Last summer I was at the Teachers Pay Teachers conference in Vegas and I met a really nice lady named Molly, the teacher-author of Lucky to be in First on TPT. She told me that her sister just “loved” my resources. When she told me her sister was Kathleen B., I knew immediately who she was. Kathleen has used many of my products and always leaves me great feedback. I have to admit I felt a tiny bit “famous” for two seconds and I was sort of giddy (blush)! Molly is a bundle of fun and her teacher sister Kathleen is amazing. Here is the picture Molly and I snapped at the conference for Kathleen! 
So, for my March “Featured Teacher” post, I asked Kathleen to share some pictures of her kids using some of my resources in the classroom and to write up a little something from the perspective of a classroom teacher who really integrates art into her curriculum….It’s because of teachers like Kathleen that I love creating resources for my TPT store! Kathleen was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been teaching 5th grade for 16 years and loves teaching math and social studies as well as hanging out with my family and reading in my free time.
Here is what Kathleen had to say…
“How do you even begin to teach art when you can’t draw a straight line with a ruler? It is something I have struggled with over the years. I’ve never had the ability to teach a successful art lesson. I would have grand plans in my head of what it would look like and exactly how it would play out in the classroom only to be utterly disappointed with the outcome not to mention a huge mess. That is until I stumbled upon Art with Jenny K last spring while trying to find something to hold my kids interest at the end of the year. Immediately my kids fell in love with her products and so did I. Not only was the outcome just as pictured but so simple and easy to integrate into my classroom.
We have done a variety of activities, some taking a half hour and reinforcing math skills like the cool St. Patrick’s day shamrock.
…and pot of gold to step-by-step drawing.
…and aren’t they cute?!?
I knew that I had it the personal jackpot when I was successfully able to draw my own caroler at Christmas time. I have never been so proud of a piece of art I’ve made!
I love the ease of using her products. The celtic knot we recently did was amazing. The kids loved it. They had an opportunity to be creative with their color choices and make something unique to each of them. 
The best part is that there are step by step directions with great details that I can put on the smart board for them to reference throughout the activity. The final display is breathtaking! 
For once, I feel like I am actually teaching my students art. Not only do they feel a tremendous amount of pride but it has taken the stress off of doing art. It doesn’t get better than that! Now it’s so easy to integrate amazing art into a packed schedule.”
Thanks for the great story, Kathleen!
And thanks to everyone for reading and for making art with your students!
Jenny K.
P.S. If you’d like to be a “Featured Teacher” on my blog, please send me an e-mail and let me know you are interested!