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Tips for Organizing Art Supplies

In a classroom of twenty-five plus students, organization is imperative for s...

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Hand Print Octopus

If you've followed the Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series, here is a great way t...

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Ancient History Blends with Art in These Cave Style Paintings

Ancient History Blends with Art in These Cave S...

Expose your students to ancient cave paintings with these great projects fro...

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Octopus: Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series

Pining for the ocean? Give your students this beach-worthy octopus craft to w...

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Jellyfish: Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series

Pining for the ocean? Give your students this beach-worthy jellyfish craft to...

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Star Fish: Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series

Pining for the ocean? Give your students this beach-worthy star fish craft to...

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Oyster: Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series

Pining for the ocean? Give your students this beach-worthy oyster craft to wo...

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Fish: Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series

Pining for the ocean? Give your students this beach-worthy fish craft to work...

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Print Making on the Easel

Print making is always a fun task to undertake in your preschool and kinderga...

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Crab: Egg Carton Sea Creatures Series

Pining for the ocean? Give your students this beach-worthy crab craft to work...

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Using Hand Prints to Make Chickens

Every teacher knows that students love getting their hands dirty during craft...

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Independence Day Wand

While Memorial Day has since passed, Independence Day is right around the cor...

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Recycling Old Paint Chips for A Matching Game

Have old paint chips lying around the house just waiting for a purpose? Kathe...

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Celebrate Student Accomplishment with A Graduat...

Soon the school year will come to an end and your students will be 'graduatin...

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A New Twist on Dress Up

Erin, creator of Laugh Paint Create, provides a new twist on 'dress up'! Whil...

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Review System for Letters & Numbers

Here is a great alphabet and number review system provided by the creator of ...

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Shape Matching with Geometric Solids

If you're like most teachers, you likely have toys laying around the classroo...

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Finger Paint Alternatives

While your preschoolers love finger paint, here are some great alternatives t...

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Robots in Kindergarten

This robot made from recycled materials is the perfect craft for your kinderg...

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Dragonfly Fun!

Testing your students' ability to follow directions, as well as their fine mo...

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Alien Rocket Playhouse

The perfect compliment to our "Aliens for Playtime" post! Also provided by th...

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Fun Jet Pack Craft for Kids!

Whether you're looking for a unique prop to use in your pretend play corner o...

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Aliens for Playtime

While dolls certainly have their place in the classroom, why not inspire your...

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Salmon Swimming Upstream

Patty, creator of Deep Space Sparkle Art Lessons blog, provides a great kinde...

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Measuring Activities

If you're looking for activities with which to introduce measuring to your st...

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Helping Students Make the Connection Between Se...

Spring, marked as the season of growth and new life, is a great time to intro...

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Cereal Necklaces and Bracelets

Kim, contributing writer for No Time For Flash Cards, offers a twist on the t...

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Kindergarten Art: Practicing Thick and Thin Lines

Kindergarten Art: Practicing Thick and Thin Lines

Kathy Barbro has provided a wonderful art lesson to reinforce color mixing w...

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The Science of Sound

It can be difficult for young students to grasp the concept of sound waves. J...

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Teaching Young Children About Weather

Some of your preschoolers may not understand that rain is important for the E...

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Painting with Fly Swatters

This activity is not for the faint-hearted! It's messy and requires lots of s...

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Art & Physics: When Two Worlds Collide...

This activity takes a bit of work to set up, but the results are phenomenal! ...

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Make Music with Drinking Straws

Easy enough for preschoolers to accomplish unassisted, this craft will provid...

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Easy Quilted Mother's Day Card

Here's a great Mother's day craft to do with your students! Super simple, doe...

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A New Way to Finger Paint

Finger painting is a crowd-pleaser, but some days you're just not up for a me...

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Music & Math: A Winsome Combination

Matt, kindergarten teacher and creator of Look At My Happy Rainbow, has it ri...

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ABC Classroom Book

While you probably won't be able to complete this project for each of your pr...

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