Clay and Pasta Portraits
The first graders made these clay self-portraits earlier this year. They were fun to make, required a single firing, and surely will be treasured by the students and their parents for years to com....
View ArticleTableaux Vivants: ‘Living Pictures’ Performance Art
First grade tableau vivant: Keith Haring, “Five Figures Dancing”. Our first and second graders acted out a series of tableaux vivants (‘living pictures’ ) last week. In traditional tableaux, people...
View ArticleHealthy Food Mural
Our second graders are studying healthy foods. We created this mural as part of the project. It was also an extension of our warm and cool color lesson. Materials: watercolor paper, 7″x7″ oil pastels...
View ArticleWarm and Cool Color Clay Rattles: 100% Success!
If you are looking for a super-successful clay lesson for Kindergarteners-second grade, you’ve come to the right place. These functional clay rattles only requires a single bisque firing, and are...
View ArticleEasy Warhol Pop Art Project
Our first graders just completed an Andy Warhol-inspired project in their general ed classroom. After reading Getting to Know Andy Warhol, they drew a single common object. In past years, their teacher...
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