For this Keith Haring project I show a few images of Keith Haring's work, and a section of the mural I painted that is inspired by him. After talking about his own art we talk about the project we are working on. We begin with the person and I walk them through how to create a stick figure. We start with the head then draw the neck/body. Then I talk about how we have shoulders and show them how to add a line to their stick figures too represent the shoulders. Next, we look at

For the Pattern Caterpillar I begin by talking about the artist Eric Carle and his book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". We listen to a read aloud of the book which I have linked below. Then we talk about patterns, specifically AB patterns. Usually I do this project right when we get back from Winter Break, and by then PreK have covered patterns a bit in their classes. We start by following the demo video I made (linked below) to draw the outlines of the caterpillar, first wit

For our 2nd project of the year I really focus on cut/tear, glue, and manipulation fine motor skills. I begin by showing a short...

This project is the first thing we start with at the beginning of the year. We learn what a color wheel is and how you can use it to see which primary colors mix to create the secondary colors. We start by using a plate tracer, ruler and sharpie to create the 'Turtle Shell'. Then we use paint (markers if we need to finish fast) to color the shell. I try to make sure we color in the correct order, but with PreK and Kinder sometimes that just does not happen. The next art cla

This is a quick assignment that can be done at most age levels. It is really fun for the students and allows them to be creative and see the different art styles of their classmates. The process for the Exquisite Corpse exercise is simple, you give students a piece of paper and either have them fold it or have pre-folded pieces ready to go. Then, you discuss the process and how long they will have for each section. For this lesson I gave 10 min for each section that way stude

This lesson was done in many parts, students were given a week and a half to finish these. I began by bringing in some of my own records...

For this lesson I began by discussing how we tell stories and how we use books to tell those stories. I then begin a demo using a video that I made to walk the students through how to make a book utilizing the pants fold method. Once they have their pants fold in front of them I begin to teach them about how to create the tunnel potion. This step requires me to slow down the lesson and really move one step at a time. I first have the students draw out their three holes, then

For this lesson, I began by talking about bookmaking and how you could make a book with a single sheet of paper. Now to make this lesson...

For this fun paper mosaic lesson, I began with a short video that explained mosaics to the students. After the video I introduced our own...

For this lesson I began with a read aloud of the book "Love Monster" By: Rachel Bright. Then I began to play a video demo that I had...