Posts Tagged ‘art’
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Earth Day, Featured, Messy art, Night and Day, Teaching Ideas
Full Moon Art with Bottles and Toothbrushes
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 7th, 2016
When learning about Day and Night, there are a variety of activities the kids can do. For this article however, I'm going to focus on the art. Children are so used to the moon's crescent shape, that creating a full moon art was actually surprising to them. Some even told me the moon wasn't round. I of course grabbed this opportunity to talk about the different phases of the moon. An experiment with a styrofoam ball and a flashlight would also be ...Read More » Tags Share Comments (0 )
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Filed under: Christmas, Classroom Designs, Featured, Holiday crafts, Teaching Ideas
Classroom Fireplace Decor for Christmas
by Cheryl Villareal on Dec 24th, 2012
We didn't have a Christmas tree nor any big Christmas lanterns, so where could we put the gifts on Christmas Day? Hmm.... why not build a fireplace! What you will need: White Cartolina or Bond Paper Brown, red and black paint Paint Brush Scissors Red, orange and yellow paper Black cartolina What you will do: Step 1: To get that "wood" effect, we painted on white cartolina using the colors Re...Read More » Tags Share Comments (1 )
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Featured, Messy art, Science Experiments, Teaching Ideas, Transportation
Hot Air Balloon Craft for Kids! Up up and away!
by Cheryl Villareal on May 16th, 2012
I love playing with paper-mache! The activities and the outcomes that can be done with them are countless! During our lesson on different kinds of transportation, we made some HOT AIR BALLOONS! It was fun to see the different reactions from the kids! Some of them were really excited, while others like myself got weak on their knees at the thought of riding a balloon several hundred feet above the ground! What y...Read More » Tags Share Comments (0 )