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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: A Funny Hat Show

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create unique hats. In this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in a group celebration to foster social skills, creativity, and fine- and gross-motor development as they put on a funny fashion show with the hats they...
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Learning About Artists

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore various artists and practice creating their style of painting. In this art history activity, students discover various artists, such as Van Gogh and Michelangelo, and painting style each utilizes. Students paint a...
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Bubble Bubble Pop Pop!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students pour bubble solution in pans and add different colors of food coloring to each pan. In this art lesson, students dip their bubble wand into the pan and blow bubbles onto the paper. Students use all of the colors making a...
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Fun Note Jar

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students decorate a jar or can and label it the Fun Note Jar. In this art lesson, students put a note in the jar for someone else and then at the end of the day the students read the notes. Students read notes from the teacher as well.
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Heart Prints

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create heart prints. In this art lesson, students use heart-shaped cookie cutters and red or pink paint to make the heart prints making a pretty pictures of hearts.
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Calder Mobile

For Teachers K
Students investigate the sculptures of Alexander Calder. They view and analyze pictures of various types of sculptures, discuss how mobiles are a type of sculpture, listen to the book "Roarr: Calder's Circus," and create a class mobile...
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Starfish

For Students Pre-K - K
In this painting worksheet, students follow directions to create a painted starfish. They draw a starfish shape on card stock and cut it out. Students sponge paint their starfish shape with yellow and red paint. They press a piece of...
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Shaker Band

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students shake up some lively music. In this early childhood music and art instructional activity, students use a variety of materials to make shakers that will acquaint them with different rhythms and enhance their sensory awareness.
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My Favorite Things

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a body portraits to depict their favorite things. In this self-expression lesson, students use drawings, paintings, and magazine clippings to fill in their life-size body portraits with pictures representing their...
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Music- Found-Object Orchestra

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students construct simple musical instruments. In this music lesson plan, students read the text Max Found Two Sticks and construct their own instruments from classroom materials.
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Color Book

For Teachers K
Students identify the colors in various pictures. In this art lesson, students create book using card stock and yarn and match pictures that show a specific color to each page. Students write the color of the pictures at the top of each...
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3D Pumpkins (or apples)

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students cut up tissue paper into squares a pumpkin. In this art lesson, students twist the tissue paper around the end of the eraser part of a pencil and dip it in glue. Students place it on the pumpkin so it is standing up. Continue...
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Alphabet Book

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students choose a new letter to work on and write upper and lower case letter on a piece of paper. In this art lesson, students look through old magazines to find pictures that begin with that letter, cut them out and glue them on the...
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Bookmark Babies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make bookmarks by cutting cardboard into strips about 5 inches long by 1 1/2-2 inces wide. In this art lesson, students then glue their pictures on the strip.
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Christmas Countdown

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a paper chain link out of the red, green and white strips of paper. In this art lesson, students staple or tape the rings. Students also staple a square on each link with the numbers 1-24 written on the squares. Students...
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Father's Day Hug

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Children create a Father's Day card. In this art lesson, students paint and decorate a card. Students make their hand print on paper, let it dry and decorate.
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Iceberg

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students put the plastic dinosaurs and water in a pan. In this art lesson, students put the pan in the freezer. Students take the pan out of the freezer on a hot day for fun and discovery.
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Peanut Butter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make peanut butter. In this art lesson, students pour peanuts in a blender making them finely ground. Students add the cooking oil and the sugar. When it looks like peanut butter it is ready for the studnets to enjoy.
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Rainbow Toast

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students paint on bread using milk and food coloring. In this art lesson, students use their imagination and "paint" something on the bread.
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Rainy Day Picture

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students draw a picture with water color markers on a paper towel. In this art lesson, students spray water from a spray bottle watching how the colors mix, blend and bleed.
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Valentines Wreaths

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students cut different sizes of hearts out of red and pink paper. In this art lesson, students create a valentine wreath by cutting the middle out of a paper plate and gluing the heart shapes to the plate. Students make bows out of yarn...
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Winter Ice Candles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make ice candles. In this art lesson, students fill a balloon with water, add a drop of food coloring, and blow into the balloon and tie a knot in the balloon. Students then put the balloon in the margarine tub and put...
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Vocal Awareness

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the human voice through teacher-directed exercises and experiments in the Kindergarten or 1st grade general music classroom. Textbook references are mentioned and an assessment pattern is given.
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Found Instruments

For Students K - 1st
In this music worksheet, students analyze a picture of a key chime. Students also solve a maze called "the Junk Yard of Found Instruments" and draw a picture of a pretend instrument.