From the Pond

As the school year begins, it’s important to foster a sense of community and help our kindergarten students build their fine motor skills. ...

As the school year rolls around, it’s the perfect time to get creative and celebrate the excitement of returning to the classroom. What bett...

Encourage your children to embrace their inner artist and draw spring tulips with crayons before painting with watercolors. You'll build...

Get ready for writing letters by practicing a clockwise and counterclockwise loop pattern in your pre-writing and early handwriting lessons ...

Drawing is always fun but it is esepecially important in the early years of school. Drawing can help: Develop fine motor skills: Drawing req...

For Valentine's Day your children might like to draw some hearts and scribble them with crayons or paint them to create a lovely artwor...

Help your children draw a Christmas pudding with the lines they've been practicing for handwriting fluency. After drawing they can paint...

Practice skills for handwriting and create an art project for display in the classroom for winter with evergreen trees scribbled by your chi...

Art projects, both independent and collaborative can help your build and foster classroom community. As they work creatively, display their ...

Display some bright happy bowls of popcorn in your learning space by having your children scribble draw a bowl of popcorn. They can do this ...

Today I wanted to share with you an art idea for your learners who are new to drawing and creating. They can scribble a scratchy pattern to ...

Help your children learn to draw a scribble star. They will combine a spiral circle, 5 radial lines and then some back-and-forth scribble to...

  Back to school activities can help establish your classroom community. Having students contribute to a classroom display by drawing, paint...