Fantastic first grade bird nests on branches! Some stuff we collected from the park: The nests we created from all of the sti...

This lesson was based on a popular pinterest find originally from Kristin at  ForTheLoveOfArt : I did this lesson on CROPPING a c...

Thank you to Painted Paper! I was inspired by her Fairy Tale Forest trees made out of hand cut-outs. Each of my K & 1 classes go...

Some of my fifth graders have (finally) finished up their Beatriz Milhazes-inspired projects .  I was a little nervous they may not follo...

First grade ocean pictures! We read I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean to start things off.  I also chose an octopus as our mai...

The following are examples of K & 1 students after examining paper cuttings by Matisse. Kindergarteners testing out cutting symmetrical...

I do a lot of lessons coinciding with the first grade study of habitats. I usually do ocean, arctic, and rainforest environments. This year...