Here is a quick and easy watercolor resist lesson that children will love… drawing and painting a platypus! They will love learning about this funny-looking animal from Australia while experiencing... Learn More

Understanding our stars, moon and planets that make up our corner of our universe is wonderfully illustrated in Oliver Jeffers’ book, Here We Are. The illustrations and story are the perfect... Learn More

Wow! America! by Robert Neubecker is one of my favorite resources for art lessons. This is the book that inspired this lesson but only for the illustrations. I would recommend... Learn More

It’s always impressive (and deeply gratifying) to see five-year-olds work freely with paints. While this is the goal of many art teachers, teaching a five-year-old to draw large enough so... Learn More

In this lesson, children use painted paper or colored paper for the backdrop to a colorful, surrealist apple. Children learn about René Magritte and why apples appear in many of... Learn More

The Hamsa is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa and is commonly used in jewelry and wall hangings. Depicting the open right hand, an image... Learn More

This lesson is a great opportunity to introduce children to camels. In Rajasthan, camels are decorated with tassels, beads and tattoos. Many camel decoration artists continue with this long- standing... Learn More

Joan Miró was a Spanish painter, sculptor and print-maker. His first paintings were inspired by Cubism and his later works were more magical and child-like. The painting that inspired this... Learn More

This is a great way to teach the color-wheel for young children. It takes about an hour to roll out the grapesize balls but it’s worth it!... Learn More

One of the first things I try to teach my Kinders is that shapes are created by lines. This is such a fascinating concept to learn and after they begin... Learn More

Here is an easy, quick and technique-rich lesson to do with your first and second grade students. The project can be completed in one 40-minute session, but if you want... Learn More

This bird project uses the exact same techniques as most of my general slab construction projects. It is suitable for both air-dry clay and kiln-fire clay. The one difference with... Learn More

Lois Ehlert’s, Planting a Rainbow, shares the yearly cycle and process of planning, planting, and picking flowers in a garden. Readers are taken on a journey from ordering seeds from catalogs in... Learn More

Inspired by the book, Monsters Love School by Mike Austin, kids create their own monster using felt squares or colored paper. Cutting felt is best done with sharp scissors so make sure... Learn More

The first time I created this lesson, I cut down 10 large art supply boxes and shaped them into 60 rectangular owls. Then I created little notches to hold the... Learn More

Kinders started their year exploring line, patterns and color. On the very first day of art class, I read the children Art by Patrick McDonnell. It’s a perfect story about... Learn More

Hundertwasser’s use of bold, bright colors and organic lines makes him one of the world’s most famous contemporary painters. This project is a spin-off of my Hundertwasser Lollypop flowers for... Learn More

This is a great lesson to teach the color wheel, reinforce cutting and pasting skills and sharpen color observation and recognition. I did this lesson with my Kinders at the... Learn More