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Colored Sand Art

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils try different mediums to create works of art. Have students then decide what colors to put onto the glue. The colored sand can be sprinkles on by hand of shaken on by using salt or pepper shakers.
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Fish Themed Silk Painting

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students sketch an underwater scene that includes a fish and its surroundings. They trace a circular template the size of their silk hoop, Students follow directions to reproduce their drawings with resist material onto the silk. They...
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Sand Painting

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students design and create Navajo Sand Paintings using sand, powdered tempera paints, and basic art supplies in this Art lesson for elementary classrooms. The history behind sand paintings can be included with this lesson for a complete...
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Sand and Water

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students follow this recipe for fun clay creations. In this early childhood art and science lesson, students develop creative-thinking skills, fine-motor skills, and sensory awareness while they make, mold, and decorate salt dough.
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Place Value Collage

For Teachers 3rd Standards
How can art represent math? Use a lesson on place value collages to illustrate the different meanings that numbers have in their designated places. Kids observe photographs and paintings that show place value, then work on their own.
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Helping Dyslexia

Picture Pairs Final Blends

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Engage your pupils in learning final blends with a game of memory! Provided here are 44 word and image pairs to print and cut out in order to put together the game. Each word includes a final blend.
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Dune Buggy

For Students K - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students practice reading with long /u/ words. Students make a seven-page book about Luke and his dune buggy. Students read and color the pictures.
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Trace a Sand Castle

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this tracing worksheet, students trace the dotted sand castle picture. Students then color the picture any way they like. Most dotted lines are curved but there are triangles as well.
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Art with Colored Shaving Cream

For Teachers K
Students use different textures and mediums to paint with.
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Branching Art From Nature

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Learners construct an art piece from nature. In this visual art lesson, students use objects from the environment (petals, leaves, and stones) to create a unique art piece.
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Aa is for Apple

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy activity, students practice writing the letter a and color in the pictures related to it. Then students write a sentence.
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Aa is for Apple

For Students K - 2nd
For this printing worksheet, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter A's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of A's on their own.
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Desert Similes Bulleting Board Cards

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and geography learning exercise, learners write their favorite similes about the desert on the given cards. They color the desert pictures that will be displayed on a bulletin board.
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Art with Colored Shaving Cream

For Teachers K
Students "paint" with colored shaving cream.
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Richard Misrach

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students analyze the Great Salt Lake as a resource for artistic work and other studies. In this art analysis instructional activity, students view maps that show the location of the Great Salt Lake including a satellite image. Students...
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Paper Mache - Identity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify characteristics of art of Ken Parker, create hand sculptures inspired by Ken Parker's work, develop skills related to working with paper mache, and create abstract versions of their hands.
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Japanese Lacquerware Art Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the traditional form of lacquerware painting in Japan. Students imitate Japanese lacquerware techniques using paper plates, gesso and tempera paints.
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Marigold Sculptures

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students design paper sculpture. In this visual arts activity, students follow the provided steps to create their own marigold sculptures from paper products and paint.
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August Glyph

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this August glyph worksheet students color the bubble letters in August according to the directions. Students display their personal preferences in the way they color the letters.
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Sandpaper Drawings

For Teachers K
Students examine sand art pictures from different cultures. They create their own examples of sand art.
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Sun-Catcher Aquarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss which elements in the world would make the best sun-catchers. Using a worksheet, they cut out and color the plants and animals that could be placed in the aquarium. They use cellophane and place their aquarium under a...
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Sandpaper Drawings

For Teachers K
Students examine images of sand art from different cultures. They create their own version of a sand art picture.
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Word Search: Summer Word Search

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this pre-printing practice activity, students trace a set of curved lines on a picture of a pig, then color. Page has multiple links to additional resources.
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Flower Stepping Stones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make garden stepping stones out of mortar, sand and glass. In this lesson integrating science and art, students mix mortar and sand topping to compose and create a floral design for their stepping stone.