Wordless Wednesday: Art in Education

ByChristi Fultz

I’ve been kind of obsessed with these pencil shaving art pieces. So much art has been taken out of education, but how much fun would kids have with these? I could easily see the art as a beginning point for creative writing. That’s what we call a twofer. 😉

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What are some ways you incorporate art into your curriculum? 


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5 Comments

  1. Since I teach a Young 5's class, I'm able to incorporate art into much of what I do. I try to make learning sight words interesting so the kids watercolor wash over the sight word written w/ white crayons on a weekly basis. They love seeing the word appear magically! We also make color collages as we're learning to read & spell color words. With almost any literature we read as a class, there's an art activity to be done. I especially like to incorporate art when we focus on fairy tales. The illustrations even a young child can do is amazing!

    Learning at the Teacher Table

  2. Thankfully, my district still has elementary art class once a week for grades K-5. I also love to incorporate art into lessons. On Friday afternoons, I typically do some sort of art project that relates to what we've been learning about, or goes along with a theme for that time of year. I typically give the students an example, but I let them add their own flair to it. It's so fascinating to see what they come up with when I give them "the big idea" and then let them create the end product using the materials I give them and their imagination. 🙂
    – Kelly 🙂
    Mrs. Campbell's Kids

  3. I love the pencil shavings art project! We are fortunate enough to have a great art teacher. However, I still try to integrate it as much as possible. My students create personal seals, models of the state flag and try to replicate artifacts for just a few examples.

    Mary
    Fit to be Fourth

  4. This will be our first year without an art teacher. I plan to "beef up" my art center (I teach K) by including more materials left behind by our retired art teacher. I am also going to do more directed drawing at the beginning of the year during our writing block.

    Amanda
    A Very Curious Class

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