Amalienburg in the Nymphenburg Palace Park, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lesson Students create a fan with Rococo influence Recommended Ages Preschool to middle school Historical Art Examples or References Rococo is an 18th century French artistic movement. It is very ornate, focusing on light colors, curved lines and …
Project Title: The Story of Santa Mouse Description: Children will glue pieces to make a christmas mouse. Author: Liza Grade Level or target age group: preschool to early elementry Historical Art Examples or References: Christmas Vocabulary: Materials: Red Construction paper, brown construction paper, white paper, yellow paper, pink paper, fuzzy, …
Project Title: My Matisse Description: Make a paper collage like Matisse Author: Liza Grade Level or Target Age Range: Preschool to early childhood Historical Art or Reference:Henri Matisse Vocabulary: “Primary Colors”, collage Materials: Paper cut out and glue Anticipatory Set: Learning about Henri Matisse Demo/Directions: 1. Cut out many different …
Project Title: The Paper Ornament Description: The children got to color their own ornament Author: Liza Grade Level: Preschool or early-childhood Historical Art Examples or References: Christmas Vocabulary: Ornament Materials: colorful paper, glue, scissors, template, string, hole-puncher Anticipatory Set: What holiday is coming up? Demo/Directions: 1. Cut out pieces and …
Project Title: Stamp Rose Description: Children use ink and celery pieces to stamp a rose Author: Liza Grade Level or Target age range: Preschool and Early Childhood Historical Art Examples or References: N/A Vocabulary: Stamp, print-making, stem, leaves Materials: Roller,plastic to roll on, celery, ink (green,red) Anticipatory Set: What is …
We had a lot of fun this week making Skrinky Dinks! I used to make Skrinky Dinks all the time when I was little, which was why I was so excited to teach my students how to make them; many of them had never even heard of Shrinky Dinks! To …
Project Title: Quilt Box Description: Students create 3-Dimensional box and decorate the outside. Author: Francesca Grade level or Target Age Range: preschool to middle school Historical Art Examples or References: Color Wheel Vocabulary: color wheel, quilt Materials: glue, color pencils, scissors, pre-made box cut-out Anticipatory Set: Discussion on the color wheel …
The kids constructed skeletons by matching letters! Materials: Skeleton cutouts Scissors Construction paper Glue Instructions: Cut out the body parts of the skeleton Match each body part by the letters on the joints where they all connect Use construction paper for the background, we used orange construction paper for Halloween! …
