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Paper Clay Fish Sculpture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Why not get creative and use paper clay to create colorful fish sculptures? All the steps needed to complete this activity are included. Your class will sculpt beautiful fish while exploring color, shape, and creative thinking. Use these...
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Drawing of Animal of Student's Choice

For Teachers Higher Ed
Adult students with developmental disabilities are the focus of this lesson. Students look through a variety of printed material to locate an animal to draw. They draw an animal with a background with either black pen or pencil. Student...
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City of Rainbows

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars identify the characteristics of a city including infrastructure, architecture, location, transportation, air quality, and suburbs. They recognize how cultures and the environment shape cities. They then identify the needs...
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Costume for an Inaugural Ball

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students research fashions past and present. They design period costumes for inaugural balls, using color, patterns, shapes and researched information. In addition, they discuss the natural resources, technology and other factors that...
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Faces in the Crowd Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the faces of other students in the classroom and the community. They determine the similarities and the differences in hair texture and color, skin tones, shapes of noses, and eyes. Using a glue mixture, they paint the...
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Home Hieroglyphics

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the Egyptian hieroglyphics from cartouches listed in books or on the internet. They design a cartouche-shaped door knob door sign that contains hieroglyphics, meaning "keep out." They press the words into their cartouche...
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Honoring Ganesha in India

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore the legends about Ganesha, Hindu art, and examine Hinduism. Using foam board as a base, they decorate the panel in the style of Hindu art. Students color the shape of Ganesha's elephant head and crown. They use glitter...
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Japanese Crane Fable

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read a famous Japanese fable and discuss why the main character plucked its own feathers. Using construction paper, they cut them into feather shapes and color them using colored pencils. To end the lesson plan, they attach them...
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Mix-It-Up Sponge Painting

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners experiment working with sponges to mix colors, marble, etch and make a sponge print. They brainstorm all the possibilities for various art techniques utilizing sponges and washable paint. Each student remembers to incorporate in...
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Bud Vases

For Teachers Higher Ed
Ways to incorporate bud vases into a show of flowers is explained here.  Examples of how to use bud bases, and the difference that shape, structure and color make is discussed.  This PowerPoint would work for flower arranging as a hobby...
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More or Less Worksheet 1

For Students Pre-K - K
Which is more: 1 moon or 2? Challenge young counters as they analyze images to determine which set of familiar shapes has more, and which has less. Scholars color in the group that has more. Numbers do not exceed 5 on this beginners...
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Stars and Planets Connect the Dots

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Reach for the stars with this cute connect-the-dots activity! Kindergartners practice their counting and number sequencing by connecting the numbers 1 through 6 or 10 in four different shapes. A rocketship is completed for them as an...
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Create a Fan Design

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design fans with organic shapes and contrasting colors. They recognize t'aeguk design as a visual element of Korean culture.
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Block Books

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these visual skills worksheets, learners study the cookies cutters and cookies and determine if the shapes match. Students then use a red crayon to color the items that could be hot and a blue crayon to color the items that are cold.
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Circle Seats

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create large shapes to sit on during circle time. In this art lesson, students cut and decorate the shapes.
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O, Do You Know?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the short /o/ sound in this lesson. They discover that the "o" is shaped like a magnifying glass, and are "detectives" looking for the /o/ sound in words. They listen to "No, David!" and identify the short /o/ sound...
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Easy Sight Word Puzzle: 2

For Students K - 1st
In this sight word instructional activity, students write site words in a puzzle shape, using the number of letters in the word and the letter shapes to guide them. There are 5 words: the, for, me, play, and at.
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Easy Sight Word Puzzle: 3

For Students K - 1st
In this sight word worksheet, students write sight words in puzzle squares using the number and shape of the letters in the word to guide them. Words used: said, my, up, went, and look.
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What's Your Sign?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice recognition of common street and safety signs and discuss what happens if these signs are ignored.
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Elements of Art

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover elements in visual art. In this visual art lesson, 3rd graders explore the use of line, shape, and color in visual art. After reviewing works of art, students create unique art pieces. Technology resources provided.
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Explore the Elements of Art

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize elements of art such as texture, shape line and color.  In this elements of art instructional activity, students create a still life picture with oil pastel or crayons.  Students define elements of art vocabulary....
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Rhythm and Art: Elements of Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the three elements of art. In this visual arts instructional activity, students examine line, shape, and color of works by Torres-Garcia and Picasso. Students then identify the elements of art in works by other artists.
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What is It? Susie Sees!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson plan, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create secondary...
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Sorting and Classifying Concrete Objects by Varying Attributes

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine how to sort concrete objects by their attributes. In this sorting lesson, 1st graders listen to Gray Rabbit's Odd One Out by Alan Baker, and discuss the actions of the main character. They practice sorting objects...

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