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Through a grand discussion and examination of Julie Speed’s and Kazimir Malevich’s artworks, guide your beginner artists in the exploration of the use of art's key elements; shapes and color! Additionally, fine motor skills and creative...

Foster a healthy and kind classroom community with a series of literary lessons focused on the habits of mind. Each lesson features a picture book that shares a literary theme with one or more of the habits of mind.

Recreate the iconic stylings of Eric Carle with a creative class project. Learners follow a step-by-step guide to make a collage using painted tissue paper.

Learn how to help your class members design beautiful collages with the fantastic, free app called PicCollage. Rich and Jennifer provide a simple demonstration of how to compose creative pieces with the app, as well as offer...

Students explore the technique of embossing through the use of aluminium foil and a three dimensional collage.  In this embossing lesson, students create a sentence with the letters of the word stamp.  Students discuss a plaque and make...

First, introduce rank badges, which were used during the Qing Dynasty. Then, the class will work together to uncover the meaning of the images they see. They'll examine and research the meaning behind the symbols found on Leopard Rank...

Second graders design clown paintings with different types of paint. In this clown portrait lesson, 2nd graders examine the work of famous artists such as Picasso and Red Skelton. Students discover how to use oil pastels, tempera paint...

Introduce young readers to Eric Carle, one of the most popular children's authors of our time. Complementing the reading his books, 11 activities are provided in this lesson series that engage children in learning about a range of...

Students participate in a read aloud of an illustrated version of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. They discuss the tale,"A Fisherman and His Wife" to discover how fairy tales can help us think about our own situations. They also...

Explore the components of rhythm and form through a reading of Jean Marzollo's I Spy books. After discussing Marzollo’s format, the class agrees upon a theme for a class book and topics that fit with that theme. Pupils write a poem,...