Art rules

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

A fabulous printable poster for your art space or room, helping your students to follow your art room rules.

My first poster from my very first year teaching elementary art! [2010-2011]

Hello! I am already seeing lots of posts in Facebook groups asking what to do in the first few days of art class. In this post, I will walk you through what I plan to do this year in my classes. This is very similar to what I have done in other years. First, I […]

Here are my 5 art rules to simplify your first day of art class. As well as download my free art teachers toolkit to better prepare yourself for that first

After a fun filled summer, I'm back in action at Five Oaks! We are still on an every-other-day schedule, but I'm hoping this year will be slightly better since I got a feel for pacing and timing last year. I'm excited to try some new projects this year. We're about a week in and students are working on their nametags. Up next will be sketchbooks. I'm sticking to what I did last year, last semester. Sixth graders will still have 3-prong folders--which makes it easier to re-fill since they…

Art room rules- High School | art room ideas

Teaching students rules and procedures is a skill in itself. You have to learn to teach it and then reinforce them while doing it in an engaging way. In this article, I'll give you some ideas of how to teach your students your classroom routines and expectations in a fun and engaging way.

What its a composition layouts? Composition layouts are made using a group of lines that give order to spaces where elements will be placed. They are made using straight and curved lines, as well as geometric figures that relate to each other.

Yesterday I made a pretty big dent in getting some classroom posters and displays done. Well, not bulletin board displays, but my objectives boards. You can see what my objectives board looked like on this previous post. Previously I used laminated pieces of paper to write the objectives on and change out. I did it religiously at first, but honestly started slacking as the year drew on. With the addition of my new dry-erase board, I'm hoping it'll be easier for me to change objectives daily…