Artopotamus

I have finally gotten my act together and I've made a sample sketchbook.  This is the type I will be using for Kindergarten and 1st grad...

So every year I try to refine and perfect things I messed up the year before.  Don't we all?  Last year, due to the sheer numbers of kid...

I do a lot of abstract art with the littles. They are better at making "lines, shapes, and colors" than they are at making realist...

I am an elementary art teacher, and I ain't scared.  I can have my Kindergarteners (usually a class of about 30) paint.  YES, TEMPERA P...

These turned out really cute! The finished project     Shaving cream "paint" still wet I ended up just mixing the ...

This is my new favorite Kindergarten lesson.  I might even try it with Second grade just to see how far I can push it.  First, I talk about...

Yes, assessment.  How do we assess students in the elementary art room?  I give conduct grades, and most of the time it's a default S un...