Students paint, create, and crawl through their own tunnel. In this early childhood visual arts lesson, students will develop gross motor skills and engage in activities that promote physical exercise as they create and explore tunnels...

Young scholars examine a piece of art to find objects and symbols used by the artist. In this visual art lesson, students look at Jaun Quick-to-See Smith's, "Trade Canoe for Don Quixote." They look for symbols and items that show the...

Artists imitate the symbols used by tribes of the Southwest or use their own word pictures that communicate something about themselves. This lesson is a perfect blend of visual art and social studies. Students create a beautiful piece of...

A reading of Dr. Seuss's My Many Colored Days provides a great intro for a discussion of colors and how they can represent emotions and moods. Kids share the feelings they associate with various colors

Students visualize what happens when a 2 foot long piece of string is put through the middle of a cardboard circle with rainbow colors on it. The string is wound up by the students and then students have to observe what happens when the...

Students make a creation using colored construction paper. They produce and express a correlation between their particular creation and different qualities of movement by transferring their feelings and/or emotions into a movement...

In this early childhood color recognition worksheet, learners color the picture by using the coded color numbers at the bottom of the sheet.

In this early childhood color recognition worksheet, students color the picture by using the coded color numbers at the bottom of the sheet.

Young scholars construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. They create a dance using the ribbon wand.

Students identify the elements of line, shape, and color and expressive qualities of pictorial representation. Students create their own puppet frog using emotion and perform in a reader's theater. Students listen to various pieces of...

Fifth graders explore the colors in the color wheel and complete a tissue art activity that includes a minimum of three different colors from the color wheel and two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. They discuss...

Third graders explore the color purple. In this visual arts lesson plan, 3rd graders sort purple objects in various ways and create the color purple by mixing paint. Students create a purple portrait of a character from the play, Lost...

Students revisit the color yellow and are introduced to van Gogh, the painter. In this visual arts lesson, students study Vincent van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" and identify the color yellow. Students create their own interpretation of...

First graders imagine what life would look like in one color, then many. They play a game with colored cards where students call out the names of colors. They match colored cards with objects of same color. They read "The Color Box."

Students investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...

In this art worksheet, students cut out 5 fully colored green circles of different sizes and shades of green. Students glue the circles one on top of the other to create a color shades "target" like the one pictured in the instructions.

Fourth graders create an abstract wall relief that incorporates the use of free form shapes, lines, movement, & color. They use oak tag, toilet paper holders and glue to create their sculptures.

Young scholars examine how artists have expressed emotion thru use of line, color and shapes. They communicate a variety of emotions using line, shape and values to create form.

In this early childhood recognizing colors worksheet, students draw a line from 4 crayons to the 4 objects on the other side of the page that is the same color.

In this early childhood recognizing colors learning exercise, students draw a line from 4 crayons to the 4 objects on the other side of the page that are the same color.

Students draw and color an ocean scene based on the paintings of Wyland. In this ocean art lesson plan, students view slides of seascapes before they complete their project using oil pastels.

Students examine how to use a rainbow picture as a graphic organizer through the use of color-coding. They produce a writing piece using this graphic organizer. They expand their writing from simple paragraphs to multi-paragraph stories.

Students 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.

In this early childhood coloring worksheet, students practice their artistic skills as they color the picture of a summer scene.