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Category: paint/pencil

  • Kindergarten

Rainbow Fish, Never Give Away Your Sparkles!

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on January 1, 2018

For the past four years, I’ve been teaching kinders how to create the Rainbow Fish. …

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  • paint/pencil

Wacky Birds

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on December 31, 2017December 31, 2017

This lesson was only supposed to take one day.  But it was so fun, it…

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  • paint/pencil

Observational Drawing

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on November 12, 2017
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  • Kindergarten

‘Cause Baby You’re a Firework!

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017

The biggest secret in kindergarten art is revealed: watercolors on top of crayon is magic.

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  • Art for All

Whole School Den Banners

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 19, 2017
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  • Kindergarten
  • Aside

Thinking Routines and Spiders

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 18, 2017June 18, 2017

I did this lesson back in October and have previously posted it under Fall with…

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  • paint/pencil

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 18, 2017
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  • First Grade

Self-Portraits Are Eye-Opening

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 13, 2017March 25, 2020
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  • Art for All

Best Sub Plan Ever

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 13, 2017June 13, 2017

Found a way to make one sub plan work for all my kids.

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  • First Grade

Piet Mondrian’s Magic

  • by Sonia Chapman
  • Posted on June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

Is Piet Mondrian a great artist or what?!  He is everywhere. I love his work…

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