Over the past few years I've had readers contact me and ask me how to start a blog for teachers or anyone! Whether you have extra time over the summer...
Each classroom brings students of multiple learning styles and backgrounds. It is our job to provide opportunities that reach all of the many different learning styles that come to us. For this reason, it is
An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.
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Call me a grouchy old lady, but I have never been a big fan of TikTok as a platform. That being said, I recently discovered the art trend of rice fantasy maps. As a lifelong fantasy nerd, I have become obsessed. In this art trend, you pour rice over a sheet of drawing or watercolor paper
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am doing "stained glass" with all the kids for our European International study. Before the lesson...
To begin class, we talked about the basics of portrait drawing: your eyes are in the middle of your head, your head is 5 eyes wide, your neck is as wide as your pupils, etc. I had the students make…
One of my favorite parts of teaching first grade is I am SO excited how it all came together, and that I can finally share it with y...
This is a lesson I finished up the last school year with and here we are again! :) The only difference is that I've decided to make this exclusively my 3rd grade paper sculpture project (it gives the younger ones something to get really excited about)! If you would like to see my excruciatingly detailed blog post about how to do this one CLICK HERE. You can also get a nice printable version of the 'how to make a chameleon' directions in my TPT store for free!
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If you're a Virginia Studies teacher, check out these hands-on regions of Virginia activities. Students will love Virginia geography!
Earlier this year, my co-worker Jayne found the idea to make a collaborative school-wide paper mural based on the artwork of Thank YouX. The idea for a student mural originally came from Jenell Novello and you can see the lesson plan write-up on Artsonia. She also so generously provided the lesson plan and templates on Google docs. Thank You X got his name by accident. In 2009 Andy Warhol’s spray painted portrait was spotted on a city street in L.A.. … Read more... →
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast.It was a great day when I discovered 4 magic words that just seem to dissolve tension and eliminate at least half of the arguments in my classroom.And those words are: "You're not in trouble."Students can be so defensive, can't they? (and let's be honest,
Mystery Masterworks - Girl with a Pearl Earring - Vermeer This is one of my favorite activities. As an amateur artist (you can view my paintings at www.ElizabethJames.com ) and a full time math educator (B.S. Mathematics), I truly believe that art and math are very closely related. Attention to d...
An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.
Top art teacher blog posts of 2018 from Art Class Curator — the lesson plans and blog posts readers loved most in 2018. Enjoy them year after year!
Filler Activities for ELA (blog post) What can you do with five extra minutes in secondary ELA? Here are a few ideas to engage students until the bell.
Kindergarten artists created these special self-portraits to give their moms for Mother’s Day. The artists learned that a self-portrait is a drawing or painting of themselves. I love the innocence of Kindergarten drawings, and knew their moms would love their drawings too. I struggled with directing the students too much so all the portraits looked the same, but directing them enough so they would have success with their portraits. I decided to take the students through an exercise of exploring their faces and bodies so they did not miss any parts. We pulled our shoulders up to see what we would look like if we didn’t have a neck and they thought that would look pretty silly! We also discovered that our eyes are in the middle of our heads, not our noses. After exploring their bodies, students eagerly began drawing their portraits while adding their own unique touches. After the portraits were finished and the tissue paper backgrounds were added, their classroom teachers helped them write notes and Mother’s Day wishes to their moms around the border. . This project meets the following Michigan Visual Arts Standards: Explore the elements of art through playful sensory experiences. Recognize that art can be created for self expression or fun. This project can be found on our online art gallery ARTSONIA Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services Entry Filed under: News From Mrs. Persch. Posted in News From Mrs. Persch Tags:Artsonia, Kindergarten Art Projects, line, Mother's Day, self portraits, tissue paper.
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An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.
