Art therapy uses art to heal people of all ages, and can improve the emotional, mental, and physical state of most people. source Sit together and do gratitude mandelas. source Use a circular cardb…
If you're looking for art ideas for your kids, look no further! Encourage creativity and artistic expression with these fun, easy art activities for kids, including watercolor paintings, craft stick projects, simple stamped art, and more.
Ever noticed how much kids love a good theme? A central topic is such a great way to get little ones engaging in all sorts of things - reading, writing, art and (best of all) new types of open-ended play. Plus planning a few weeks of play around the same topic gives the kids time to come up with deeper questions and learn more. Announcing MPMK's latest venture: Play Theme Cheat Sheets! As we said, playing around a theme is a great idea - the only drawback being that it requires a bit of planning. But no worries, we've got
Objective: Students will be able to create alliterations based on the poem “Bleezer’s Ice Cream” By Jack Prelutsky. Vocabulary: Alliteration Time: Approximately 1 hour and 30 minu…
De-stress with these easy, creative art therapy techniques.
Make straw rockets! This simple rocket activity kept my crew busy for a long time, and it’s so simple to do! Blow into the straw and launch your rocket. Then do it again and again! We put these rockets together in about 10 min. The longest part was waiting for the glue gun to heat […]
We recently visited the zoo & loved the aquarium. Aquatic animals are so interesting. The squid were one of our favorites to see. They are really unique animals. Did you know squid have 3 hearts
Here is a silly drawing games that is a lot of fun for kids to play. In this drawing game, you use dice to decide what parts of the drawing you will draw. We have included a face drawing game and a landscape drawing game. This is a lot of fun and it helps children who might not be able to draw freely and creatively...this will help them draw more freely and creatively. This will also increase silliness.
Collaborative mural painting can help bring your team closer and strengthen the company bond.
Great Ideas for Teaching is at it again! They have three new materials that I'll be sharing my review of over the next few days. First up, is Language Stimulation Activities! This material can be used to "provide structured, repetitious activities that will assist students in fully learning very important language terms...". It is intended for children in preK through 2nd grade. Each concept pair includes two student worksheets and two instructor worksheets. The student sheet includes four pictures - two to demonstrate each concept. The pages below show the concepts of hot and cold. The instructor's sheet for the first worksheet includes questions and directions such as: - "Is ice cream hot or cold?" - "Point to a picture that shows cold weather." - "Are frozen things hot or cold?" - "If the hot sun shines on a snowman, what will happen to it?" - "When it snows, is the weather hot or cold?" - "Is the word chilly more like hot or cold?" - "On a cold day, does a coat keep you warm or cold?" In all, there are 20 questions on this first instructor worksheet that can be used and/or tailored to the individual needs of students. The second student worksheet includes six concept pairs. According to the instructor's worksheet, students must circle, underline, or mark the picture in another way to appropriately follow the directions that are given. Additional questions are asked as well, such as "Circle the one that has flames. Is it hot or cold?" What I love about this material: - It targets lots of different concepts - hot/cold, happy/sad, wet/dry, new/old, open/closed, inside/outside, front/back, high/low, top/bottom, through/around, big/little, long/short, narrow/wide, fast/slow, push/pull - to name just a few! - It provides tons of practice with the same concept. Often, I feel as though students with language impairments don't receive enough exposure to targeted goals. In this case, students can repeatedly work on the same concept area. - The pictures represent the concept they are portraying very well, so as not to confuse young children. You can find this awesome material to target concept acquisition in a variety of ways for $29.50 HERE! Disclaimer: This item was given to me for review. No other compensation was provided. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
Six early finisher activities for students who complete their classwork long before everyone else. These activities are inspired by works of art with a focus on art history.
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Do you like to practice cursive writing your name? Then try this fun cursive name monster activity with them. Let's dive right in.
As part of our Inquiry learning we have been looking at how traditional Tapa cloth is made. We watched a video showing the process, from stripping the bark from the mulberry tree through to the final pattern making and painting. We thought it looked quite complicated. We practiced drawing some traditional patterns and then had a go at creating our own cultural patterns. Our final task was to create our own class Tapa. We all worked very hard on it and we are both pleased and proud of how it has turned out.
It's been a while since I've posted a project - it always seems to be that I'll have a couple of weeks where we are "in process", then sudd...
