It's Art Day: Valentines for 400 of my closest friends! (Free Printable)

Here's the best way I can describe it... 

Every week, I invite 400 of my closest friends over to do our favorite things. Play, make, laugh, party and create BIG messes, BIG moments, and BIG memories. We clean up. Well, we try. We do our best. Before we can get cleaned up, it's time to do it all over again!!!! 

My 400 friends are BAAAAACK!!!!!

SO.... I created this valentine that I can print on various colored paper. I don't have the means of printing 400 color valentines or $$$ to buy them or the time to make them. I love my students and want to show them!  I've been handing these out all week. The amazing office assistants gave me  colored card stock. and of course in RAINBOW fashion! :-) 

I've posted a FREE PRINTABLE for you below! So if you do things last minute like me! DOWNLOAD AND PRINT PRINT PRINT! 

"You Are Loved" ... by Margaret McDonald on Scribd

HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A SWEET VALENTINES DAY! 

DON'T FORGET, YOU ARE LOVED!

It's Art Day! (Free Poster) "Follow Your Art"

"Follow Your Art"

Hi! I'm clearing out the cob webs of my blog and posting something real quick! I figured out how to add a PDF to my blog for you to download! You can download it if you scroll down! It's Free! I hope to upload more things soon! 
No plans to make money on my blog. That just ain't my thing!
So, please download it! Did I mention, its free??!!

So, since, I've been MIA that's me with the purple hair. I created the "Follow your Art" image above with my favorite editing software canva. I will be sharing more resources here on my blog. Please give me a follow via email! I'm also on Instagram and Facebook if you prefer that.  It would really make me happy to share more with you! 

Now, go ahead and download your free "Follow Your Art" poster Here or click below! 

Please share with others too! Thank you!

Follow Your Art.missBrightB... by Margaret McDonald on Scribd

It's Art Day!: Sticky Note Challenge #2 “I wish I Could Draw...”

Sticky Note Challenge #2 "I wish I could draw..."

Here it's October and I was trying to think of a new engaging prompt for the next "Sticky Note Challenge." You can check out our September Sticky Note Challenge here which was our first for the 2017-18 school year. 

 

It's still the beginning of the year so building those relationships with 450 plus kids is umm...well...quite a task!  So, I thought that maybe I would do a prompt that while benefiting them would also benefit me! So, this helped me get to know them a little better. They got to know each other by sharing and also told me something about themselves.  

 We had a lot of desire to draw animals. At the end of class, I asked who would like to share their sticky note. A great way to discover what student's hopes and dreams were as artists in my classroom. 

A few gave it a shot with a little mini drawing! 

I was able to promise that we would do self portraits!! Always!!

"ME"

"Real Expressions!"  "Cool Animals!" 

 These kiddos were very specific and knew exactly what kind of car they wanted to learn how to draw. This is great! 

POP CULTURE is alive and well y'all! We love EMOJIS! 

Check out another way I use sticky notes to engage my students here as they comment and ask me questions about what I'm wearing. 

Sticky Note Challenge #1: What is Art?

It's Art Day!: Sticky Note Challenge #1 “What is Art?”

Sticky Note Challenge #1 "What is Art?" 

Each month we have a sticky note challenge in our Art Room. For the month of September, the students responded to the question, “What is art?” We are trying to do more writing in art this year. Students can respond by writing or draw what they are thinking on the sticky note. 

They love sticky notes and so do I!! This was a great question to start off the school year and kick start our thinking about art/

They loved to watch the wall grow and read other’s responses. We also take time to share with each other our answers.

My students always blow me away with their thinking and creative conclusions and connections!

The large doors of these two cabinets turned out to be a great space to put up all the stickies.

Check back for the next STICKY NOTE CHALLENGE!
We do one every month!

It's Art Day!: (VIDEO) Kindergarten Printmaking Time Lapse

When Ms. H dropped off her class and said "It's a full house of 26! Meet our new student!" I thought to myself, "ALL RIGHT! 26 KINDERGARTNERS!" This ya'll, is the controlled chaos I live for! 

I try to always greet my classes at the door and say a quick hello and try to check in with the teacher. I try and I say "try" because teachers are...well...JUGGLING! Always one hand on a ball and a bunch up in the air with one coming down that needs catching!!

After the students and I chatted, we popped on smocks and were ready to print! We are printing with 6 different found objects. Students are up and moving to choose objects and create masterpieces!

In this video: 

• Students put art on drying rack mostly on their own. Making sure they aren't stacking paintings on paintings still has to be checked in on. They have gotten better and are reminding each other! 
• No kindergartner goes to the sink but one because he was REALLY purple! Many still try  but with a quick reminder to wipe hands on smock til towels are out.
• I wet towels (while students are working because I forgot to do it beforehand) and put them on the "island" (table in middle.) 
• Students get a towel to match their table color and wipe hands then table. 

I would love to know how you paint and print with large groups. These Kindergartners had a blast!