Art teacher curriculum

Kids love the thoughtfully designed art projects in this PreK-5 elementary art curriculum created by art teacher with 20+ years of experience

Welcome to the How-To Guide for First Year Art Teachers where I give you my 10 Steps for Success! Congratulations! You got your own classroom. OH MY GOSH, you have your own classroom. Your mind and stomach start racing, both with extreme excitement and panic because now, it all just got real. You will have a lot of students, a lot of planning, and a lot of classroom to keep organized. Figuring out where to even start is a huge stress and will require a tea (or a beer) and a nap (probably…

How does it work? Simple! Decode the phonics words on each task card and write it on the drawing template. Check the back of the card to find the correct spelling. If correct, add ONE detail to their picture!

Here is the Elementary Art Curriculum Map that all K-4 art teachers in Chelmsford follow. You can click on the picture for an enlarged view National Visual Art Standards BY grade 4 1.1 Use a variety of materials and media, for example, crayons, chalk, paint, clay, various kinds of papers, textiles, and yarns, and understand how to use them to produce different visual effects 1.2 Create artwork in a variety of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) media, for example: 2D – drawing…

Digital Art. The website is called Digital Art Teacher, but have you ever noticed that we don’t actually have an art curriculum focused on digital art? Today, I am delighted to tell you that this is no longer the case! Below you’ll find a sequence of lessons that will fill a semester with creative and informative digital art lessons […]

There’s a ton of superb free art instruction out there for kids who are into drawing, painting, sculpting, and other artsy things! Here are our favorites!

This project was an excellent introduction to pattern and history in graphic design. It was also a great way to refresh my students memories in terms of using Adobe Illustrator. Since some of my...

When I was a girl, the grocery store my mother shopped at sometimes sold oddball items - including, for a time, lovely oversized books about famous artists. Fortunately for me, my mother was happy to buy me one of these books each time she shopped, and soon I had most of them. I used to pour over them and dream - and my life is richer for it. There are a number of reasons I've wanted to include art history in our homeschool. Certainly I want to expose my children to lots of different types…

Here are 10 important lessons about teaching art that I've learned the hard way. I hope this list will help you avoid some of the more common mistakes Art teachers make. Since we're all going to make mistakes, we may as well make different ones and learn from each other!

Simple creative activities are some of the building blocks of child development, including cognitive, social and emotional skills. Here are seven ways participation in the Arts positively affects your child.