Winter art 1st grade

Colorful penguin art project that use simple supplies and teaches a bunch of art techniques. Makes a cute Xmas craft, too!

As the Christmas holidays are almost over I have been scouring Pinterest and some of my favourite blogs for winter art inspiration. I have lots of fun projects planned for me and the kids over the…

Mrs. Beth Dreyer on Instagram: "2nd grade (quick) Snowman Faces! . Last week, my 2nd graders only had two days (after finishing a project that hadn’t been completed) to create a project for our arctic unit. I was trying to figure out what to make but eventually landed on snowmen. Now the challenge was how to get done in only two days. I was inspired by a project from @juliescolorwheel … and so our snowman heads on plaid backgrounds were born 😂 . The backgrounds were created with…

Second grade started their aerial view snowmen this week. Projects like this almost always showcase the kids different personalities. There are usually some very neat and tidy ones, some cute ones,…

These bright winter trees by #1stgrade are making me so happy! Lesson inspired by @mrsgreenartartbaby #BroncoArts #MPSclassroom… | Instagram

Create beautiful mixed media winter art with easy techniques and simple supplies. A fun winter art project that kids will love to create!

Lesson Background: There are many winter fox art projects online such as this one http://littledogartblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/5th-grade-winter-fox-paintings.html I combined lots of ideas to create these foxes. This was a directed drawing lesson. Directed drawing (i.e. modelling step-by-step) elicits great discussions, exposing students to vocabulary they encounter in art and maths. Students are hearing and putting into action phrases such as “half way down the page”, “curved line”…