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1st Grade Silly Line Portraits

Since first grade finished their gators first they got to be the first ones to start our unit on the Elements...

Back to School Gators

I'm back! After two long years I finally have time in my schedule again to regularly blog about my lessons. This...

Classroom Makeover

Fall 2019 my amazing husband stumbled across a fun rainbow mosaic wall on reddit. He sent it to me and suggested we do something similar in...

Uploading Pictures into Canvas

Hello artists! I am here today to share a new video with you. As we move into the 2nd 9 weeks I want to make sure...

Pre-K and Kindergarten Back to school!

Canvas is still new to us and we are all still learning. While we are working on adding Pre-K and K to my Canvas I wanted...

Quarantine Art

What a strange year 2020 has turned out to be. When we left school so quickly in March there wasn't much time to prepare anyone for...

I’m NOT just a scribble.

Over the summer my husband gifted me with a whole set of books by Diane Alber. At first I thought it was a little crazy of...

Paul Klee’s Cat and Bird

Fourth graders tackled a big paper mache project this year but had to work in small groups to complete it. While they were waiting their turn...

Cleo the Cat

My first graders LOVE oil pastels and do an excellent job with them. When I came across the book Cleo the...

Centers in the Art room

Hello new year! I was a bad art teacher last year and did not keep my website updated at all! I am making it my goal to stay on...

Art Educators Exhibit

It has been an excellent summer but I am very excited to get back into the school groove with all our gators! Here is a brief glimpse of our...

The Grinch

Every year on the last week before Christmas break I have each class follow the How to Draw The Grinch from Art Projects for Kids. I make sure...