Art History is important to any art program, and is easy to integrate into this simple lesson plan. This lesson plan introduces students to the art of the Aboriginies of Australia in the form of dot paintings of hand prints and animals.
Gorillas are great animals to talk to your students about. They are very smart creatures. They are often referred to as our ancestors. Here are some great gorilla lesson plans to incorporate into your classroom.
This simple art project gives a quick overview of what Impressionism was and a little bit about landscapes and color theory in a hands on way.
Children need to have opportunities in their lives for dramatic play, story telling, make-believe and reading for the fun of it. This gives you some ideas on how to construct those opportunities in the classroom, after-school or at home.
Dodge Ball. You might remember this game from your own grade school years. The fun, the challenge, the heady rush of dodging a well aimed ball, the heady rush of blood out your nose from not dodging a well aimed ball … ah, good times. When you’re eight, it is worth the risk. When you are thirty-seven worried about your eight year old, maybe not.
This lesson plan explores the concept of symmetry through things that the children would encounter in nature, in this case trees and leaves. It also lets them have a positive experience with working in a group to create a work of art that leaves no one out.
This is a step by step lesson plan for art teachers looking for one more way to engage those oh so hard to plan for kindergartners. This one is how to make clay impression tiles that can be hung on the wall or used as trivets and will engage the children not only in the clay but in objects found in nature and artistic concepts that are sometimes hard to grasp.
