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Coolaboration

Young students work together on a variety of projects throughout the school year, cultivating a community of compassion and tolerance.

15 December 2024Early Childhood
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Collaboration: A Way to Reach All Learners

Elementary students build their problem-solving, social-emotional, and exploratory learning skills as they collaborate.

15 November 2024Elementary
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Meeting Individual Needs: The Magic of Movement

An art teacher kicks off the school year with a collaborative project in which students splatter paint with various materials.

14 November 2024Meeting Individual Needs
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Managing the Art Room: The Importance of P Words

An art teacher shares how using positive words to describe artistic behaviors has helped her manage her studio effectively.

15 October 2024Managing The Art Room
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ClipCard: Mark-Making with Salt

Middle-school students use salt and variety of tools to explore temporary and playful mark-making.

15 October 2024Middle School
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Choice-Based Art Education: Joyful Chaos

An art teacher shares the benefits of a child-centered TAB approach and how she facilitates guided play through various media centers.

15 August 2024Choice-Based
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Unleashing Creativity

In this article, we’ll explore the idea of integrating wacky drawing challenges as a daily activity to motivate students to push their creative boundaries. “Foodles,” or food doodles are inspired by the drawing game Foodles from the Imagineering Company. By integrating foodles into the art curriculum, I provided students with a playful way to challenge themselves creatively.

15 May 2024Elementary
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Exploring Alternative Mark-Making

High-school students embrace mark-making as a whole-body exercise while using charcoal-taped drawing sticks.

15 April 2024High School
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Unwanted Artwork Olympics

Elementary students participate in an art challenge in which they utilize discarded works to create something new.

14 March 2024Elementary
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TAB From the Heart

Young students inspire their art teacher to develop a mobile afterschool TAB program based on the Studio Habits of Mind.

14 March 2024Early Childhood
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ClipCard: Expressive Doodles

Students will explore doodling and the process of mark-making to create symbols and imagery.

1 March 2024Elementary
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ClipCard: Artist Portrait Parody

Elementary students adapt and recreate a famous artwork or artist portrait in art parody style by incorporating animals into the piece.

15 December 2023Elementary