Art+Ideas

Feel free to share all of your creative ideas!!!! It is art so anything goes!!!!

You could have your students bring in recyclable materials (obviously that are clean) so many times a week. These items could then in turn be reused, or repurposed for your art class. Some examples of recyclable items may include: newspapers, magazines, broken crayons, scrap paper, scrap yarn or string, paper towel or toilet paper rolls, old pasta, empty cans, plastic bottles, etc. Also, sometimes local stores will donate items if they know that they will be used for educational purposes. The possibilities are endless!!J. Hutchinson

I like to have my students in my history classes draw concepts they have learned on poster boards. I think it would be great if you got with some of the core teachers and asked them to give you some topics that they cover in their classes that your students could create. For example, your students could do an art project on the U.S. Arizona or the Revolutionary War. Not only could you have them complete their art work but you could have them perform research on the topics as well. J. Kelly

I also think that it is very effective when you combine an art project with another subject's lesson. I do not have much experience in the classroom, but I am certain that I will try to incorporate different creative projects whenever possible. Using shapes and colors for math concepts, drawing pictures to retell a story, and featuring different works of art relating to historical periods are all wonderful possibilities to enhance students' learning. Tmoore