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After the Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a crayon resist painting after exercising. They participate in an exercise session of dance and movement, discuss how they feel after exercising, and create a painting using watercolor crayon resist techniques.
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Acrostic Poem Pals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students work in groups to determine a creative writing theme. They listen to each other to produce a group acrostic poem and then collaborate with their partners to recite their poetry. They then add drawings to add an artistic element...
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Zoo Programs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research zoo animals and plants native to each zoo animal's environment. They measure and cut stencils of animals and plants to use in printing a cover for a zoo animal report. They locate photos of both and create a classroom...
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A Garden of Learners

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students decorate a clay pot with a variety of craft and clay materials and a craft stick with their photographs. They decorate and label their clay pot with their name, school, year, and designs, then sculpt fruits and vegetables using...
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Bad Case of the Stripes Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students listen to the story Bad Case of the Stripes.  In this respect lesson plan, students listen to the story and discuss bullying and how to respect others. They draw a picture of themselves covered in what they like to do. 
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Father's Day Wind Chimes

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Young scholars create wind chimes for Father's Day. In this art lesson, students construct a wind chime for their father using plastic tubs, metal washers and fishing line.
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Drawing to 20

For Students K - 2nd
In this numbers up to 20 worksheet, students draw the objects to match the number in each box. Students draw objects for 18 problems.
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A Pressing Project

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create a collection of pressed plants. In this plant lesson plan, students use newspaper, plywood, and a rubberband to press plants they previously collected.
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Visual Messages: Creating a Photomontage

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a photomontage. In this instructional activity on photography as a means of conveying emotion, students use images gathered from the Internet to create a photomontage comparing how water is used in Africa and the U.S.
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Season Sarcophagus

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars analyze a sarcophagus art and create a similar piece of art. In this sarcophagus art lesson, students investigate possible meanings of the Season Sarcophagus and create a work of art that is similar to the subject or...
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Matching Colors of Butterflies

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this matching colors of butterflies worksheet, students match the colors of 8  butterfly wings, which have been printed, cut out and laminated.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students build rock sculptures, In this hands-on art lesson, students pile rocks into unique formations to create rock sculptures.
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Autumn Colors Shine Through

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create colorful stained-glass Autumn window decorations. They shave crayons with scissors, melt the crayons in wax paper with an iron, and cut out a leaf pattern to display on windows.
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To Market

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils examine the process of cooking a meal. In this cooking background lesson, students explore cooking utensils, recipes, songs, and literature. They go through stations that encourage dramatic play and hands-on exploration of cooking...
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Thanksgiving Cut and Paste

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this cut and paste activity, students color 7 Thanksgiving related pictures and paste them onto a series of rows to finish the pattern of each row.
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Things That Go Together

For Students Pre-K - K
For this "matching" worksheet, students draw lines between items that go together. Students draw their lines inside a path that already connects the items.
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Big and Small- Thanksgiving

For Students K - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving coloring worksheet, students analyze 2 pictures in a box that pertain to Thanksgiving. Students follow the directions to color either the big or small picture. There are 4 problems on the page.
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Happy and Sad: Discovering Feelings

For Students Pre-K - K
In this worksheet on basic emotions/feelings, students follow directions to identify the "happy cat" and the "sad cat." Pictures are large enough to color.
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Happy or Sad

For Students Pre-K - K
For this basic worksheet on identifying emotions, learners view a picture portraying a "sad" rhino and a "happy" rhino. Students color the rhinoceros that is happy, and draw an x on the one that is sad.
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Eggs-ceptional Art

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use white construction paper and cut out a large oval shape. They transform the plalin white oval shape into a colored-egg decoration, decorating it with any design they want to create.
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Hang a Jack-O'-Lantern Mobile

For Teachers K - 5th
Student take two sheets (8-1/2- x 1-inches in size) of orange construction paper and hold then together as they cut out the shape of the body (not the stem) of a pumpkin. They should end up with two identical pumpkin shapes. They then...
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Signs of Spring Door Hanging

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils create their own original design for a spring door decoration. As a class, they follow specific instructions to make the decorate the door piece. They also practice using art supplies and materials correctly and complete a...
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Back to Homeschool Coloring Page

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this back to school worksheet, learners color a detailed picture of a backpack with school supplies. The words on the backpack say "Back to Homeschool".
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It's a Wrap!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students investigate symbols and colors on the Osage blanket. In this visual arts lesson, students examine a blanket from the Osage culture and identify symbols on the blanket. Students create a class blanket, including symbols which are...