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...
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Resourceful Ways to Fund the Art Room
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...
8 Books About Color I Use in My Art Room
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,...
Ordering Supplies for the Art Room
Episode 23 Podcast Recap In this episode, we wanted to talk about how to go about ordering supplies for the art room. It’s one of those things that doesn’t really seem to be covered when you’re in college studying art education! So you get your first job, and you have no idea what to do...
10 Classroom Tips/Tricks
One of my FAVORITE tips! I saw it somewhere on Instagram years ago and have done it ever since. Tape your marker lids together…no more lost marker lids and then it’s obvious if a marker is missing. Caveat: use strong tape and smaller hands might have trouble until they’ve been used often (1-2 weeks of...
Have you heard about our new crew?
Have you heard?? We are so excited to be starting monthly meetings with art teachers who NEED a community. We’ve been there…you meet with other specials area teachers, classroom teachers, different grade levels and there’s…well…little you have in common to talk about. It makes it difficult to bounce ideas off of someone or collaborate on...
Why I DON’T Have Jobs In My Classroom
Unpopular opinion: I don’t like to have assigned jobs in my classroom. I know many teachers like to have some sort of job chart, table jobs, or assigned jobs to students but I’ve done some of those things and I just find it easier to not have them. I also prefer it that way. Let...
Simplify Your Teaching
Podcast Recap: Episode 22 It’s important for all teachers, veteran teachers and new teachers alike, to slow down sometimes and keep things simple. Ask yourself, “What do my students need?” We noticed, especially after the COVID pandemic when students were forced to do school from home, that there was a big gap in the skills...
5 Ways To Best Support ELL Students In The Art Room
We are excited to share this guest post by Camila Vasconcelos from The Multicultural Education Project. Visit the website to get more great information and resources about sharing arts and culture in your classroom! As teachers, we are aware that how we communicate from day one of school can set the pace for the...