Art

<p>&nbsp; Well December is almost here.&nbsp; It&#8217;s time to start the Christmas Art. I don&#8217;t ususally teach anything religious for Christmas, but these angels are really easy and effective. &nbsp; Where I work, there are a number of christians, but there are also a lot of children whose families practice other religions.&nbsp; I feel, that &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/christmas-angels/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">

<p>Here&#8217;s a cute Art / Language Arts project for Fall that we did last week. I need to apologize again for the terrible photos, please bear with me. This is how we made the painting. First we painted the background.  We used pucks of tempera paint.  I showed the children how to mix blue and &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/fall-leaves-art-and-poem/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Fall Leaves Art and Poem</span></a></p>

<p>I made these cute Easter Baskets with my class last week. They were absolutely easy to make.&nbsp; Of course the kiddos needed a bit of help, especially with the stapler.&nbsp; But overall, the activity was unexpectedly simple.&nbsp; This is the template I used to create the baskets.&nbsp; The only difference is that I did not &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/easter-baskets/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Easter Baskets</

<p>Aren&#8217;t these dolls adorable???&nbsp; I found the instructions for this cute little art activity over at Deep Space Sparkle.&nbsp; Click Here to go over and check them out.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#8217;s a great lesson for teaching line and pattern in art. I admit that it took almost a week of lessons for us to complete these.&nbsp; And &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/matryoshka-doll-art-lesson/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text

<p>We made another set of Inchies last week.&nbsp; This time it&#8217;s Winter Inchies Click Here to check out my post on our Fall Inchies. I got the idea from a fabulous Art Teaching Blog by a fabulous Canadian Art Teacher.&nbsp; Go check out That Artist Woman. Of course my lesson was modified to fit the &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/winter-inchies/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Winter Inchies!</span></a></p>

<p>Check out these adorable Cardinals.&nbsp; My students made them the last week before Chrismtas so that I didn&#8217;t have to take down EVERY piece of art and send it home.&nbsp; It was nice to come back in January and not have blank walls all over the classroom.&nbsp; I must confess that this is not my &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/winter-cardinals/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Winter Cardinals</span></a></p>

<p>Friday, November 11, is Remembrance Day here in Canada.&nbsp; Like Vetran&#8217;s Day, in the United States, it is a day to remember those who have fought for their country.&nbsp; Poppies are the symbol of remembrance for many countries. &nbsp; In our class we made&nbsp;two art projects this week. Both of these ideas came from Gail, &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/in-remembrance/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about In Remembr

<p>I&#8217;m sure you all know the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.&nbsp; It was always one of my favourite stories as a child.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember I told you that I work in an amazing school?&nbsp; Well yesterday, I walked out of my classroom to find this amazing bulletin board.&nbsp; It was put together &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/wild-things/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Wild Things!!!</span></a>

<p>I happen to work in a fabulous school.&nbsp; I feel very lucky&nbsp;to&nbsp;not only&nbsp; have a fantastic group of kids to work with, but&nbsp;also a phenomenal staff to work with.&nbsp; I work in a wing that has four classrooms and this year we have two grade one classes and two grade two classes.&nbsp; The four teachers &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/haunted-silhouettes/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Haunted Silhou

<p>Welcome to my newest blog.&nbsp; My latest addiction these days is following other teacher&#8217;s blogs.&nbsp; It may have taken me awhile, but I finally decided to take another leap into blog land.&nbsp; So here&#8217;s it is.&nbsp; Ta-DAAAA!!1&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcome (again) to Sandra&#8217;s Savvy Teaching Tips.&nbsp; Today I&#8217;m&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;a wonderful art project called INCHIES.&nbsp; I found the idea &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/cute-fall-art