Art projects upper elementary

If you're looking for simple art projects for elementary art classes, this is the post for you. This is our collection of art lesson plans designed for generalist teachers who don't have a background in art. Come take a read and crab the lesson plans for some free art lessons for your upper elementary classroom.

In an era of high stakes testing, art is sometimes the first thing to go but we as teachers need to find ways to continue providing art experiences for our students. Not only is art just plain fun, and let's face it, kids do need fun, but it's much more than that. Art is beneficial in so many ways! Find out ways to incorporate art in this post by The Teacher Next Door.

Use our step-by-step drawing tutorial to create a unique and colorful name art project for kids. Great for upper elementary & middle school!

We found the best middle school art projects online! Whether you are an art teacher teaching middle school students or have kids in middle school that you

Let's dive into Teaching the Elements of Art to Kids! Teaching the elements of art to elementary school children can be a rewarding and challenging experience for educators. The elements of art are the building blocks that form the foundation of visual arts. These elements include line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and color.

If you do a search for Remembrance Day art projects, you’ll find that there is a lot that has students creating poppy art. While we love to have our students create poppies, we wanted to have art projects that go beyond the poppy. We put together this blog post to share some Remembrance Day art projects that are perfect for upper elementary students because they take a bit more time and care, and are still beautiful additions to our Remembrance Day art displays.

I always like to start the year with a review of lines. Every grade level does a project that reintroduces all the different ways to make lines. By 4th and 5th grade, we are ready to turn those lines into something really amazing! These projects are partially inspired by the many "zentangle" lessons out there, but I don't actually teach the zentangle method. I have the students start with a line pattern and then fill it with doodles. We focused on contrast-making some areas dark, and some…

Art, math & nature study connection - warm and cool colors

I'm a little behind on my blog posting, so I wanted to go ahead and include everything we've been working on recently into one post. 6th grade created these amazing larger-than-life candy corn painti