Instructional Strategies

As the school year gets started, I can easily lose myself in a long list of things I’d like to...

If there is one thing I have learned in all my years of teaching, it is that technology rules. I...

I’m always looking for ways to make the first days of school more enjoyable for my students, and this video...

“You must pass on enough knowledge, information and access to materials to inspire and get children started, but you also...

Regardless of how great your lesson is or how much choice you give your students, at some point in the...

As art teachers, we are certified to teach a ridiculously broad span of ages. It’s not uncommon to wonder if...

Has this happened to you? You’re teaching a lesson that is process based – possibly making clay pinch pots, weaving,...

  Joy Schultz, art teaching superwoman, runs an entire high school art program by herself that teaches students the value...

  “Would you mind making a poster for me?” We’ve all been hunted down and asked this question at one...

When we think of flipping the art room, we automatically think of the daunting task of creating all of those...

When I was first introduced to the idea of a free choice area, I was a bit skeptical. At first,...

In the last few years, there have been some incredible art apps developed. In fact, there have been so many developed...