drawing
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Ideas for observing clouds
Yesterday I shared some questions to ask that might inspire a cloud investigation. Today I wanted to share a couple of ways that you can have the children document their observations. I should start with this warning: you can’t really put these activities on your lesson plan because you have to wait for a day when you actually have clouds to observe. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve planned this activity and there were no clouds in the sky, or the opposite happened and the sky was covered by one great big cloud, which makes it difficult to observe. Just take my word for it and let this…
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Week of the Young Child – Music Monday
Happy Week of the Young Child! I thought I’d celebrate by sharing some fun ideas to help you follow along with NAEYC’s themed days. For more info about the Week of the Young Child celebration you can visit NAEYC’s website, but I’m going to jump right into the fun! I’m loving music monday – Music can change your mood in an instant, so it’s a toll that I used in the classroom all the time. On gloomy days when we’re stuck indoors I put on happy, upbeat music. When the kiddos really need some calm, I put music that is soothing. I fully believe in the power of music, and…
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Friday Freebie – Creative doodling
Happy Friday!!!! I’ve been sharing great ideas for art projects that use markers all week, and I have one for you today that you might even try this weekend. This graph paper drawing idea is a great way to encourage creativity. Children can use their imagination and express what the graph paper looks like to them. The best part is that Kate from Picklebums shares where she got her free graph paper, that comes in all different fun shapes! Enjoy your weekend and feel free to share your students doodles (or your own!).
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Friday Freebie – Drawing a Wedding Cake
Happy Friday! Today’s freebie may seem a little random, until I tell you that my little sister is getting married tomorrow and everything happening today and tomorrow is part of that celebration – even my Friday Freebie! My students love to draw, a passion that I share with them, so they are constantly asking me how to draw something – they know that I won’t draw it for them. This freebie is something that my students would love. This cake drawing set is from Art with Ms Gram, and it is broken into easily understood steps that even young children could follow. It is also a great way to introduce…
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Spring art project
I found the idea for this extraordinary art project at De tout et de rien (talk about seriously amazing ideas for children!) Occasionally I come across a project that I want to do as much as my students do. They love it when I join in. We started this particular piece of art by making rainbows on 12″x12″ sheets of cardstock with oil pastels. Now I know that I’ve used oil pastels with my class before, but for some reason they were absolutely amazed with them this time around. This could be because I was smudging them into my paper too. Their rainbows were works of art, seriously, they looked so…
