Instructional Strategies

It always amazed me when 4th-graders would walk into my room for a weaving unit and most of them would...

As art teachers, we extoll the virtues of making art to anyone that will listen. We bemoan our minutes getting...

As art teachers, many of us are visual learners. When trying to remember information, we might use colored pens, make...

As art teachers, we are well aware of the power of visual communication. However, did you know that having students...

Have you ever wanted to do sketchbooks with your elementary students but thought they were too young? Do you have questions...

Weeding through art catalogs and the web to find quality media for your classroom is a daunting task. That’s why...

Recently, I’ve been hearing the term “authentic art” used in the art ed world more and more. People talk of...

    We need to stop–like right now, today, stop–looking at cell phones as a nuisance. In the hands of...

With the beginning of the school year quickly approaching, many of you have probably started to plan out your first...

Whether you’re entering your first year or your thirtieth, there’s always something new to learn. It’s what makes teaching so...

  Janine Campbell, an amazing middle level educator from Michigan whose classroom has won awards for STEAM education, student artwork,...

There is one thing that I always dread on the first day of school… explaining the class syllabus. There is something...