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Hahn, Nic – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
Remember paint by numbers? This revived trend was a perfect solution to teaching geometric shapes to the author's first-grade students. Geometric shapes are identified and used in early elementary art classrooms, but this lesson gives students a deeper understanding of shape, encourages problem-solving, and makes a strong correlation between math…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Kraus, Nicole – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
It was nearing the end of a very long, rough winter with a lot of snow and too little time to play outside. The snow had formed small hills and valleys over the bushes and this was at the perfect height for the students to paint. In this article, the author describes how her transitional first-grade students created snow art paintings. (Contains 1…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Beck, Lynn – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
Ceramics is one of the author's passions, so she is always thinking about things elementary students can do successfully with clay. Clay is a medium that everybody loves. When students can actually use what they make, they really get excited. Plus, parents will treasure the work for years. In this article, the author describes a project with her…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Ceramics, Grade 1
Moore, Temple Skelton – Arts & Activities, 2011
This article describes an art lesson that allows students to create a bit of fun with a festive shirt that welcomes the warm, carefree summer days. In this lesson, the students investigate the connection between patterns and rhythm, create variety using different-sized designs, and discuss personal artwork and the artwork of others.
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Egenes, Barbara – Arts & Activities, 2011
Louise Nevelson's circular assemblage, "Collegiate School" (1972), was the inspiration for an art class with the preschoolers at the Kent Children's Center. Nevelson (1899-1988) was the ultimate "found art" artist. Finding interesting throwaway objects, in and out of trash bins, she constructed assemblages that completely changed their former use.…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Artists, Preschool Education
Laird, Shirley – Arts & Activities, 2011
It's not that younger students can't master a project; it is that they have trouble coming up with a design for the task. What are they more familiar with than their name? The author thus decided to use names as part of a transfer lesson. She gave her students a piece of computer paper printed with a triangular shape that had a 45-degree angle.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Design, Elementary School Students
Szekely, George – Arts & Activities, 2011
As hands-on environmental observers, children use printing to save and share "treasures" they find. In this article, the author shares thoughts which are based on observing what children find valuable and worth saving, and the printmaking processes used to "lift" images from their finds.
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Graphic Arts, Visual Arts
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Milbrath, Sherry – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
Middle school students are not always aware of how much consumer goods actually cost. But, in light of recent financial difficulties in the community and around the country, it has been hard to miss the fact that most people have been cutting back and/or bargain hunting. In this article, the author describes a lesson wherein students draw and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Art Activities, Studio Art, Freehand Drawing
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Ruopp, Amy – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
Exploring idea and media while developing skills is always an interesting challenge in the middle grades. Often, the daunting task of having to draw a self-portrait turns some students away, so the author set out to create portraits with realistic likenesses while incorporating an exploration of multiple materials and allowing an expressive…
Descriptors: Portraiture, Art Activities, Studio Art, Middle School Students
Hetland, Lois; Winner, Ellen; Veenema, Shirley; Sheridan, Kimberly M. – Teachers College Press, 2013
The first edition of this bestseller was featured in "The New York Times" and "The Boston Globe" for its groundbreaking research on the positive effects of art education on student learning across the curriculum. Capitalizing on observations and conversations with educators who have used the Studio Thinking Framework in diverse…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Art Education, Studio Art, Teaching Methods
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Baxter, Kristin – Art Education, 2014
What is the relationship between student teachers' studio art practice and pedagogy during the student teaching experience? What are the benefits of reflecting on connections between art teaching and artmaking after the student teaching experience? In developing one's art practice, art educators build conceptual frameworks for curriculum with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Art Activities, Art Education, Studio Art
Lambert, Phyllis Gilchrist – Arts & Activities, 2012
This activity began with a picture book, Nurit Karlin's "Fat Cat On a Mat" (HarperCollins; 1998). The author and her students started their project with a 5-inch circular template for the head of their cats. They reviewed shapes as they drew the head and then added the ears and nose, which were triangles. Details to the face were added when…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Picture Books, Animals
Kernan, Christine – Arts & Activities, 2012
When introducing a new unit, art teachers know that sometimes a little "bling" can really grab students' attention. The author received "ooohs" and "aaahs" from her fourth-graders when they learned they would be creating "Faux Fall Repousse." The dazzling shine of the aluminum foil and the beautiful array of autumnal colors were impossible for…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Integrated Curriculum, Elementary School Science
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Rice, Nicole – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
The house paintings of the South African Ndebele people are more than just an attempt to improve the aesthetics of a community; they are a source of identity and significance for Ndebele women. In this article, the author describes an art project wherein students use the tradition of Ndebele house painting as inspiration for creating their own…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Painting (Visual Arts), Ceramics
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Gordon, Barbara – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
Art is about thinking. It requires persistence and a willingness to explore many options for solving problems. These are not quantifiable measurements but, more significantly, they rely on students' increasing development of the ability to learn through exploration, experimentation, self-questioning, and self-assessment. Using paper, scissors, and…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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