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I want to introduce you to a wonderful friend and new blogger, Ginger, over at  Paintbrush Rocket  Go over an explore her blog. She teaches elementary students and is a master of painting with children! She has terrific art projects and has started sharing her fabulous projects with us! Yippee!!! You might have seen her projects over at Pinterest-   Just thought you would like

Yup, I have been gone for a while, that is because we drove out West to visit our  beautiful National Parks. Since I have had no spring break, School was is session straight from Jan. 2- May 23 with Good Friday off, I couldn't wait to break free! Just thought you might enjoy some beautiful locations my family came across.  If you are traveling this summer Happy Trails to You and enjoy

I was so in love with these painted paper flowers with coffee filter centers created by  Bess and her students and found over at It's a HSES Arty Party! I knew I had to have my students create some smaller versions.  Class One: We first started with liquid watercolors and coffee filters. Students just drizzled the watercolors across the filters then painted with water to dilute the

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Welcome to our annual Fine Arts Festival celebrating Youth Art Month, Fairy Tales and Fables.  Here are just a few photos of our fun filled night. Every child had at least 2 projects up most had 4-5 projects. The projects stay up for over a month.  Stay tuned for more photos!  Hallway outside my classroom.  Displays at the end of the hallway -These are everywhere! 125 were created.

2nd grade students created Jack and the Beanstalk with a giant.  They loved making their funny face giants! Who wouldn't love these crazy guys looking at them?  Production Day 1 After reading the classic story Jack and the Beanstalk, students created the beanstalk out of paper towels and painted leaves. Next, students added Jack, which was made out of painted paper and construction

Have you ever wondered what the path to grandma’s house would look like in  the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood? I read to the students Little Red Riding Hood written by Brothers Grimm with illustrations  done by Bernadette Watts.  The drawings in this book are so delicate I wanted my students to create their own version of a delicate field of flowers and trees. Production