Prepositions are about my favorite concept to teach. It really doesn’t get more fun than playing hide and seek, barking directions at each other and dancing around in the therapy room. If you haven’t checked out my other posts in this movement series, you’ll want to head HERE (or click “series” in the menu …
This year, I really wanted my students to grasp the concept of what it would be like to blind. None of my students have ever been around anyone with that sort of disability before. Before we read our story I explained to them a little about what we were going to be reading about and I let them ask any questions they might have had. After all of our questions had been answered, everyone was "blindfolded" (I used sentence strips) and the lights were turned off. I laid a sheet of drawing paper and a pencil on everyones desk. They had to find their paper and pencil, then draw a picture of spring. I immediately heard things like "but we can't see anything". EXACTLY! That is my point little sweeties!
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Hi Friends…. The past two weeks we have been working on Prefixes and Suffixes in our second-grade classroom! My kiddos were having such a good time brainstorming words with prefixes and then figuring out the meaning. They really had a strong grasp of the concept… I was pretty impressed. After our whole … Prefixes, Suffixes and a FREEBIE Just for YOU! Read More »
From his perseverance and overcoming physical obstacles to his range as an artist and innovative spirit, student also, I love teaching young artists about the life and art of Henri Matisse. This ye…
From planning a road trip around "rockhounding" opportunities to building your own outdoor play area, these fun family activities are guaranteed to spark your child's interest in nature.
Start with folding paper into 6-8 boxes. Trace hand with pencil. Trace finds with pencil. Outline hand with black permanent marker. Marker line = change color Pencil line = change design * no solid colors * no white, black, or neutral I taught the 6th graders the difference between cool and warm color on the color wheel. I assigned them the task of using a tracing of their hands to fill in with warm or cool colors only. I challenged them to use lines only, but allowed them to use shapes as well as part of their designs. As part of the advice, I had them only get a collection of whatever colors they work working with at one time (a pile of warm only or a pile of cool only) so they do not accidentally grab the wrong color and mess up the lesson goal. 6th grade 2023 Madelynn, Anden, Emilia, Shaylee, Alissa, Olivia Shaunna, Victoria “Jeremiah”, Addison Bella G., Harper, Tatum Sunshine Eduardo-6th grade 2022 Melanie C.- 7th grade 2022 Elva- 6th grad Fall 2021 Kinslee, Kylar, Evy, Adelyn, Kenix & Emily Jazmyn and Kelly Kalie R., Vanessa A., Zane S. & Avery 2021 6-8th grade above, 1st period 2020 Jaylee, Isac, Josie Michael, Francisco and Jorja My teacher examples for the 6th grade... Warm hand with Cool Background Cool hand with Warm Background 2 student examples from 6th grade To See more student artwork on this project or others from my school webpage, visit... http://classroom.mineolaisd.net/webs/seatont/hot_and_cool_hands.htm One of the easiest ways to do neat designs with minimal effort is in video below. Use a lighter shade of the warm or cool color solid in background, then go over the solid with a darker color. This looks like it takes a long time and hard work, but is actually pretty easy. Or, use thick stripes rather than solid....
Hello Sweet Friends! Phew! Ahhhhhh! Wow! Sniff! Another year with first graders is over. I do have to tell you that this past week was ...
Activities and ideas that work for any novel study in the Middle School Language Arts classroom.
If your child likes flying kites, this article is for you. Read this article to learn how to make kites for kids and make flying kites a fun family activity.
Oink! BOOM! Ker-plunk. POW! Cha-ching, cock-a-doodle do! This is what you would have heard if you were hanging outside my classroom door today! No, it wasn't bring-your -farm-animal-to-school day... it was actually onomatopoeia day! Ono Mato What??? Onomatopoeia are words that imitate actual sounds. For the next two weeks, my students and I are embarking on an exciting study of literary devices. For today's lesson we used the Literary Devices Poster and Foldable set from my TpT store. Students folded, cut, and glued their foldable into their reading journals. I showed them the poster for onomatopoeia and modeled for them how to write the definition and example into their book. Next, I had students meet me on the carpet and I shared with them a couple of my favorite books: Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee and That's Good That's Bad by Margery Cuyler. Both of these books are a lot of fun and students love to grab them up later to look more closely at the detailed illustrations. After I had shared some examples from children's literature and a list I found on the web, I had students choose one onomatopoeia (everyone had to choose a different one) and gave them speech frames to write them in. Here is their final display: You will find a lot of resources for onomatopoeia on the web. Here is a printable pdf list from Read Write Think . Tomorrow we will be adding abundant alliterations to our academics. Tongue twisters will be the talk of the town as we tinker with our language toolbox! I hope you take a moment to check in here at Literacy Loves Company!
