Art class first day activity

Are you nervous about starting the school year? Or are you excited to get things going? Even though this is my lucky 13th year teaching, I still get anxious to go back. It’s a combo of nerves, excitem

I am not quite ready to go back to school yet and I am guessing you are not ready either. But, the Art Ed Blogger’s Network is here to help you start planning! Our topic this month is the “first week of school”. A few years ago, I compiled a huge list of tips for the first days of school. These tips were submitted by art teachers all over the world. This gigantic list of tips will help you get … Read more... →

Raise The Bar Reading on Instagram: “❤️🧡💛What Makes Up the Pieces of My Heart ♥️💙💜Such a fun, no prep Valentine’s activity for students to share what they love and let their…”

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Student self-portraits using watercolor are a great first week of school activity. It's also a fun project to repeat at the end of the school year. Read all about how to use this fun idea in the classroom.

Nylah Khan on Instagram: "Gearing up to head back to school soon, as I know many of y’all are as well! And if you’re not, then pls look away!!!! Here’s my first day art lesson with TK (you can do it with any lower grade)! I have probably been doing this lesson for 2 decades. It started as my go to lesson for kinder, but now I do another version of this with them! And yessssss, we bust out the paint on Day 1! It’s all so worth it, I promise! On Day 1, students learn about the different…

I first got the collaborative bug when I saw Sarah’s post about monochromatic self-portraits. They’re created on the FIRST day of art! Then came my love of Dot Day and creating collaborative circle ar

A big collection of contemporary back-to-school art and art integration activities.

Cassie Stephens on Instagram: "NEED A FIRST DAY OF ART CLASS CHEATSHEET?! I wrote this acronym years ago and have it on a tattered and worn loose leaf paper titled First Day❤️ It sits on my desk as a security blanket to help me recall all that is most important when I WELCOME my students to the wild and wacky world that is art. Feel free to save this one and keep it on hand if you need…I’m happy to share my First Day of Art Class security blanket with you❤️ If you wanna see what a first day…

A great back-to-school activity that kids will love! Children can enjoy colouring in their sneakers while filling them with facts all about themselves, another fantastic All About Me activity.

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso Art therapy is a broad term used to refer to the practice of creating as a way

Hello, friends! I have created a lesson for my students and any kiddos who wish to create titled Behind My Mask! When my students return in the fall (and, yes, I said 'when' as I am very hopeful and optimistic), they will be asked to mask-up. We always seem to start out school year with a selfie so I was bummed when I thought of the idea of my students drawing themselves with their best facial feature hidden. And that's where the idea of this surprise drawing came from. Here's a video! Feel…

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Hello! I am already seeing lots of posts in Facebook groups asking what to do in the first few days of art class. In this post, I will walk you through what I plan to do this year in my classes. This is very similar to what I have done in other years. First, I start all classes with basic introductions and talking about the room and art class. We go over the rules and expectations. I use a video … Read more... →

Six works of art with discussion questions and creative activities that make perfect first day of school art activities for art teachers of any grade.

Need a back to school elementary art lesson? Or need one for a sub? Here’s a fun lesson that’s good for the beginning of the school year. Click to see the blog post on this lesson.

It is always tricky to have a finished piece of work after one lesson that is decent to put up in the main office area! Here is a quick display that everyone loved and the 3D aspect added greatly t…

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