Art for Kids: Fun Art Projects

Elements of Art – 5 Fun Projects for Kids

The elements of art are generally considered to be line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value, with the additions of mark making, and materiality. The following projects were curated from some fantastic people and organizations. They combine one or more elements of art into fun art projects for kids! #1 Nature Creativity (Texture, Shape,

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Mathlibs® + More!

The original Mathlibs®! Tip: If you see the little Flash icon, just click it to enable (or download) Flash. I’m working on adding more non-Flash Mathlibs®, and you can see the first question set here!

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5 Resources for Right Triangles and Trigonometry

Without a doubt, my FAVORITE unit in Geometry is Right Triangles & Trigonometry! (My least favorite is Logic & Proof but that’s a complete other conversation.) Trigonometry is new to the students and the applications are so much fun.  I wanted to share five of my favorite resources for this

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In a Pinch? Try Ready-Made Maze Templates

Need an activity for a certain topic but can’t find exactly what you need?  Templates provide a way to easily whip up an activity for your students that is both engaging and completely customized to exactly what they are learning.  I get many requests for activities in  my store, but

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Math Minute: Oliver Owl Loves Hundredths (Grid of 100)

Today’s Math Minute Video features Oliver Owl. He likes fractions, but he wants to turn all the fractions that he sees into hundredths. Watch this video and then download some printable coloring grids. You can hold your fraction and the grid of 100 up to a window to see what

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Operations with Scientific Notation and “LARS”

Operations with scientific notation appears to be a simple topic on the surface, however, students get easily confused when manipulating the exponent in order to make computations.   I came up with the acronym “LARS” to help students remember how changing the exponent affects the direction the decimal will move.  “LARS”

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Substitution Method for Systems of Equations: aka “the blob”

I love teaching systems of equations, like seriously LOVE it!  I always teach it right after the linear equations unit, and it’s the perfect transition from graphing one line, to graphing two.   Students catch on right away and think, “this unit is going to be easy!” Then…. we hit