Art room clean up

As art teachers we often have very little time to transition between classes, so clean-up the kids can do themselves is a blessing!! This year, whenever we were using paint or glue, I put out a dampened sponge at each table. Even the youngest of students (kindergarten) delighted in using the sponge to help out. The only warning I gave them was, "Please don't dip the sponge in the dirty paint water -- it already has enough water in it!" At the end of the day I would give all the sponges a…

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I love how my room turned out so bright and colorful! I feel it truly shows my personality. Ok, so I am here sharing photos of my finished classroom because quiet a few people have wanted to see them. Well, basically finished, except for a few things that need to be laminated before they are hung. There…

We are enjoying our art room jobs this year. After thinking about the daily jobs that we do in the art room, I listed the six most frequent tasks. Last year I had a "helper table" that helped with everything that day. This year, I am giving each table a job to do each week. The color for each job stays the same for the entire week for all of my classes to make it manageable. If we are not painting, the table that would handle washing the brushes does "quality control". Otherwise, my job is…

It's time for another year! Another art teacher gave me this idea- take photos of how the supplies are supposed to look so that it's easier during cleanup! I found these art star rules on Pinterest [and tweaked them to work for me]. We have a detective theme this year at school, so I decided to embrace it with this mystery artist board. There are 3 suspects with some information about each one and a few clues. I took some of my bulletin boards for my "Art Around the World" board and the…

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