Lesson Plans

What happens when you combine an art technique called sgraffito with the beauty of spiral designs in nature? You get a c

Do animals have feelings? Read about famous animals who have displayed human like emotions. Create expressive “pet portr

Tie together shaped poetry with watercolor animal sketches to create a cohesive artistic expression with a very silly si

Modern artist Wolf Kahn is well known as a Color Field painter and a landscape artist. He has combined both interests in

Our vocabulary and lives are filled with words, sayings and things from other countries. They have become part of our ev

After reading Old Bear by Kevin Henkes, students are inspired to create beautiful seasonal scenes with lots of line and

Freeze an adorable face forever in this frosty frame.

What shapes are people’s houses? Discover diverse dwellings—and make dioramas representing them—from around the world.

Make a simple moveable painting in watercolors and markers to illustrate how tides affect the life and landscape along t

Bananas are a ubiquitous fruit—but what do children really know about them? Explore how banana plants grow, their fibers

Design a miniature Statue of Liberty—to scale! Inspire small groups of future engineers, poets, lawyers, and journalists

Create a multi-media weaving that pops with texture and is crowned with a majestic bird drawing.

Students use their knowledge of geometry to skate the Polar Regions with the Arctic animals!

Explore Martin Jenkin’s book, Chameleons Are Cool, and find out why chameleons change color. Then create your own chamel

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

Count the swinging, roaring and munching animals in this wild haiku zoo – and then count the syllables too!

Explore warm and cool colors and glue drawing in these breathtaking leaf watercolor paintings.

Charles Darwin was a naturalist and geologist best known for his evolutionary theories. While visiting the Galapagos Isl

Students can create anything 2-dimensional on a Crayola® Dry-Erase Board. Take a digital image and upload to a class dro

Explore nature and art through Eric Carle’s book about a busy spider.

Taking art outdoors, this lesson explores shadows and light through contour figure drawings. Students will have fun imag

Inspire discussion of basic human needs and world peace with this mobile design project. Integrate social studies, langu

After enjoying the book “Smelly Socks” by R. Munsch with the class, discuss the biographical information that can be gat

The book, Swimmy by L. Lionni, inspires a paper painting mural by students recreating a major event in the book! Art an