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Category Archives: art history

Updates in My Shop | Art Journaling with Kids Zine

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Hi!  I have been busy updating my shop at Teachers Pay Teachers.  First, if you have purchased or are interested in purchasing the Art Discussion Cards or the Art Discussion Posters, but you live in a country that uses the spelling COLOUR instead of COLOR, I have a revised version for you with cards using the spelling COLOUR.  If you have already purchased these and you would like the cards with the “colour” spelling, email me at marciadotcom@yahoo.com and I … Read more… →

Book Review & Giveaway: A Child’s Introduction to Art

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**  This giveaway is now closed. ** I received a copy of a great new art history book to share with you!  The book is A Child’s Introduction to Art: The World’s Greatest Paintings and Sculptures, written by Heather Alexander.  The publishers are also giving away ONE free copy to a lucky winner.  To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on the blog telling one way you introduce art history to your kids.  I will pick one winner on Friday … Read more… →

Art Discussion Signs for Bulletin Boards

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Art Discussion Signs for Bulletin Boards

I have been dreaming about how I will be setting up my art room next year, as we will be having two art rooms and I will have a lot more space!  The art discussion cards that I created have been popular and I thought that these questions would make an intriguing bulletin board. I designed 33 colorful signs with interesting art discussion prompts that can be used in classroom critiques or art history discussions.  There are 4 additional “title” … Read more… →

Alphabet Art Project for 1st Grade

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Alphabet Art Project for 1st Grade

  This is a great project to try at the beginning of the year or as your students are reviewing the alphabet and beginning to learn to write words and phrases. I got this idea from the book Dynamic Art Projects for Children.  Ours are not exactly as the ones in this book, but very similar. We started by looking at the art of Stuart Davis and reading the phrases, words and numbers that we saw in his artwork.  The … Read more… →

Watercolor Bird Paintings by First Graders

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Watercolor Bird Paintings by First Graders

I love these charming birds by the 1st graders!  So colorful and a beautiful experience with watercolors. We read the lovely book The Boy Who Drew Birds, which is about the naturalist/artist John James Audubon.  It is a great book that tells the story of how he loved to study birds and spent his free time as a child drawing and observing nature.  Audubon banded birds to see if the same birds returned each year.  It is a great book … Read more… →

Starry Night Kindergarten Art Project

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Starry Night Kindergarten Art Project

Here is an easy Starry Night inspired project that I like to teach to my kindergarten art classes. There is a great Van Gogh book for kids called “Getting to Know the Greatest Artists”, by Mike Venezia (my favorite series of art books for kids.) After viewing the swirling lines, dots and dashes that Van Gogh used, the students create a wild and swirly night sky scene with markers.  A silhouettte landscape or city scene is added on the bottom … Read more… →

On Teaching Art #3: Integrating Art with Other Subjects

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On Teaching Art #3: Integrating Art with Other Subjects

Welcome to the 3rd post in my series On Teaching Art. The first post and the background behind this series is On Teaching Art:  Art vs. Craft. The second post was On Teaching Art #2: Organizing Curriculum. The question posed for this installment is: How can art be integrated into math, science, social science, and literacy? That is a great question and I very often connect art lessons with their units of study in the classrooms.  Integrating art with other … Read more… →