Art Lessons for Kids
In the series, The Organized Art Teacher, I will offer creative ways to start the year off with an organized mindset. Ever wondered how other art teachers store their old lesson plans and samples? What about creating a balanced art curriculum or how to track what each class created? And what about inside the art room…what’s [...]
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In the series, The Organized Art Teacher, I will offer creative ways to start the year off with an organized mindset. Ever wondered how other art teachers store their old lesson plans and samples? What about creating a balanced art curriculum or how to track what each class created? And what about inside the art room…what’s [...]
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Let’s face it, art teachers aren’t known for their organizational skills. Ask anyone to describe their former art teacher and you might hear the words scattered, emotional, strange, colorful, etc. Organized is unlikely to get top-billing. But I disagree. After perusing hundreds if websites, blogs, Facebook pages, and reading your comments on Deep Space Sparkle, I [...]
It’s 5 minutes before the end of art class and you know what comes next: clean-up time. That little phrase always puts me in panic mode. Why? Because I don’t have a system. By the end of my class, the area by my sink usually looks something like the photo above. I’ve always been honest [...]
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Inspired by a recent comment from Sarah S, I thought I’d address a few paint concerns that some teachers face when teaching art to their students. Sarah commented that when she painted with her students, the projects never really seemed to “turn out”. I know exactly what she means. Perusing art blogs and seeing countless beautiful [...]
Organization is not my best attribute, but I get the job done. Trick for me is having everything I need close by. So when my middle son hijacked my downstairs office and claimed it for his own, I didn’t object (well, not too loudly). Instead, I cleaned out my very large upstairs walk-in closest (that [...]
I remember a week before my first teaching job, the principal handed me my art schedule. 8:30-9:30 5th Grade, 9:30-10:30 6th grade, 10:45-11:45 2nd grade…need I go on? It was a bit of a shocker to say the least. I mean, where was the prep time? How do I shoo out one class and usher [...]
One of the most overwhelming aspects of being an art teacher is the management of the artwork. Of course, you don’t have to manage it at all; children can take their precious piece with them when they leave class. But for me, I like to keep all of the art created in the art room [...]
Many of my fellow art teachers have asked about organization. I’ve hesitated to respond because I don’t particularly feel that my organizational skills are worth writing about. But since school is out and my lesson plans are dwindling (although I still have a few more to post!), it feels like a good time to sit [...]
