Art-Lessons

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**Photoshop Elements WKST**

MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL (High and Middle)

 * Cave Painting *African Art *M.C Escher Tessellation**

*Rain Stick

 * Art Projects You Can Wear!!! (Upper Elementary, Middle and High)**

If you have any questions for me please contact me.
 * __Note to teachers:__** I've taught art for a few years (K-12) and know how difficult it can be to manage a classroom. Here are some things I've learned along the way about maintaining "order within chaos"!
 * balance messy and clean projects,if you're presenting fingerpainting keep all the other projects clean and simple
 * have lots of filler projects that don't need supervision like playdough and paperscraps
 * teach the children to negotiate the classroom by themselves. ie, label their art work, take it to the drying rack, put finished work in their cubbies
 * cover tables with newspaper and just throw it out when you're done
 * involve children in the cleanup
 * ask parents to do a lot of the prep work for you. When you finish your lesson plan make a list of prep jobs that need to be done and leave it for the parents to volunteer for. ie, make a batch of playdough, cut out paper shapes for the hot tray. I have found that parents are more than willing to do this if it means mre art in the classroom.
 * give each activity lots of TIME. If some children are finished direct them to the filler tables like playdough.
 * Don't let the fear of chaos prevent you from presenting lots of art! Learn to thrive in it! Let go of trying to maintain order and get into the joy of creating with the children.

Amanda Csatáry Westside Community School of the Arts