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It’s that time again! The K-5 art classes have been busy at work creating masterpieces that will be turned into products through the Square 1 Art Fundraiser. On October 15 a catalog and free…

Elementary art ideas for those who love art & children

1st graders sang the song about our good friend, Mr. ROY G BIV. They learned that his names stands for the color order! Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet! We looked at why rainbow is important for color mixing and color families on the color wheel!

The 2nd Grade students studied the artist Vincent Van Gogh and his artwork. We also read the book, Camille and the Sunflowers. The students were able to create a giant sunflower creating emphasis in their artwork. Then they were shown how to blend colors using oil pastels. The students had to choose a cool color for their background to make their sunflower "pop" in their piece of art.

4th Grade created these colorful artworks by using oil pastels and erasers! This lesson was inspired by The Art of Ed blog, and was a hit! Here's how we did it, but you can also check out the Art of Ed's blog for more details! They each chose a shape, traced around that shape, and colored them in with oil pastels. We like to use Crayola oil pastels the best! After they finished filling the paper up with color, they took the eraser, started in the middle, and drug the color outwards, creating…

Square 1 Art kindergarten Art lesson I always do my Square 1 Art at the beginning of the year so families can order things in time for Christmas. This can be a challenge since kindergarteners have limited skills at the beginning of the year! I came across this lesson here The Clever Feather. I printed off hearts on each cardstock the company provides for the students. My only direction was to fill the whole page with color. Since it was the first two weeks of school I had to teach the basics…

My Kindergarten Art To Remember Project for this year was a lot of fun and I think they turned out adorable! Here is how we did it! I saw this post from @Raising.Kinley and thought, yes!! I want to do that with my Kindergarten! So... I did. The video below is how it worked for my class. The kids did a great job. They did not eat them (that I know of)... I brought the kids back in small groups so I could watch them closely. It went well. The only change I would make next time is I would leave…

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