Cleo the Cat

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

First Grade Superheroes

This lesson was an interesting experiment. Before showing or telling the students what we would be working on I went around the room and we talked about "things"...

Northern Lights

Here is another fun second grade lesson adapted from thisĀ 5th grade lesson (Farren Johnson...in the Art Room). This was my first time to use chalk pastels with second...

Chalk Pastel Frogs

Grabbing and maintaining a 5th graders attention is probably one of the more difficult aspects of this job to me. They are at such an interesting age and...

Paul Klee Cats and Dogs

I first saw this lesson on Splats, Scraps, and Glue Blobs by Theresa Gillespie two years ago and loved it! I had one of those moments where you...