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  • Art Lesson - Picasso Portraits

    Art - Picasso Portraits

    This art activity will take two sessions to finish.  Once the paintings are finished, they need to dry before they are cut up into “Picasso Portraits”.  (This second session will not take long.)  In this … View Full Lesson →

  • Turkey Napkin Art Example

    Art - Thanksgiving Turkey Napkins

    A little fabric paint and a little creativity, brushed on re-usable cloth napkins, makes a beautiful keepsake of each  child’s hand print that can be used every Thanksgiving. Objectives: grade 1’s learn about the elements … View Full Lesson →

  • Stamp Patterning Fun

    Math - Patterning Fun

    Beautiful repeating patterns are created using color, position (up/down), direction (turning), plus a variety of stamps.  Simple enough for grade 1’s but can be used to make quite complex patterns.   Grade 1’s and 2’s … View Full Lesson →

  • Math - Toothpick Art/Math Shapes

    Objectives: review primary colors practise using ruler to make straight lines make simple shapes, at least as large as a toothpick:  triangles, squares, rectangles review/use math words: parallel, perpendicular, horizontal, vertical, diagonal reinforcement of math shape … View Full Lesson →

  • Art - Learning Secondary Colours

    Objective: Learning secondary colours Materials needed for demonstration: Shaving cream paint powder in primary colours (yellow, red, blue) plastic sheeting (clean, old shower curtain) ream of newsprint/cheap paper/ enough for each child to do one mixing … View Full Lesson →