Second grade line art projects

I always like to start the year with a review of lines. Every grade level does a project that reintroduces all the different ways to make l...

Line game for kindergarten and 1st grade I wasn't sure how this game would work with my kiddos but it has been a great success. I used to create games like this when I was a classroom teacher for students' sight words and math facts, so why not for art?! You need the game board I created above, a dry erase marker, dice, baby wash cloth (to wipe the boards when the game is over) and a basket. I bought the dice and baby wash cloths at the Dollar Tree. I laminated the game board with my…

We painted vertical lines in a rainbow with watercolor. We cut horizontal lines with our scissors and glued them to a black background. This was a little tricky for my students. I would have the students cut one line and then glue it on before cutting the next line. Reiterate that they need to be matching the pieces like a puzzle and make sure that the colors match up before gluing them to the black piece. Click HERE to go to The Clever Feather to see this great idea.

Pop Art Hand Printing Students in 2nd grade learned about the famous Pop Artist Andy Warhol. Warhol was famous for his bright colored paintings and prints of the same object over and over. 2nd graders used their hands as inspiration for this project. First they traced their hands and then used bright colors to carefully paint them. Next the students learned about the art form of printmaking and used their fingers to do finger prints and their hands to do hand prints. By repeating their hand…

In my three years of teaching I'm yet to have a sick day (now that I've written that I will probably be bound to my bed with some sort of ailment tomorrow or next week during Spring Break). Sure, I've had subs, but conveniently for me I've always been able to plan out lessons in advance. As all teachers know--SUB PLANS WILL BE THE DEATH OF YOU. When I start to write them I always ask myself, "Do I really have to be gone, this is just too much work!" And then I have to think about "will my…