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Woodlands Ribbonwork
Learners make art based on the ribbon work of the Woodland Indians. Background information on the art form and procedure are laid out in an easy to follow step-by-step format.
Akron Art Museum
Storytelling Resist
The illustrations of Ezra Jack Keats in The Snowy Day inspire young artists to examine shapes in illustrations and to use these shapes to create their own watercolor resist painting.
Curated OER
ABC and 1-2-3 Farming
Students demonstrate how to alphabetize animal names. In this word study lesson, students identify animals that live on the farm and conduct a favorite farm animal survey. Students order animal pictures in alphabetical order.
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Sorting Candy
Lower graders sort and group objects by their different properties. They watch a video about sorting then, sort and organize candy in different groups. Students compare how others sorted their candy. Finally, they decide which group has...
National Gallery of Canada
To Canada with Love
Focus on line and color with a postcard project. Learners view various works of art and discuss line and color before moving on to creating their own work. Using nature as inspiration, pupils decorate postcards and mail them after...
Curated OER
Coil Pots
Children learn by doing. Here, they discuss cultural uses of containers, coil and slab techniques, functional aesthetics, and the principles of art and design. The entire process for making a coil pot is fully described here to make the...
EngageNY
Are All Parabolas Similar?
Congruence and similarity apply to functions as well as polygons. Learners examine the effects of transformations on the shape of parabolas. They determine the transformation(s) that produce similar and congruent functions.
Teacher's Guide
Addition Odd or Even Valentine's Day
Get in the Valentine's Day spirit with an addition learning exercise. Scholars solve problems and color answers different colors depending on whether they are even or odd.
Brigham Young University
Understanding Design, Composition, and Color
The set for a play combines design elements (style, line, shape, mass, measure, position, color, and texture) and principles of composition (unity, harmony, contrast, variation, balance, proportion, and emphasis) to create a particular...
Curated OER
Modern Mosaics
Students examine how native peoples used ceramic pieces to create art. Individually, they create a design of their choice using erasable markers and trace over it with a pencil. To end the lesson, they use shapes and colors to complete...
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Trace and Color
In this coloring/shape worksheet, students follow directions and color given shapes specific colors. Worksheet includes 5 basic shapes: circle, square, triangle, star, rectangle and hexagon.
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Many Shapes and Sizes
Second graders read a story about body diversity. In this health lesson, 2nd graders create body tracings that celebrate their unique shape and size. Students research different ways to keep their body healthy.
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Squares and Triangles in a Picture
In this geometric shapes activity, students analyze a picture of a house and trace all the squares and triangles. Students color the shapes according to the directions.
Curated OER
Christmas Tree Shapes
In this shape recognition worksheet, 1st graders color the trees according to the given colors. Students color 5 Christmas trees.
Curated OER
Colors by Number - Shapes
For this Shapes color by numbers worksheet, students identify numerous shapes like triangles, circles, rectangles, and squares by coloring in with the appropriate color.
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There's A Nighmare in My Closet
First graders read "There's A Nightmare in My Closet." They brainstorm what closet monsters could look like. They construct miniature monsters out of construction paper. Students use a variety of different shapes and colors of...
Curated OER
Seed Search
First graders examine seeds. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, 1st graders determine what fruits and vegetables have in common. Students cut open fruits and vegetables and examine their seeds. Students describe the sizes, shapes and...
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Colorful Dogs
Students make dog collages using triangles and rectangles. In this collage lesson, students use cut-out triangles and rectangles to make a dog collage after looking examples of Keith Haring's work and listening to Emma Dodd's, Dog's...
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Oval
In this shape recognition worksheet, students trace an oval with a blue crayon, connect the dots to make an oval with a green crayon, color the oval any colors, and draw an oval on their own.
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ESL: Shapes, Colors and Sizes Handwriting Practice
In this ESL handwriting worksheet learners practice tracing and writing a set of shape, color and sizes words. A reference web site is given for additional information.
Curated OER
Complete the Patterns
In this patterns worksheet, students look at the each of the patterns in the 5 rows of shapes. In each row, students recognize patterns by filling in the last 2 shapes to complete the pattern in each of the 5 rows.
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Tissue Paper Dye Painting
Use tissue paper squares to create collage art. Young artists discuss colors as they place and glue each piece of tissue on the paper. Tip: Cut out large basic shapes instead. Have the class create images using the tissue shapes (robots...
Curated OER
Flower Painting/Printmaking
Using old or donated flowers, little learners create flower prints. They discuss the colors found in nature, paint a background, and then create flowers for their pictures by dipping and pressing real flowers onto their paper.
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Graph Paper Patterns
Young artists divide a piece of graph paper into sections using rectangles, squares, and triangles. They then fill each section with patterns of shape and color. Elementary graders describe how their patterns are organized. Secondary...