Art lessons 2nd grade

Winter landscapes by 1st grade - one day project | Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists | Bloglovin’

Create 3 boxes with 4 inch tops and 4 inch bottoms. And yes I had to teach 1st graders how to use the ruler! Then use the ruler to create horizontal and vertical lines inside your boxes. Draw a heart inside each of the 3 boxes. Color in the hearts first and then the backgrounds using a repeating checker board patten. You could have themes such as warm and cool or complementary colors. Or make it random colors! When you are finished coloring in all the spaces, flick black watered down tempera…

Snowmen at Night is one of my kids’ favorite wintertime books. It’s become a bit of a tradition to pull it out in January, just like reading seasonal and holiday-themed books other tim…

Looking for some more fun winter art activities for kids? This DIY Snowflake Art Project is a terrific craft for kids to enjoy creating and makes a beautiful keepsake or awesome gifts for loved ones.

As the Christmas holidays are almost over I have been scouring Pinterest and some of my favourite blogs for winter art inspiration. I have lots of fun projects planned for me and the kids over the…

Embrace the beauty of summer with a magical Sunset art lesson for kids with warm and cool colors. This engaging summer craft for kids encourages children to experiment with color and creativity while celebrating fun summer activities.

This lesson just happened to at the right time during the Winter Olympics, which was really a lucky coincidence. Nonetheless fun! As part of the Art Curriculum 2nd graders are to study architecture so I decided to look at that of Russia, in particular St. Basil's Cathedral. I love showing them the building all the oooohs and ahhhs, and then to find out it's a real building--students just think it is too cool! We drew the buildings all together with pencil, students then used sharpie to…