My daughter is 3 and a few months ago she decided that taking a bath would be optional in our household (for her at least). Her father and I disagreed, and the nightly bath struggle began. One day while at the mall she saw some bath bombs at LUSH and decided she wanted to try [...]
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Teaching or reviewing arrays using these fun apple prints will be a memorable experience for your students. If you enjoy this post you can get a pdf copy of all the steps as well as a copy of the video to use with your kids at the end of the post. Use this video and [...]
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Art and math go together naturally and make beautiful bulletin board displays for the holidays. I like to use the arts to help my students with their academic success as often as I can in my art class. I feel like I’m contributing to my school community this way. We read, write, and do math [...]
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Adult Coloring Books: The how, the why and samples to try! Adults don’t have to hide at home to color (anymore!): Everyone loves to color, from children to adults, but sometimes adults are sheepish to admit it. No need to be anymore! Adult coloring is very much en vogue. Everyone is talking about the benefits of [...]
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How to Draw Thanksgiving Pictures: Scarecrow, Turkeys & Pilgrims. I teach direct drawing art lessons in a unique and specific way that is really fun for kids and teachers! I’ll guide you through everything you need to know – don’t worry if you don’t know how to draw the kids will love this. This how to [...]
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It’s so much fun to see a time-lapse video. It’s always hard to watch them just once! We recently built an addition on our home and periodically we’d put a time-lapse video on all day and then go back at night and view the entire days work in a few short minutes…it’s so neat. I haven’t [...]
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Malala Yousafzai Classroom Activities I just finished watching the National Geographic channel’s airing of the stirring documentary of the life-to-date story of Malala Yousafzai and thought how great it would be to introduce her to students around the world. To help do so, I have teamed up with Brain Waves Instruction to develop a pair of Malala [...]
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Parts of Speech Coloring Pages Teaching or reviewing parts of speech is a lot of fun with these “Pop Art” parts of speech coloring pages. I have teamed up with Brain Waves Instruction to bring you and your students these unique and engaging parts of speech coloring pages. Perfect for grades 3 through 8 with a basic version for [...]
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Robert Frost Activities and Art Projects Robert Frost was a famous American poet who lived from 1874 to 1963. Teachers love teaching about Robert Frost, students love learning about his poetry and I love creating Robert Frost activities and poetry resources! I’ve created a variety of Robert Frost activities that are easy for teachers and will leave [...]
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Vision Poster for Inspired Teaching Teachers, what you do is so important, but let’s be honest, what you do is also very hard. There are going to be “those” days that wear you down and have you wondering how you are going to make it through. For a moment you may even wonder why you [...]
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Keith Haring Art Project for Kids: Hallway Mural My first teaching assignment was at a middle school in Virginia. I was teaching grades 6, 7 & 8. The love of art was very high at that school so I immediately started an art club. I look back fondly on those years with the kids and all [...]
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Harriet Tubman Activity Harriet Tubman Activity for kids and teachers with freebies to download and use right away. Long before people could become famous just for being famous, there lived a woman who earned her fame – through acts so brave and noble, we’re still celebrating her achievements nearly 100 years after her birth. Harriet [...]
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Growth Mindset for the classroom: Michael Jordan. Steve Jobs. Walt Disney. Oprah Winfrey. What do these people have in common? Two things: They are famously successful. And, they were miserable failures. Jordan? Cut from his high school basketball team. Jobs? Unceremoniously removed from the company he started. Disney? Fired from a newspaper for lacking imagination. [...]
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Louise Nevelson Art Project : Ideal for pre-school age children! Louise Nevelson Art Project: Inspiration Every day, well almost every day, when my daughter comes home from her preschool she has a “gift” for me. Usually it’s a rock, a twig or maybe a found object like a marker top. I always feel like these [...]
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2016 Presidential Election: Art Project 2016 Presidential Election Art Project: Art can inspire and provoke, attract and repulse. It can
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5 Ways Teachers Can Help Stop Bullying Being the target of a bully was never fun. There aren’t many adults
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Make your own Emoji Agamograph I love taking ideas that I’ve used in my art room and figuring out how
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Learning about Famous Artists Featuring: Georgia O’Keeffe Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe and Pablo Picasso. Even if, somehow, you don’t
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Learning About Famous Artists Featuring: Frida Kahlo This is the second post in a series of four all about how
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When I first met Suzy from KindyKats I was so curious about what she was calling “piggyback songs.” The term
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