Since I've spent the last couple of weeks in Printmaking Land with my second and third graders, I thought I'd share everything I know about printmaking in the elementary art room! I started to record a podcast episode which quickly turned into TWO podcast episodes. There's a lot to printmaking in the elementary art room but none of it is scary, difficult or even all that messy! My kids love it and so do I. So I'll be sharing both podcast episodes here as well as my favorite lessons. Be sure and click the link as it will take you directly to the lessons which often feature a video for you and your students! In the first episode in this series, I focus a lot on printing with Styrofoam sheets. They are a great alternative to having small children carve into linoleum or wood blocks (lord, I can see the lawsuit now!) and can produce beautiful results. Here's everything I could think of about printing with Styrofoam sheets! My favorite tip is to have kids use ink pens when incising the lines into the foam. I have them use a blue pen first and a black pen second. This ensures that they'll incise the lines deeply enough by doing it twice. When I see the black ink pen, I know they've traced their lines not once but twice. In this episode, I talk a lot about supplies and set up. Here's a visual! My second graders are doing a rainbow roll in this photo. Notice the dollops of ink at the top of the tray where they are to dip their brayer, not roll through the ink. Then, in the space below, they are to roll their brayer up and down only (so as not to mix the colors) to cover the brayer before rolling it onto their printing plate. Messy mats are used to help keep the table clean. Students also place all of their prints on the messy mat during clean up (without stacking them as they will stick together) and slide the entire mat onto our drying rack. Then we toss our printing plates in one sink, brayers and trays in another for me to do a quick wash after school. In the episode, I also mention printing on newspapers, painted papers, wrapping paper, metallic papers and much more. The results are stunning! In the follow-up episode, I talk about printing in 30-minute classes. On the first day, we do a single color print like these third-grade robots you see here. The following art class, we do a rainbow roll like you saw above. On our third day of printing, we spend a hot minute adding more designs to our printing plates before doing a reduction print. The kids were fascinated by this process. And on the last day, we make these! Never throw away those printing plates or simply send them home. You can make such cool works of art with them with inexpensive foil sheets, steel wool and spray paint. Take a listen to find out how! Third Grade Cities! This lesson was a hit as the kids were allowed to swap cities to create some diversity in their finished piece. The complete lesson in the link! Winter Portraits by Second Grade Need a fun way to introduce printmaking and patterns? Check out this self-portrait project! Egyptian God Portraits Fourth grade students used their knowledge of Egyptian gods and symbols to print the designs in the background of these portraits. Positive Four Letter Word Collages with Prints! This is a lesson I return to year after year and seem to change and tweek each time. You can see alternatives to this lesson here. Gelatin Prints I don't do this kind of printing anymore with homemade gelatin printing plates for a couple of reasons: I don't like using the gelatin (it's an animal product that I'm not comfortable using) and it's labor-intensive. BUT the results! There are recipes for making your own more permanent printing plates that don't seem to be difficult at all. I found several on YouTube. Sushi Collage with Gelli-Plate Prints I do have a class set of Gelli-Plates and we love them. The best thing to do is just let your kids go crazy exploring different methods of printing on the surface with stencils and texture and color. In the end, you'll have a fun stack of papers like you see below that can then be used to create collages like you see above! If you would like a video to walk you through more of these processes, be sure and check out this blog post! Collagraph Prints are ones created by adding things to a surface. This is different that the Styrofoam prints which are a subtractive kind of printing. Collagraphs are additive. My fourth graders created these prints a couple years ago in celebration of dot day! That project was very similar to one I did just last year with my kindergarten friends! We used foam hearts from the Dollar Tree as the base and sticky-backed foam stickers for the design. You can see the complete lesson here. We collaged our completed hearts for these sweet masterpieces. We then wrapped our lesson by wrapping our hearts and doing a little burnishing as I mentioned at the start of this blog post! I hope that gives you a bunch of ideas for printmaking in your art room and removes any fear that you may have! Happy Printing!
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to
Long list of free Montessori materials found online; perfect resource for classroom teachers and homeschoolers; free materials for a variety of levels, especially preschoolers through early elementary!
