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Awesome Triaramas in Grade Three
Grade three just finished making their triaramas. I love doing these because they are so versatile and adaptable to any theme or lesson you teach. For these, the students had to recreate their...
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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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E Book Giveaway!
A collage of inspiration I was recently chatting with my friend Lucille who lives and teaches in Tokyo. She is a music teacher and I guess due to cut backs at her school, was given the ‘Art Teacher’...
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Goals Mural Update
The mural is looking so much better now that my students are adding all their gorgeous art work. Gosh it feels so good to be back teaching the kids, don’t you think? There is a whole lot of goal...
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Color Mixing in Grade One
We have been reviewing the primary and secondary colors in grade one. A great way to help students learn some color theory is to let them mix their own colors. I saw this idea at Deep Space Sparkle...
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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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