Elementary art portfolio ideas

My youngest child’s school doesn’t have an art teacher on staff (hello, funding cuts) so a couple of years ago a group of parent and community volunteers started an art docent program t…

Playful Patterned Self-Portrait Kindergarten-Collage Self-Portrait Lesson #1 Art Challenge: Students will create a collage self-portrait using simple shapes on a patterned background they created. …

Great blog post regarding the importance of honoring art. One way is to not send it home piecemeal stuffed in a backpack.

Storing art in a paper bag portfolio

Creating a portfolio Creating portfolios to store student artwork might a difficult job but it’s necessary to have your classroom to run smoothly. First, you have to determine if you’re going to create individual student portfolios or for an entire class. You might ask yourself, how do you organize your classes by table number or colors? Also, do you see the same students multipleLearn more

I was so impressed with the work of my first graders today. Their "Half Self Portraits" came out amazing !

Use this collection of Paul Klee teaching resources and complete Klee Famous Artist Unit lesson plans to teach elementary art class.