Instructional Strategies

Content Type
  • All
  • Article
  • Podcast
  • Video
art supplies
Article

How to Use TAB Art Stations to Spark Creativity, Reflection, and Autonomy

Teaching for Artistic Behavior, or TAB, is more than exploration and choice; it’s a guiding framework for cultivating the artist...
Learn More
Podcast

8 Ideas for a Safer Art Room (Ep. 540)

What would you say is the most dangerous part of your art room? In this solo episode of Art Ed...
Learn More
nylah khan with a pile of sketchbooks on her head
Article

5 Tricky Sketchbook Situations Tackled! Practical Solutions to Common Challenges

Sketchbooks can be tricky—we know they’re a good artistic practice, but they can easily become extra work for you and...
Learn More
sensory cups
Article

Transform Your Pre-K Art Room with These 6 Essential Routines!

Are you feeling nervous about teaching Pre-K art? The tiniest artists in the building may have the smallest hands, but...
Learn More
line practice worksheet with paint sticks
Article

The Bottom Line on Line: Ideas to Teach this Element with Confidence!

Learning about the Element of Line is often a great starting place for all grade levels. Creating a lesson plan...
Learn More
Podcast

Help! I’m Scared of Technology (Ep. 530)

Starting a new school year can be challenging enough without a dozen new platforms, devices, and passwords waiting for you...
Learn More
Podcast

Where Do You Discover New Artists? (Ep. 522)

In this episode of Art Ed Radio, host Tim Bogatz sits down with Kelly Hatton, curriculum designer for FLEX and...
Learn More
watercolor splatters with doodles
Article

From Small Seeds to Big Ideas: Fun Brainstorming Strategies for the Art Room

I don’t know what to draw; I don’t have any good ideas; I don’t know where to start. Sound familiar? ...
Learn More
checked out thumbnail
Video

Why Teen Boys Don’t Pay Attention in Art Class and 8 Ways to Actually Reach Them

Are you stumped by the pendulum of teenage supercharged energy to lethargy and apathy? Learn how to make these shifting...
Learn More
Podcast

Bananas, Bosch, and Beyond: The Funniest Works in Art History

In this episode of Art Ed Radio, Tim is joined by Kyle Wood, art teacher and host of the Who...
Learn More
the thinker thumbnail
Video

1 Simple Way to Infuse Art History & Ignite Curiosity in the Art Room

Do you need a simple way to expose your students to art history? Enter Rodin’s The Thinker! Join Kara Swink,...
Learn More
cards with words on the screen
Article

Laugh as a Class: 4 Amusing Whiteboard Games Your Art Students Need to Try

Being an art teacher can be exhausting. Managing the supplies, the mess, the questions, rotating art in the showcase, in...
Learn More