used it and wanted to try it. But when I got the paper, there were so many beautiful colors…
How to Fold an Origami F-16 Plane: In this instructable, I will teach you how to fold the plain awesome origami F-16! This model is not nearly as hard to fold as it looks, so don't be deterred by its complex appearance. Despite the sad fact that this particular plane doesn't fly too …
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Every day for a year, artist Windy Chien learned to tie a new kind of knot and then shared the results on Instagram—revolutionizing knot art and reinventing her life and career in the process. In The Year of Knots, Chien describes how her knot-making project led her on a path of discovery. The book combines projects, tutorials, and transformative personal stories, all aimed at inspiring readers to make knotting—and creativity in general—part of a meditative daily practice. The knots in the book are gorgeously documented step-by-step for the many knot- and macramé-obsessed readers out there wanting to try it themselves. Knotted projects abound: a necklace, a dog leash, along with wall hangings and a hanging light. At the heart of the story is the simple, empowering idea that a single year is all the time you need to make a life-changing creative leap. All book sales are final.
This is an awesome activity that mixes History and Art because it includes a free printable Art History timeline and list of famous modern artists! We have been working on these artists and their works of art, so we’ve included artists from 1860 (Grandma Moses) up to the present, learning about the closest one born to…
I love the head of this cat! A very clever design!!
