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Teensy Weensy Scary Spiders

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "teensy weensy scary spiders" using foam balls, tissue paper, yarn, pipecleaner, scissors and glue in this Halloween art lesson for the early elementary classroom. It is suggested to begin the activity as a science...
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Wax Resist Fish

For Teachers K
Students review what a pattern is and they create a pattern on a fish. They are reminded that patterns do not change halfway through and they paint over it with watercolor paints. They display their fish on the walls.
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Paper and Clothespin Dragonflies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use construction paper and clothespins to make a paper dragonfly. They place eyes on the dragonfly and use magic markers to add any detail they choose.
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The Artist As Entrepreneur: Getting Down To Business: Get Organized

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the various business structures and select the best one to use in a art business plan that they have developed. They compare the benefits and risks of each business structure then discuss in small groups the merits of...
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Conflict Between the States

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the conflicts which evolved into the Civil War. Students examine the differences between the north and the south. They discuss slavery and the battles during the war. Students create a mural and write battle songs...
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KinderArt Painting for kids.

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand what complementary colors are. In this painting lesson, students review what happens when colors are mixed. Students recognize that the colors oppose each other on the color wheel are complementary.  Students mix...
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Make a Paper Mache Bowl

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students create a paper mache bowl. In this paper mache lesson, students use wallpaper paste, newspapers, and paint brushes to construct a paper mache bowl. Students decorate their bowl with unique designs.
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Halloween Rhymes and Songs

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.
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Papalotzin y las Monarcas

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners examine theme. In this Papalotzin y las Monarcas lesson, students read an English or Spanish version of the story. Learners discuss the themes of community and positive change in the story.
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Math Quilts

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars examine geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson plan, students examine how geometric shapes flip, turn, and slide to create a pattern. Young scholars analyze the role that quilts played in helping slaves escape...
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Rabbits Rhymes and Finger Plays

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sing songs about bunnies and pick out the rhyming words. For this rhyming lesson, students develop an understanding of rhyming words at the end of each verse of a song or poem.
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PEBBLE PICTURES

For Teachers K - 8th
Students paint pebbles to look like people, fish, butterflies, or birds. They glue to a background.
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Magnetic Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students reinforce creative writing skills.
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Family Picture Quilt

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners explore family backgrounds and traditions while discussing how memories are preserved. In this patchwork quilt activity, students create a keepsake by compiling pictures, drawings, and magazine clippings of things that are...
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Cute and Easy Christmas Tree Ornaments (Elementary, Art)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars create Christmas tree ornaments.
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Snowy Night Snaps

For Teachers K
Students use misprinted photographs donated from a photo processing company to create paintings of a snowy landscape at night.
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Zodiac Bookmarks

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Learners explore the Chinese culture.  In this cultural lesson, students create bookmarks using the Chinese Zodiac.  Each learners uses the zodiac animal from their birth year to make a bookmark. 
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Hand Built Tea Bowls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners follow directions to create clay bowls. In this pottery lesson, students use clay and the pictured tools to follow the directions and create a fire baked tea bowl.
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Minnesota-China Connections: Jade Sculptures

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study Chinese jade carvings and then carve an animal from soap in a similar fashion.
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A Report From the 21st Century - Mark Twain

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students look at Twain, the humorist - considered America's favorite storyteller and the funniest man in the world at the time. Students stretch the truth about a personal experience, and consider how delivery affects impact.
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Those Tear-Me-Apart, Put-Me-Back-Together, Never-Be-the-Same-Again Blues

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discuss what it might be like to be the new person in a group, choose the correct words for an apology, learn a vivid lesson about how unking words can hurt others, and write a paragraph to explain what they learned from the...
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Miriam Schapiro Action Figures Collage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a background with a marbling technique. They plan and create a figure from assorted papers, mixing solids and patterns. Students glue the figure to the background, and embellish negative space with glitter.
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Fused Glass Landscape

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research and recognize work of several glass artists such as Chihuly, Tiffany, and Wright, define landscape and other relevant vocabulary terms, and create full fused glass plate/bowl using landscape and/or nature as subject...
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LUIZ JIMENEZ AND DRAWING

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view and discuss the work of Luis Jimenez and then complete several gesture drawings using a variety of media.