Jump on the Picasso Express

Need an art lesson in a hurry? Addled by assessment requirements? Perplexed by Picasso?

Problems solved!

This Picasso Artist Study for Primary (Elementary) / Middle School years has everything a time-poor teacher needs to introduce the great artistic innovator, inspiring creativity and confidence in students, while ticking all the planning and assessment boxes, and maintaining and demonstrating curriculum and syllabus alignment.

Each comprehensive, flexible and adaptable lesson can stand alone, but for great value, pick up the bundled Picasso Artist Study Unit.

Each lesson pack includes resources for the lesson, a detailed and fully editable lesson plan, including a Learning Intention and Success Criteria, as well as an editable rubric and assessment recording sheet for implementing and recording the formative and/or summative assessment of your choice.  All the hard work is done so you can relax and enjoy some art with your students.

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Freebie Monday

Yep, Freebie Monday. Not Freebie Friday. Alliteration is fun, but so is starting the week with something different.

Encourage your to students start their week well, taking responsibility for their own learning with the "Aim for Five Star Work" Self-Assessment Rubric which works across a range of ages and grades.

Designed for self-monitoring in Visual Arts,  this rubric recognises that students can contribute to each other's success and encourages great learning habits across the curriculum.

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Thanks for visiting. Hope your Monday goes well. Have a great week.

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Happy Sunday!

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Get Moving in Art!

With terrific timing, the good people at tes.com have scheduled a Bundle Bonanza with 20% off all resource bundles this weekend, October 28-31. Good of them to coordinate their sale with the kick-off of the Tick the Art Box Shop!

Get your art students moving (and talking and writing) with the  Use Your Art Words bundle. Games, activities and challenges for teaching about Line, Shape and Form as Elements of Art include engaging physical movement games, as well as Quick Draw and Quick Sculpt challenges and activities integrating technology. So with links to PE, Maths and ICT these games work across the curriculum while reinforcing Visual Art and Literacy concepts. Each set of challenges include suggestions for variation and differentiation, and can be implemented as individual, small group or whole class activities. They can be used as "station" activities, warm-ups, brain breaks or form the basis for entire lessons. Use them to spark your students' creativity or your own. Make some art, or make some more games!

An extensive set of Vocabulary Cards for all Seven Elements of Art is included, as well as an editable template for creating more. 

Selections from the Line Games and Activities pack (included in the Use Your Art Words bundle) can work as warm-ups for the Get in Line with Picasso lesson, looking at Picasso's animal line drawings.

Get in Line with Picasso can be taught as a stand-alone lesson or as part of the  comprehensive Picasso Artist Study  (Bundle also on sale this weekend). 

Slip over to Tick the Art Box to save yourself some planning time this weekend. 

Welcome to the Weekend.

Where's the chocolate? (Image Source: pexels.com)

Seems that apples were the go in many Australian schools yesterday. Apples and chocolate. Perfect balance. I hope everyone felt hugely appreciated and celebrated grandly for World Teachers' Day.

Now, how's your weekend shaping up? Whatever's on your busy weekend schedule (or your determinedly unplanned down-time), a few refreshing mindful moments make a difference. Yep, there I go, beginning a new blog with that  "mindfulness" buzzword. Cliche in post number one!  But although the word "mindfulness" may be in danger of becoming cliche, the practice retains impact. A few stolen moments of mindful breathing, observation, listening, sensory awareness and appreciation go a long way to restoring balance - almost as well as apples and chocolate!

Have a great weekend!