Inside: Book review of The Big Bunny and the Easter Eggs. Plus the cutest big bunny art. Yesterday my class and I were talking about Easter. One of the kiddies said that her Easter last year was very strange because the Easter bunny showed up the next day! Then another child said the Easter bunny didn’t even come to his … Read more
Inside: Quick and easy directions for making Valentine animals in your classroom I want to share the Valentine animals my kids made earlier in the week. It was the easiest art lesson and kept everyone happily engaged for about 45 minutes. I projected some art animals onto our white board, showed them how to fold paper to make a heart, … Read more
Inside: Four fun and cute reindeer crafts for six-year olds to make: A card, ornament, gift bag, and sponge painting. It’s definitely been a reindeer Christmas in my class. We did some reindeer art, made reindeer ornaments, reindeer cards and reindeer gift bags. Reindeer Art HERE’S HOW WE MADE THEM: 1. I pulled the kids over to my table in … Read more
Last week my first graders made torn paper poppy art! I’m not gonna lie. It was time-consuming. It took us 1 1/2 hours to complete. BUT! They loved it and it was pretty easy for most of the kids. Although thinking back on it perhaps it was the chance to use the white liquid glue they enjoyed the most. Haha! … Read more
Inside: Directions for making teddy bear pop art. Our school is making art cards for one of our fundraisers. Each class is creating beautiful, non-seasonal art that will be professionally reduced into greeting cards. I was a bit uncertain what we were going to do at first, but after talking to some very talented teachers in my school I came … Read more
A couple of weeks ago I posted a book review of Flying Henry. Today I read it to my class and they absolutely loved it! I don’t know what it is, but six-year-olds find books about babies extremely funny. When we finished reading it I told them they were going to draw pictures of themselves flying around. They were VERY … Read more
Inside: A book review of the Bad Apple A Tale of Friendship. Includes book-related activities and a printable art project. This little gem was recommended to me by Barbara, from The Corner on Character. I actually wrote this post a couple of years ago. Since it’s a popular post I thought it was worth updating, especially at this time of … Read more
Inside: Free optical illusion colouring sheets. I was looking around pinterest today and found these really cool optical illusions that Amy Allender did with her 3rd grade class. She had her third graders draw their own lines and circles. There’s no way my six year-olds could do that, so I made up my own grids for them to colour. I made two … Read more
Inside: Review and art project for The Red Hat by David Teague Title: The Red Hat Author: David Teague Illustrator: Antoinette Portis Publishing: Disney, Hyperion, 2015, Fiction Suitable for ages: 4-9 Themes/Topics: Neighbours, Wind, Perseverance Opening: “Billy Hightower lived atop the world’s tallest building. Even the clouds didn’t reach so high. When it rained, Billy stayed dry. No puddles. No … Read more