Sunday, December 16, 2018

Winter Art Sub Lessons for Elementary

Winter Art Sub Lessons for Elementary

Here are some elementary art lessons that would make great sub lessons for winter and the new year. Some have directions and visuals included and some you will need to tweak a little.
Elementary student’s drawing of a winter landscape


"Winter landscapes by 1st grade - one day project" by Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists. One day lessons can make great sub lessons.  This one makes such a gorgeous work of art. Paint isn't a great medium for subs, but can be substituted with crayons or markers.  If you will let your sub use markers, make sure you  leave lots of instruction about how the students should use them.
Student painting of a snowman
"Snowman Directed Drawing Art Activity," by Proud to Be Primary. This blog post includes both written directions and plenty of visuals.  Crayons or markers can easily replace the paint used in the blog post.



Student art work of a cup of cocoa
"A Cup of Fantasy," at Arteascuola.  These painted cups are so colorful.  I am sure they can be recreated in crayon or marker.  You could make step-by-step visuals pretty easily for this one.



Elementary student’s drawing of a penguin
"How to Draw Penguins," by Cassie Stephens.  In this blog post, Cassie gives visuals, including a step-by-step one for how to draw the simple penguin shapes.  Students add whatever details they think up, so these can all be individualized.
Oh, boy. Teachers are wondering what to do with their antsy art classes this last week before winter break. Don’t give up and give them over to videos. Fun art lessons for that last week before Christmas vacation can be had at this TPT shop: Centers and Early Finishers.

Student drawing of robots throwing snowballs
This is a complete lesson at TPT. 


Doodle Art Activity of a Christmas tree
This is a doodle activity at TPT. 
Doodled Christmas stocking by elementary students
This is another doodle activity at TPT.

Child drawing of a snowglobe
This one is a freeby at TPT.



Elementary drawing of a gingerbread house
This is a fun activity over at TPT.


Student drawing with bubble letters for the new year
"Patterns for the New Year," by Strong Rock Elementary Art Gallery blog.  This teacher gives an overview of this lesson about goals for the new year.  You could provide your sub with simple visuals and directions to go along with this lesson.


drawing of a Chinese dragon by elementary student





Here is another complete lesson about Chinese New Year.


Here is an updated blog post with more ideas for the week before winter break.More ideas for the week before winter break.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Ugly Christmas Sweater - Art Sub Lesson

Ugly Christmas Sweater - Art Sub Lesson



You could totally turn this into an art sub lesson! Read about this lesson idea at the Little Yeti blog. https://artisandesarts.blogspot.com/2013/01/ugly-holiday-sweaters-grade-45.html

If you would like a fully formed, 25-page lesson about ugly Christmas sweaters that can be taught by anyone, check out the lesson by Cool Classroom Stuff on TPT.  It is a no-prep, fully scripted lesson with tons of examples. There are four templates from which the students can choose.