With the constant transitions and the chaos of a school day, students sometimes come into the art room WOUND UP. In an attempt to combat that, both of us have dedicated a few minutes of the beginning of each art class to help get our students focused and in the right mindset to work hard...
Episode 26 Podcast Recap We are both big believers in giving our students free time in the art room. We’ve talked about it here and there on the podcast but in this episode, we really get into why we feel so strongly about it. Here are the main reasons we we think it is so...
Everyone knows that kindergarten is a completely different ball game than any other grade level. They’ve never been in “real” school before and are learning how to do everything!! Their little minds and bodies can’t handle sitting still for too long. So what do you do when they come to your art class once a...
Being a teacher (especially elementary) we know how much our students thrive on routine! Interestingly enough, I’ve found out I do too and it makes me way more productive in my classroom. When I started student teaching I always had a list of tasks I had to complete to get the room or supplies ready...
Episode 25: Podcast Recap When students finish a your planned activity for they day or their overall project early, what do you do? In this episode we talk about many different ideas you can use to manage those early finished in your classes. Enrichment for your students can take many different forms. Push your students...
In my art room, like I know many others do too, I have a variety of items for students to use independently when they have extra time. I call it Free Art Time. When they finish a project, activity, or a step of a project we’re doing together and have extra time, I let them...
Being the spouse of a teacher isn’t always easy, but being the spouse of an art teacher I’m sure is suuuuper interesting. I decided to ask my husband some questions and put his answers below. Something you need to know is my husband is a bit of a comedian and has a dry sense of...
Episode 24 Podcast Recap In this episode, we dive into more ways of funding your art room from the last episode. However, we talk about how to be more resourceful with your funding. There are many factors that can affect the budget for your art room. While it might be stressful trying to figure out...
In no particular order, I thought I would share some of my favorite books about color! There are many, many other books out there about color and so many more on my wish list. But these are books that I actually have in my art classroom and have used! Whether it’s to introduce a concept,...