Posts in Art Teaching Resources
How to Organize Early Finishers for Elementary

What do you do when a student finishes their work early? Having early finishers ready at hand for your elementary students will make your life as an elementary teacher so much more easy. It's good to establish the routine at the start of the school year and have early finishers ready for your elementary students. There are many different ways to organize your early finishers for your students and in this blog post I will be giving you tips for using early finishers with your elementary students as well as sharing some of my favourite early finisher activities to use with my students in my classroom. 

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Symmetry Worksheets Middle Schoolers Love!

These symmetry worksheets for middle school students in grades 5 to 8 are the perfect early finisher activity or no prep sub plan for your art classroom. These symmetry worksheets, combine both math and art and include a variety of themes to engage your students or homeschool children. There are some worksheets that are more challenging and others that are easier so you can pick and choose which worksheets to use with what child based on the students needs or drawing abilities. What's great about the symmetry worksheets is that you can download them and print them and photocopy them to use them year after year.

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Early Finishers Activities for High School

I have created the perfect early finishers activities for high school students in grade 9 through 12. I love using these early finisher activities with my high school students, because there are a variety of things that appeal to different student interests. There are also some pages that are more difficult and challenging, and some pages that are easier depending on the high school student’s drawing abilities.

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Symmetry Balance Art for Grades 1-12

Symmetry balance art is the perfect activity for early finishers or sub plans especially if you are a teacher or art teacher, teaching multiple grades from grades one all the way through grade 12. I have included a variety of different themes and worksheets that you can print off photocopy and use again and again, year after year. This is a great resource to have at the start of the school year to use throughout the year.

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How to Mix Skin Tones 

Teaching students how to mix skin tones that are realistic looking can be one of the most challenging parts of any portrait unit. Many art teachers I talk to say it’s the part of their lesson that makes students freeze up or reach for the nearest "peach" or "brown" paint instead of really exploring colour mixing and learning the skill. Learning how to mix skin tones is an art skill that takes portraiture to the next level. 

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Camp Art Activities to Try This Summer!

Whether you are planning a summer day camp or an after school art program here are some camp art activities for kids ages 7—12 that they will love. It’s important to remember that camp should have an emphasis on FUN. It can still be educational but these camp art activities are filled with fun!

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Art Activity Ideas for Preschool

 Here are some art activity ideas for preschoolers. These are great art activities for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 years old that can be done at home or in school. I have included a variety of different art activities that explore different art materials and I am explaining why that is important to the preschool child development. Keep reading to learn about some art activity ideas for preschool aged children!

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Mothers Day Paintings

Mothers Day happens in May and it’s a great way to incorporate art and have students create something for their mom or special person in their life. There are lots of different Mothers Day paintings students can do. You can choose the best painting that suits the age and abilities of your students. Here are some Mothers Day paintings you can do with elementary students. 

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Summer Camp Art

I have spent over 12 summers running different summer camp art programs, including summer camp art programs for elementary age kids, as well as preschool age kids. You will want to check out how to run a summer camp art program successfully in this blog post. I am sharing all of my tips with you so if you are planning a summer camp art program check out!

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How to Draw the Real Hand 

Learn how to draw the real hand. Drawing hands can help make your figure drawing look more realistic. Drawing hands can be quite difficult, because there are so many details to our hands from wrinkles to shadows, to the pores of our skin and being able to capture all of these details, as well as the scale and proportion of hands. All of these details helps us to be able to learn how to draw the real hand and make it look as realistic as a human as possible

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Free Symmetry Drawing Worksheets PDF Pages

I have created Free symmetry drawing worksheets PDF pages for parents and teachers to download, print, photocopy, and use again and again. These free symmetry drawing worksheets PDF pages are perfect for sub plans, celebrating the holidays, improving drawing skills in all grade levels, and more! Check out my Free symmetry drawing worksheets PDF pages here!

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Art Activities for Youth

Here are some art activities for youth to do at home whether it is a homeschool setting or or activities that your child can do over the summer holidays. These are some great low cost and affordable art activity options for your children to try.  Save these art activities for youth ideas for later!

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Winter Art Ideas for Middle School

Here are some great winter art ideas you can do in your classroom or with your homeschool kids this winter. These winter ideas are just specifically for winter. There are no Christmas art ideas mentioned in this post. Be sure to check out these winter art ideas so that you can plan the different art projects and art activities you'll be doing with your students for kids this winter. 

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100 Art Ideas for Middle Schoolers


Here is a list of 100 art ideas for middle schoolers that you can do in your classroom this year. If you are a middle school art teacher who has run out of ideas and not sure what ideas to do in your art classroom you will want to check out this list of 100 art ideas for middle schoolers. Make sure to save this list of 100 or ideas for middle schoolers for later.

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How to Paint Mountains with Acrylics

Learn how to paint mountains in acrylics with these simple tips and techniques. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists, this guide will help you create stunning mountain landscapes using acrylic paint. Discover step-by-step instructions, essential tools, and pro tips to make your mountain painting realistic and captivating.

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Holiday Art Ideas Grade 5 Can Do!

Here are some holiday art ideas grade 5 students can do in the classroom or at home in your homeschool program this year. I have lots of holiday art grade 5 students can do that I would like to share with you many of them are free holiday or ideas that grade 5 students can try as well.

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Christmas and Winter Symmetry Worksheets

I have lots of Christmas and winter symmetry worksheets that you can use with your students in your classroom or at home if you are a homeschool parent. I have different symmetrical Christmas and winter symmetry drawing pages for all grades from grade one to grade 12.

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My 10 Most Popular YouTube Painting Tutorials

I wanted to share it with you my 10 popular acrylic painting,YouTube tutorials with you.  I understand you're busy and you might not have a lot of time I have almost 100 acrylic painting YouTube tutorials on my YouTube channel Jackie Partridge Art. You probably don't have time to watch them all or even find the one that you are looking for so I wanted to share with you my 10 most popular YouTube acrylic painting tutorials. 

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Art Activities for 7 Year Olds

As an artist and art teacher, I have a lot of different art activities for 7 year olds to do whether you are a parent or teacher. You will want to check out these are activities for 7 year olds to help keep them inspired, creative, and having fun check out my art activities for 7 year olds by reading more of the blog post.

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How to Do Art Integration with Other Subjects

It is easy to have art integration with other subjects at school or in the homeschool setting especially if you are a homeschool parent it is easy to integrate art with other subjects in your lessons and your daily routines at home. If you teach elementary school art, it is easy to work with the elementary school teachers, and do art integration with other subjects. It just requires some meeting and collaboration, and a little bit of extra planning but it is totally possible learn more about how to do art integration with other subjects by reading the blog post.

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