Art and literacy projects

Editor’s Note: This week we’re taking time to talk about a sometimes groan-inducing topic: writing in the art room. The good news is that our team has come up with some fun, engaging ways to incorpora

I love infusing literacy into my lessons whenever possible. This art lesson has students visually illustrating an onomatopoeia word in the Pop Art style of Roy Lichtenstein. Combine collage and printmaking in the form of benday dots to create impact. Great 5th grade project! | Glitter Meets Glue Designs

Integrate art and literacy with no prep or background knowledge with step by step tutorials for art history and art around the world!

A couple times a month, my 12 and 14-year-old daughters join me for some art journaling. It’s a great opportunity to sit and chat over a simple, personal art project. Elementary-age kids through adults can enjoy creating these unique illustrated names. The goal of this project is to illustrate the letters of your first name, nickname, or … Continued

This game is meant for both kids and adults, parents, art teachers, artists of all kinds, tired people after a long day at work who want to relax, and everyone who wants to have fun and loves drawing and painting. I would love to see your results:-) Your task is to make a picture using […]

It's SO EASY to make beautiful yarn art! Create a colourful yarn 'painting' by gluing leftover yarn onto a dollar store canvas. It's such a fun craft to experiment with colour and texture! Yarn art is the perfect art project for groups at summer camp or sleepovers. You can make a picture of a landscape, like we did, or create a simpler, abstract design. Either way, it's so much fun to make this unique fiber art! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we…

This giant list of art projects based on children's books will help your students connect art to literature and make some fantastic artwork in the process.

How I sneak art into my classroom. 4th grade art projects in science, social studies, math, Language arts and more!

You can teach anything with children's picture books: Science. History. Writing. Math. Cooking. And Art. Especially art. Because picture books are an artform. I'll be writing a Five Day Series this week about connecting children's literature to art. Monday through Thursday I will be sharing four art project ideas inspired by children's picture books. On Friday I have …

Art History & Seasonal Crafts Phonics & Word Work Sentence Building Kits Fairy Tales Sets Poetry Sets Printing Workbooks Sight Words Sets Writing Prompts Thanks for the wonderful feedback! This best seller is a collection of 12 lessons about art history, ranging from […]