Lesson Plans

Polka dots with stripes…peanut butter burritos…that’s just the beginning of “mismatches” for delightfully diverse Mariso

Recurring patterns are found in nature in many different things. They are called fractals. Think of a snow flake, peaco

Where do children feel most at home? Children identify and represent settings where they feel comfortable and cozy.

Relax reluctant artists who feel drawings must look like photographs with this exercise in blind line drawing.

Families are on the move—today and yesterday. Explore children’s journeys to new lives through powerful poetry and art.

Students create textured illustrations of endangered species in their environments with this lesson in ecology and scien

What happens when seeds are planted? Children document plant growth from planting to harvest.

WOW! Traveling in a new form of transportation across new terrain must be a very exciting experience; students create bo

Transform everyday buildings into a magical mathematical lesson. Students construct their own buildings through the disc

Create an aquatic scene on glass waving through the sea life with alliteration.

My Blue is Happy by Jessica Young is a delightful book about colors for children young and old. It explores the concepts

Ed Ruscha is an American pop-artist and one of the many artists supported by FAPE (Foundation for Art and Preservation i

Collectively, the seasons create a rainbow. Students identify and draw natural elements from each season. Combined toget

Robert Rauscheberg is an American pop-artist and one of the many artists supported by FAPE (Foundation for Art and Prese

Alex Katz is an American figurative artist and one of the many artists supported by FAPE (Foundation for Art and Preserv

Explore the community helpers theme by having students imagine and express themselves as adult workers in this color fil

Engage students’ complex thinking skills as they create similes for themselves that are represented in a tactile art pie

Create these splashy fish as you count with author Lois Ehlert of Fish Eyes.

Learn how to mix and apply tertiary colors to flowers in the style of American artist, Georgia O’Keeffe.

Create a Polar Bear in his habitat, surrounded by the colorful Northern Lights using blended watercolors.

Illustrate the ongoing battle against germs with a graphic depiction of strategies used to keep healthy with Crayola® Wi

George Washington did have false teeth, but were they made of wood? Find out what they were made of and create a poster

Watch interest in trees and ecology grow as students create a forest of 3-D trees representing multiple species.

Combine bold lines and contrasting colors like a Fauvist to create a vibrant autumnal still life.

Create a torn and cut paper collage of a Brown Bear in Winter, using printmaking to create falling snow.

Students discover interrelationships between art and math with this fascinating activity focusing on line, shape, patter

When students say, “I have nothing to write about,” use this team teaching activity to inspire creative writing through

Students draw favorite animals and include descriptive adjectives in their artwork.

Explore the sights of New York City by creating a storyboard and characters from a favorite book.

Dr. Seuss is always wacky and particularly in his book Wacky Wednesday. This lesson lets kids’ imaginations run wild dre

Build compare/contrast skills and promote interracial harmony with this primitive art peace quilt honoring the lives of

Encourage freedom of expression with this activity focused on the art of Jackson Pollock.

This art mash-up of two of Andy Warhol’s iconic styles is easy and eye-catching.

What's going on in the ground below a plant? Students use Crayola Model Magic to create a relief showing plants and thei

Be inspired by Sol LeWitt’s installation and create a five pointed star.

Explore abstract expressionism by studying the works of Wolf Kahn and create a unique landscape using Crayola® Oil Paste

Help students understand the size of history with an in-depth, interactive exploration of ancient cultures culminating i

What happens when animals squeeze inside a warm doghouse on a cold, rainy day? Windy, wet weather and flying fur create

Teens explore symbolism and identity as they create color filled silhouettes that visually depict a term and image to de

Combine movement into active learning and art making in this lesson. Students learn and express concepts in radial symm

Students carry on deep dialogues with an artist’s works, applying what they learn about the time period and the artist t

Capture the excitement of historical events and figures in the dramatic style of graphic novels. Take a different kind o

Play a game in pairs that challenges students to describe and classify their knowledge and research into one word catego

Feed teens’ appetite for popular music with this lesson inspired by songs that reflect the times in which they were writ

Students see beyond maps as they envision the places and events that have occurred along these trails.

Students use visual literacy and creative thinking skills to collaboratively design pop up stage sets that dramatize his

Get inspired by reading the book “Leaves” by David Ezra Stein. Watch your students bloom with confidence as they create

Explore nature through printmaking on gel plates. Students connect art and the natural world in this fun and engaging le