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Eggshell Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students crush dried eggshells into little pieces. In this art lesson, students create a picture sprinkling the eggshells over glue making patterns or designs.
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Abstract Art: Line, Shape And Color

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define and create an abstract art work. They introduce the artist Piet Mondrian and review geometric shapes (rectangles & squares), straight , angular lines, color.
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Taiko Drumming and Folktales - Activity 1

For Teachers K - 11th
Students discuss how sound has been used throughout history and cultures, including present day in their own lives, through the study of Taiko Drums in this introductory lesson plan. Resource ideas are provided.
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Singing And Chanting In Rhythm

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students sing and chant various songs keeping a steady beat, or pulse, while performing as a group in this early-elementary level General Music lesson plan. Emphasis is placed on the use of Solfege syllables and the song "Singin' In The...
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Mixing Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers K - 6th
Students use Play Doh to make a color wheel. In this color wheel lesson plan, students use primary and secondary colors of Play Doh to make a color wheel.
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Bubble Art

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students add color to the bubbles. In this art lesson, students lightly blow the bubbles onto the paper and then the paper dries. Students enjoy making an easy art project.
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Earth Day Art

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss Earth day. In this art lesson, students put on plastic gloves and look for trash to put into brown bags. Students then take the trash and glue some of the trash onto paper.
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Ladybug Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make thumbprints around the border. In this art lesson, students draw heads on narrow end of thumb print and then draw two short antaenna. Students draw an upside down y starting at the head to separate the wings and color the...
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Near and Far Snow People/an Art lesson

For Teachers K
Students explore the concepts in art of near and far by drawing landscapes and snowpeople. They first draw and later do watercolor and oil pastel paintings.
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Glue Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create an art project using glue and food coloring. In this art lesson, students are given a piece of wax paper and glue is poured in the middle of the paper. Finally, food coloring is dripped on one drop at a time with the...
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Painted String Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students dip string in black paint. In this art lesson, students take a piece of construction paper and fold it in half putting the string on one side of paper making a design with string making lots of circle shapes. Students fold the...
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Rollie-Pollie - - Ceramic Art

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to a variety of sculpting techniques: rolling, pinching and scoring. They practice utilizing additive and subtractive processes in making simple sculptural forms to depict bugs. Each student also interprets...
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Wall Paper and Paint Mosaic

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a wall mosaic. In this art activity, students post one large piece of butcher paper on a wall. Pieces of construction paper are torn into small squares. These small squares are dipped in the paint and put on the...
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Time Capsule and Other End Of The Year Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills as they use scissors and other materials to make a time capsule. In this time capsule lesson, students use paper, scissors, glue, and other materials to develop these skills.
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Thanksgiving Harvest Cut and Paste

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students cut pictures and pas them in the correct place, then color the picture. Worksheet references a web site for additional activities.
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Hand and Foot Wrapping Paper!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students paint on butcher paper with finger paints. In this art lesson, students paint with their fingers and toes.
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Leprechaun Pudding and Search

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make pistachio pudding with milk and marshmallows refrigerating it until it gets thick and cools. In this art lesson, students put in cups and put a Kebler elf cookie on top. Have the students go on a leprechaun hunt looking for...
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Size Worksheet: Long And Short

For Students K
In this size worksheet, students will analyze pictures using long and short. Students will match 4 short objects to their corresponding long objects in the opposite column.
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Big and Small

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this worksheet on size, students view a set of 4 pictures drawn in 2 sizes. Students follow directions to identify the big and small pictures.
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Pretty Pink and Purple Pigs

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Perfect pigs dance across this handout. On it, little learners choose two to color pink, and one to color purple. Two will remain uncolored. This is an appropriate exercise in color recognition and following directions.
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Color, Cut, and Paste: Halloween

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this Halloween color, cut, and paste worksheet, students color the holiday templates, cut them out, and paste them onto another sheet of paper.
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Cutting Positive and Negative SYMMETRICAL SHAPES

For Teachers K - 5th
Students cut intricate symmetrical shapes on the fold. Also, they identify positive and negative shapes and warm, cool and neutral colors. Finally, they glue shapes to create a pleasing design.
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Paper and Clothespin Dragonflies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use construction paper and clothespins to make a paper dragonfly. They place eyes on the dragonfly and use magic markers to add any detail they choose.
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Steady Beat and Form with Bluegrass and Fiddle Tunes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce lesson concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety of traditional...