Lyric sheet for the Welcome Song, featuring actions and tune information for easy reference during circle time.
A detailed facilitation guide for teachers using the Rhythm Master Flashcards, including level breakdowns, activity ideas, assessment tips, and scaffolding strategies.
A comprehensive set of 20 rhythm reading flashcards featuring two measures per card. The cards progress through 5 difficulty levels, from simple quarter notes to complex triplets and sixteenth notes across multiple time signatures.
Instructions for educators to set up the Rhythm Safari centers, including objectives, materials checklist, and a rhythmic vocabulary key.
A creative activity sheet for the Rhythm Safari center where students compose their own 4-beat rhythm using animal icons and rhythmic notation (Ta, Ti-Ti, and Rest).
A recording sheet for the Rhythm Safari center where students match animal names to rhythmic notation (Ta, Ti-Ti, and Rest) and then find their own animal examples.
A reference guide for students at the Sorting Station center, showing animal names and their corresponding rhythmic values (Ta or Ti-Ti) through syllable counting.
A final polished version of the student art journal, optimized for printing with high-contrast text and clear student work areas. Features an SEL check-in, technique practice boxes, and reflection questions on growth mindset.
A comprehensive and visually rich slide deck for 'The Dot' art lesson. Includes SEL check-ins, art history examples (Seurat, Kusama, Indigenous Art), and specific guidance for a respectful Gallery Walk.
An updated and comprehensive slide deck for 'The Dot' lesson, featuring SEL check-ins, master artist examples (Seurat, Kusama, Indigenous Art), and specific guidance for a respectful Gallery Walk.
An updated student art journal with a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) 'Feelings Forecast' emoji check-in, more space for practice, and a reflection section focused on growth mindset and peer encouragement.
An updated teacher guide integrating SEL framework (self-awareness, resilience, social awareness) and referring to artistic examples and specific slide-by-slide facilitation instructions.
An updated slide deck for 'The Dot' lesson, now including specific Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) slides for self-awareness and resilience, plus visual art examples showing diverse dot styles.
A set of printable gallery tags and curator comment cards for students to use during the final art show. Helps create a professional 'gallery' atmosphere and encourages peer feedback.
A creative student worksheet for the 'Make Your Mark' lesson. Includes a space for an initial mark, boxes to practice the four art techniques, and a reflection section with growth mindset sentence starters.
A comprehensive teacher guide for facilitating the 'Make Your Mark' art lesson. Includes learning objectives, discussion prompts for 'The Dot', technique tips, troubleshooting advice, and extension ideas.
A vibrant step-by-step slide presentation for an art project inspired by Peter H. Reynolds' 'The Dot'. Covers the story, growth mindset, and four different artistic techniques for making dots.
A printable sheet of formal art gallery labels for preschool students to title and claim their work for the final exhibition.
A teacher facilitation guide for Day 5, focusing on curating work, teaching exhibition etiquette, and facilitating a student gallery walk.
A slide deck for Day 5 explaining the concept of an art museum, gallery etiquette, and how to prepare work for exhibition.
A student worksheet for Day 4 where preschool students identify their emotions and use an open canvas to express them through color and brushstrokes.
A teacher facilitation guide for a lesson connecting art and emotions, including music integration, air-painting exercises, and sensory vocabulary.
A slide deck exploring the connection between colors, music, and emotions in painting, specifically designed for preschool social-emotional learning.
A large-format student activity sheet for Day 3 providing a framed space for students to create a composition using geometric shape stamps.
A teacher facilitation guide for a lesson on shape stamping, focusing on geometric recognition, the "press-lift" technique, and compositional building.
A slide deck for Day 3 introducing preschool students to geometric shapes and the concept of stamping to create composite art.
A student activity sheet for Day 2 where preschool students try four different painting tools to create unique textures in a "passport" format.
A teacher facilitation guide for a lesson on painting textures with unconventional tools, including station setup, sensory vocabulary, and guiding questions.
An engaging slide deck introducing preschool students to unconventional painting tools like sponges, forks, and bubble wrap to create different textures.
A hands-on activity sheet for preschool students to practice mixing primary colors into secondary colors using paint or crayons.
A colorful presentation for preschool students introducing the three primary colors and demonstrating how they mix to create secondary colors.
A teacher's facilitation guide for a preschool lesson on primary colors, including objectives, materials, step-by-step instructions, and discussion prompts.
A comprehensive instructional guide for teachers to facilitate the 'Chameleon Mashup' lesson, including prep steps, facilitation phase prompts, and discussion questions on identity.
A student worksheet for planning their 'Mixed-Up Chameleon' creation and reflecting on their artistic process and the themes of identity found in the story.
A vibrant slide deck for introducing the 'Chameleon Mashup' art project, featuring Eric Carle's painting techniques, story themes, and step-by-step visual prompts.
A vibrant, step-by-step printable project guide for students to create a 'Mixed-Up Chameleon' collage using Eric Carle's signature painted tissue paper technique. Includes a materials list and artistic 'pro-tips'.
A student-facing base for their 'Sticky Story' collage. It provides a large, framed 'studio space' for gluing down shapes, with sections for their name and the title of their visual story.
A facilitation guide for teachers leading small group collage activities with Pre-K students. It focuses on geometric vs. organic shapes and techniques like overlapping and storytelling through composition.
A creative search-and-find coloring map of Monet's garden at Giverny, designed for Pre-K students to explore key elements of the pond.
A visually engaging slide deck introducing Pre-K students to geometric and organic shapes through the work of Henri Matisse. It explains the concept of collage and prepares students for their storytelling activity.
A simple anatomy worksheet for Pre-K students to identify and label the parts of a water lily (Flower, Leaf, Stem, Roots).
A fun 'shape hunt' checklist for Pre-K students to identify 3D shapes (sphere, cube, cylinder, pyramid) in their environment and their own artwork. Includes a drawing area for their creations.
A discovery worksheet for Pre-K students to identify and count animals typically found in a lily pond, combined with a drawing area.
A facilitation guide for teachers leading small group sculpture activities with Pre-K students. It focuses on turning 2D shape knowledge into 3D form through clay manipulation and vocabulary building.
A cut-and-paste life cycle activity for Pre-K students to understand the growth stages of a water lily.