Art Dish

I did these projects simultaneously with first graders. The first week we talked about patterns and glued all the pasta to create a radial p...

This project was based on the book Owl Moon. We drew and painted the owls the first week, then the second week we read the book and talked a...

I read The Biggest, Best Snowman to first graders before we did snowman drawings with black crayon and chalk. I showed them how they could ...

I read Kevin Henkes book Birds before we did mixed media snow scenes including birds in winter.

It Fell in the City I read the poem by Eve Merriam It Fell in the City to kindergarten students. They cut out paper shapes to make their ci...

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I found this lesson here: Supplies: • 12″ x 18″ white paper • Blue metallic tempera paint (Michael’s craft store will have this paint) • Pen...

I found this lesson on Deep Space Sparkle: We looked at Monet’s painting “Magpie” and talked about the winter landscape. Supplies: 9″ x 12″ ...

Supplies: 6″ x 9″ white drawing paper Tissue paper cut into 5″ x 5″ squares Mixture of white glue and water small paint brush Black marker (...

I've made these candy houses for several years with 1st grade (man do they like talking about candy). This year I tied in a literacy asp...