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  • Piet Mondrian Art

    Art - Piet Mondrian Art

    Objective: Learning about artists and imitating their work Using primary colours reviewing squares and rectangles (remind students that squares ARE rectangles, but rectangles CANNOT be squares) Materials: 8 1/2″ X 11″ white paper for each student … View Full Lesson →

  • Stamp Patterning Fun

    Math - Patterning Fun

    Beautiful repeating patterns are created using color, position (up/down), direction (turning), plus a variety of stamps.  Simple enough for grade 1’s but can be used to make quite complex patterns.   Grade 1’s and 2’s … View Full Lesson →

  • Germ Monsters - Art Lesson

    Health and Nutrition - Making Germ Monsters

    I do this lesson at the beginning of the year.  It’s a really fun art activity and reminds students to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze and to use their inner elbows, not … View Full Lesson →

  • Name Art

    Art - Name Art

    Practise using rulers to make straight lines…horizontal, vertical and diagonal in this pretty art activity.  Students use rulers and pastels to make their NAME a thing of linear beauty…literally!  Pastel coloring reinforces their knowledge of … View Full Lesson →

  • Math - Line Hunt

    Objective: To learn diagonal, horizontal and vertical lines.

  • Art - Learning Secondary Colours

    Objective: Learning secondary colours Materials needed for demonstration: Shaving cream paint powder in primary colours (yellow, red, blue) plastic sheeting (clean, old shower curtain) ream of newsprint/cheap paper/ enough for each child to do one mixing … View Full Lesson →