Inside: A collection of poems, art ideas, and writing for a butterfly unit. We’ve been learning about butterflies for the last couple of weeks so I wanted to share all the great things we’ve done! Tie Dye Butterflies I love this project and do it every year. The kids love it, too! The first thing we do is colour round … Read more
Inside: Jewellery holders made by kids. Phew! We did it! Our Mother’s Day gifts were finished on time. I’m telling you, it was a seriously close call. We decided we’d make our moms some little pots to hold their jewellery. The plan was to use the air dry clay. I figured if we started them Monday, they’d be all finished … Read more
Inside: Directions for a Skippyjon Jones drawing lesson and critical thinking activity. My class of first grade students absolutely adore Skippyjon Jones. When I started reading them the books a couple of weeks ago they could NOT get enough! If you’re not familiar with these picture books by Judy Schachner AND you teach primary grades or have a 5 to … Read more
Inside: Fun and easy Easter egg chalk art. We made some very pretty Easter eggs last week using just coloured chalk, masking tape, water and card stock. Directions: I made 4 egg tracers and passed them out. While the kids took turns tracing the eggs on the card stock and then cutting them out, I ripped off strips of masking … Read more
Inside: I have LOTS of free lion and lamb activities for your classroom. In two more days it will be March 1st and I always like to do some March lion/lamb activities. In this post I’ll be sharing some links from things I’ve done in previous years, plus a few more cute and useful ideas for you. LION OR LAMB … Read more
Inside: A collection of beautiful artwork from my elementary school. I took another tour through our school on Thursday and found all this amazing artwork. These beautiful doodle hearts were made by an intermediate class. I just love them. They remind me of Zen tangles. A primary class made these super cute plasticene figures. I have no idea how they … Read more
Inside: Lots of bear activities for first grade. We have now wrapped up our Bear unit. Well, except for our biscuit bears which we’ll do next week. We’re going to add a red hot heart to their lil’ bodies to tie it in with Valentine’s Day. On to the bear activities. Art My teaching partner had the kids make these … Read more
Inside: Beautiful Valentine heart art projects I joined up with Emily from Emmy Mac’s Class PLUS 187 other Canadian teachers for the Great Canadian Valentine Swap! Each teacher sends a Valentine to 20 other classes across Canada, and in return we all receive 20 different Valentines for our own class. We’ve already received six cards. On Monday I’m going to … Read more
Happy New Year! I’m kicking off 2016 by sharing three of my favourite winter art projects from Pinterest. We have a least one art lesson a week and both the kids and I love them. My first pinterest pick, Shivery Snow Paint, comes from Growing a Jeweled Rose. This shaving cream, glue and glitter mixture will make the most amazing … Read more