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Meet Jenny
I’ve often thought if there were just 4 or 5 of me I could get everything done in the world that I am interested in doing. If only!! I am so many things. On jennyknappenberger.com I share all of...
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Kinder FREEBIE
Fine Art Friday: Jasper Johns & Robert Indiana “I am ____ years old” Art Integration Lesson (pre-k to 1st grade) Many artist have used the common shapes of numbers to create art. Artists like...
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Art Integration
Providing this opporunity for children, “smoothing the way,” is what integrating art is all about. Teachers need simply to provide students with creative opportunities and “elminate obstacles” in...
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September Currently
This is my first ever “Currently” and I’m excited to be linking up with the Oh Boy 4th Grade blog, the original currently queen for this fun little blogger get-to-know-you game! I started my blog many...
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Quadrilateral Robots
I’m joining Erin Cobb over at I’m Lovin’ Lit for her fun Thursday Throw Down Linky Party! As an art teacher I know it’s a little bit “unfair” to compare how I use interactive learning to how a...
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Nick Georgiou
Fine Art Fridays: Nick Georgiou [See "Update" at the end of this post to see what Nick has been up to this summer!] This is a really fun story, and it starts at my wedding in 2009. My husband and I...
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University Mascot Made from Kid Hand Prints
There is something about the handprints of a child that are timeless and unique. I set out to try and do something “cool” with handprints with my new group of kindergarten students. I was trying to...
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10 Halloween Art Lessons for Kids
Making art is fun any time of the year! However, during holidays it’s especially fun because kids have some parameters to work within to help them decide what to create (sometimes that is the hardest...
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Cancer Ribbon Interactive Coloring
October is breast cancer awareness month and to honor and support all those fighting this terrible cancer (and all other cancers as well) I have created a cancer ribbon interactive coloring sheet that...
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Halloween Bash Blog Hop and Giveaway & My Tpt Birthday
Halloween Bash Blog Hop, Giveaways and my 1st TPT birthday! Wow, that’s a mouthful–but there really are that many great things going on right now. The ladies and I over at The Teaching 2 Step are...
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Pumpkin Spice Playdoh
Holidays were really fun as a child, then so-so as an adult and now with a 2-year-old they are really fun again. I would say they are even more fun now then when I was a kid myself. Getting to watch my...
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Saints Victory Freebies from Lovin’ Lit
Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for their big win against the Packers tonight! Okay those of you who know me are thinking…What the ??? Jenny is posting about football? Well, let me explain…...
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Candy Corn Paper Craft with Kindergarten
This lesson is the perfect Halloween/Thanksgiving craft for young children. It lets them experiment with color mixing, cutting, gluing and exploring shapes. I LOVE making textured paper with my...
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Veterans Day Collaborative Flag
On November 11th we honor the veterans of our great country. What better way to do so than with a classroom collaborative American flag group poster? For this activity each student is given a part of...
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Thanksgiving Math
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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Guest Post for Rachel Lynette at Minds in Bloom!
A few months ago, I saw that you could submit to guest write for Rachel Lynette on her amazing blog, Minds in Bloom. So, of course, I submitted a proposal to blog about art integration for classroom...
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Tick Tick Tick
Time is running out! …did you know there is a fun little giveaway happening over at my group blog? No?…well, get on over there and enter to win! Great resources from some fabulous Teachers Pay Teachers...
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Holiday Pop Art math coloring sheets
Since my Thanksgiving math Pop Art coloring sheets were helpful to teachers I made them again for the Holidays and winter. I intend to make them for all major holidays and roll out an entire...
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Olaf Hijacked My Lessons Plans
I set out the other day to teach my art kids a variety of holiday-themed lessons. Then, one of my 5th graders asked if she could draw Olaf. Now, I haven’t seen Frozen yet (don’t kill me) but I’d be...
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Reading in the Art Room!
I work at a title one school and English is the second language for most of my students. So, as the art teacher for k-5 students I have a lot of kids that I can influence. One of the ways I make an...
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