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

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.