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Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

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9 Kindness Books for Kids

I was on a mission last year to find some excellent books about KINDNESS for kids.  I found NINE books…

  • July 31, 2018
  • 2 Comments
  • all grades, art teacher tips, art teaching, book review, books, bulletin board, character education, drawing, first days of school, first grade, fourth grade, kindergarten, second grade, third grade
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Back to School Ideas

A few years ago, I compiled a huge list of tips for the first days of school.  These tips were…

  • July 9, 2018
  • 4 Comments
  • all grades, Art Ed Blogger's Network, art teacher tips, art teaching, books, bulletin board, first days of school
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Create a Summer Art Journal

Isn’t this graphic the cutest?!  I am part of an Art Ed Blogger’s Network which is a collective of writers…

  • June 12, 2018
  • all grades, Art Ed Blogger's Network, art journaling, art teacher tips, art teaching, summer
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Summer Art Challenge 2018

About 6 years ago I came up with the idea to do a Summer Art Challenge, based on the fun…

  • May 21, 2018
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  • all grades, art teacher tips, art teaching, summer
A silhouette mural of children and a dog painted on a school hallway wall, depicting various activities and a tree branch with a nest and chicks.

Nest & Chicks added to our Silhouette Mural

We made a few updates to our mural at school. We painted the original in 2015. This year, after some…

  • May 16, 2018
  • 1 Comment
  • all grades, collaborative artwork, mural, painting
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Class Project for Auction: Clay Mosaic Mirrors

Every year my students and I create artworks for our school’s auction.  If you look here, you can see some…

  • April 30, 2018
  • 33 Comments
  • all grades, clay, collaborative artwork, mosaic
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Kindness Coloring Pages: Free Sample Page!

Coloring for kindness!!  Kindness and character education are important topics in the classroom. Unleash the therapeutic benefits of zen-coloring for…

  • April 15, 2018
  • 3 Comments
  • all grades, coloring, Teachers Pay Teachers
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Ideas for Early Finishers in Art

This month, the Art Ed Blogger’s Network is talking about how to enrich art class for students who finish early.…

  • April 10, 2018
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  • all grades, Art Ed Blogger's Network, art teacher tips, art teaching, free time activities
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Free Sub Tub Guide

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