In last week's blog post, Lisa listed her best and worst art lessons of the year. This week, it's Janell's turn. Faves Kindergarten Country/City Pop-up ...
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Art Lesson Faves and Fails
I only have 10 more classes to teach and then I’m done for the summer! I’m already thinking about next year and evaluating which projects made my heart go pitter-patter and which ones need some improvement. Here are my faves and fails from the year. ...
Videos for Art Class-One of my Faves
At the end of the school year when I'm low on supplies and running out of inspiration for new lessons, I show my favorite video to my elementary art students. It's uplifting and inspires them to create something from nothing. ...
Mobile art lesson business or brick and mortar studio?
Have you ever dreamt of having your own art studio? If you are creative and you like to teach I'm willing to bet you have. Today we'll compare owning a brick and mortar art studio to the Pop up Art School model of a mobile art school. ...
Ideas to Make Hanging a School Art Show Easier
It‘s art fair season for art teachers. Time to hang hundreds of pieces of art made by the children we teach. It‘s the culmination of an entire year’s work. The prep is tedious and detail oriented but the result is glorious! It's exciting to see everything displayed and observe the student’s, staff and family's reactions. ...
End of year games to play in the art room
What do you do at the end of the school year when you’re feeling burnt-out, low on supplies and the kids want to be anywhere but a classroom? We’ve got two ideas for end-of-the-year games to play in the art room. The first is a drawing game for kids in grades 1-12 and the second is an art history game for middle and high school. ...