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Kindergarten

22 Jul TAA! Happy & Sad Clown Stick Puppets!

Posted at 08:00h in Clown, Kinder, Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons, Puppet by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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This is a very simple materials project that is a crowd pleaser. I have made these Happy & Sad Clown stick puppets with my Kindergarteners many times, always a success! I pre-trace an 11" circle on two papers for my students. We draw these either...

10 Feb Kindergarten makes Arlo!

Posted at 15:32h in Arlo Needs Glasses, Cloud Clay, Kinder, Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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If you teach the young ones, you have to read this book and create an Arlo. My students LOVE this book so much, they insist that I read it over and over! Arlo Needs Glasses is created by author illustrator Barney Saltzberg. It is a...

04 Feb Kindergarten – Lichtenstein’s in Primary Colors!

Posted at 11:55h in Kinder, Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons, Lichtenstein, Primary Colors, Printmaking, Tempera by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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This has been my new favorite Kinder project this year...

28 Apr Kindergarten Art Folders! org

Posted at 13:00h in Art Folders, Author Illustrator, Eric Carle, Kinder, Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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Eric Carle's, Very Hungry Caterpillar was our inspiration for our art folders this year. It is still a favorite of mine and my students. We all started drawing them the same, but they ended up unique in the end! Gotta love kinders! On the back of the folder I write...

13 Apr Kindergarten – Robot Zombie Frankenstein!

Posted at 14:25h in Collage, Halloween, Kinder, Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons, Robot Zombie Frankenstein by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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This is one of my favorite new books to teach! Robot Zombie Frankenstein by Annette Simon...

06 Apr Kindergarten – Expressive Hot Air Balloons!

Posted at 12:57h in Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons, Sharpie Hot Air Balloon, Tempera Cakes, Watercolor by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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This is a new favorite project of mine! I found an image of a beautiful watercolor hot air balloon on Pinterest by Betsey McLawhorn. It was so very inspiring, I turned it into a kindergarten project! We started by painting a paper with tempera cakes. ...

19 Oct Kindergarten – Spooky Black Cats

Posted at 17:57h in Cats, Halloween, Kinder, Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons, Paint, Spooky, Uncategorized by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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I LOVE this project sooooo much! Kinder is always begging to paint the minute they walk in the door the first day of school. I love the confidence of an all knowing Kindergartner! Picasso knew what he was talking about! It is always a risk...

03 Jul Kindergarten – Winter Landscapes

Posted at 12:40h in Kindergarten, Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lessons, Landscapes, Paint, Winter by gingerpacer 0 Comments

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This is a great first, serious painting for Kindergarten. First we looked a the difference between Landscapes, Cityscapes, and Seascapes. Then the difference between the seasonal Landscapes. We began with a container of yellow paint and chip brushes. Students painted a yellow circle anywhere on...

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Welcome Teachers, Students and Creativity Seekers! For 19 years, I have had the pleasure of inspiring creativity & building creative confidence in my 5- 12 year old students as an Art Teacher. Over the years, it has become clear that CREATIVITY transcends intelligence. Our future inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs are born in the art room. Playful experimentation with art materials and testing the limits of their possibilities ignites creativity and innovative thinking. Paintbrushes and Rockets have a lot in common… they both are vehicles for discovery!