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 [...]
I’ve been a bad girl. Now don’t go thinking the wrong thing, I only meant that I made a few promises that I can’t honor (at least not in the timely manner that I had hoped to). Namely, the release date of three Art Booklets: Lines and Patterns, Art & Literature II and America the [...]
Libraries have always been my happy place (next to Starbucks). I love the old book smell, the hushed conversations and the assemblage of school art on the walls. It’s where I go to find inspiration for my art lessons. It can be overwhelming searching for ideas if you don’t have anything particular in mind, but [...]
Every year I attempt the same thing: create an art curriculum for my readers. It’s the request I get most often. New art teachers want to know how to plan out their year. Seasoned teachers want to change things up. Wouldn’t it be great to just print out a curriculum complete with multiple lessons [...]
Ahhh…the first day of school. No doubt you’ve already been into your art room putting new art supplies into pretty bins, throwing out all the junk that you stuffed into drawers last June and dreaming about all the perfect students you’ll be teaching. If you’re really ambitious you might create stations in your art room [...]
I’m proud to be an American. My passport was issued to me in the summer of 2002. Hands down the biggest and most inspiring day of my life. I wasn’t expecting the massive crowds (not only the newly minted Americans, but their throngs of supporters). I went to the LA Fairgrounds alone expecting a quick, [...]
Not easy to pick a favorite lesson. It’s a bit like asking who is your favorite child. With every art project I teach, there are always a few children to take the lesson to a new level and make it their own. That’s what makes an art project special. Individual expression. But, if I had [...]
I believe teaching art to children is what I was meant to do. As a child, I was drawn to all things creative. I lived in a creative household where boredom was my best friend and resourcefulness made up for the supplies I didn’t have. Art in my rural public elementary school in Eastern Canada [...]
How often do you plan your lessons? Weekly? The full year at once? Or perhaps you’re a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of art teacher? My personal strategy is to organize my lessons one month at a time. I work on a rotation basis so I see one group of grades for 8 weeks, then switch to another [...]
Developing art lessons can be overwhelming. Sure, you can use old stand-bys, fellow blogger lessons or source a few from art books. It’s what I’ve done and still do. But if you’re wondering how to go about creating your own art projects, my SPARKLE method of developing your own art lessons might come in handy. I’ve already [...]
Developing art lessons can be overwhelming. Sure, you can use old stand-bys, fellow blogger lessons or source a few from art books. It’s what I’ve done and still do. But if you’re wondering how to go about creating your own art projects, my SPARKLE method of developing your own art lessons might come in handy. I’ve already [...]
Developing art lessons can be overwhelming. Sure, you can use old stand-bys, fellow blogger lessons or source a few from art books. It’s what I’ve done and still do. But if you’re wondering how to go about creating your own art projects, my SPARKLE method of developing your own art lessons might come in handy. In my [...]
Developing art lessons can be overwhelming. Sure, you can use old stand-bys, fellow blogger lessons or source a few from art books. It’s what I’ve done and still do. But if you’re wondering how to go about creating your own art projects, I’ve got something that can help guide you along. I call it my [...]