Our school is building an addition, so I thought projects related to “building” would be fun. Legos are the perfect building blocks! So, we designed our own mini-figures with this template. I originally saw this idea from The Art Teacher’s Closet. We also stamped with Legos (idea via Lego Stamping from Filth Wizardry). Thanks to wonderful bloggers for these two ideas! My students LOVED them! They were so excited about these proejcts. Place your piece of paper on top of … Read more... →
I created this PDF worksheet to help students to think creatively, elaborate, and tell a story. I've used this when I taught in elementary (as young as kindergarten) and used it also in high school. There is no right or wrong answer and it is fun to see all the creative solutions that students come up with. My high school students taking the animation pathway especially liked this worksheet. We always share the results in class to see all the different solutions. I've included a blank sheet that you can have students create their own sheet and then switch with a partner and create a drawing from it. This adds a sense of challenge and game element to it. Further information: • Resources are ready to print and go Connect with me @ Messy Art Teacher Messy Art Teacher Blog Facebook Instagram Pinterest You can follow me by clicking at top of my store page if you would like to receive updates on new art resources and details of my forthcoming sales. Don’t forget to leave feedback on resources - you will earn points towards your next TPT purchases :-) Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this resource. Thanks! Nancy Miller - Messy Art Teacher
These classroom art activities inspired by artist Romero Britto are a great art project to help students join the Happy Art Movement.
This blog post provides valuable information about how you can make your Flat Stanley book study stronger. There is so much packed in this book that you don't want to miss getting the best out of this study!
My rule #1 in a series about bringing out the best behavior in middle school students, Helpful tips for managing adolescents effectively.
Do you feel like you're always telling your students to quiet down? If student talking is a problem, check out these tips to get the chatter under control.
You have to see this fun drawing game for kids we played at our art summer camp in our children's art studio in Charlotte, NC.
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Tips for Classroom management! Behavior is the most important aspect of a strong classroom. Learn how to get control of your new class- even the tough ones!
Not only will cutting sheets help teach your child how to cut properly, but they offer great practice for cutting a straight line.
At this time of year (end of August) I have so many mixed emotions. I am sad that the summer is drawing to an end, but I am excited for the new school year: envisioning my new students and the project
These easy to use techniques can be used by teachers for students in upper elementary and middle school to develop stronger reading comprehension skills.
This packet is chock full of space themed activities. If you are doing a space theme in your classroom this is a great resource to have. There are so many activities and teaching resources. Check out the preview file for a detailed look and explanation of the resources included in this packet. Includes: •All About Planets Cards •Solar System Poster •Word Wall Cards •Write the Room Color & B & W •6 Writing Prompts •2 Reading Comprehension Stories •Ella Goes to Space Minibook •My Shape Rocket •Planet Order Worksheet •Sorting On Earth/In Space •Graphing •Making 10 •2- Addition Worksheets within 10 •2- Subtraction Worksheets within 10 •Color by number •Color by letter •Color by sight-word •Patterns •Comparing Quantities •Do you want to be an Astronaut? chart •Out of this World ABC Center (Differentiated 3 ways!) •You’re a shooting star! Certificate/Award I really hope you like this product as much as I do! Don't forget to leave feedback! TPT will give you credit towards future purchases when you leave feedback. :) Follow me for product updates and freebies! :) Related Products • All About Plants • All About Letters • All About Colors! • Alphabet Punch Cards • Basic Skills Assessment • Classroom Newsletters-Fully Editable- Mega Bundle • Counting Bears Pattern Math Center • Compound Words • Counting Fish- Counting Clip Cards • Daily Weather Chart • Desk Nametags- Full Year • Exploring Shapes 2-D & 3-D • Fall Fun Play dough Mats • Fire Safety • Fun with Numbers: Number Sense Packet • Kindergarten ABC Worksheets • Monthly Math & Literacy Mega Bundle- Pre-K • Number Sense Puzzles- Free! • Numbers 1-20 • Phonics Skills Workbook 1 • Phonics-Sound it Out!
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An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.
