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Not A Box Activity

Allison McDonald — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:39:39 +0000

Every few weeks, my students and I do a shape activity on our whiteboard. I draw a shape and ask them what we can make with that shape. Then under their direction, I create it. It was time to take it from the rug and whiteboard and get my students drawing too. This simple activity […]

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Art Activity Book For Tweens

Allison McDonald — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:53:46 +0000

I don’t often share things for tweens ( 9-12-year-olds) here on my early education website, but something comes along that deserves to be shared now and then. When that something is an awesome art activity book from my dear friend Jean from The Artful Parent, it gets a whole post! If you follow me on […]

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Toy Catalog Drawing Prompts

Allison McDonald — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Drawing wasn’t always something my son liked to do. He loved to paint and craft but his perfectionist side reared it’s ugly head when he wanted to follow drawing prompts or free draw “It doesn’t look the way I want it to.” After much encouragement that he draws just like a 3 or 4 or […]

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Abstract Art Activity

Allison McDonald — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:20:00 +0000

Kids get so hung up on drawing sometimes and this abstract art can be really liberating. It also helps learn how to color in the lines if you are working on fine motor control. I don’t know what to call this, this is what I used to do in math class, which explains why my […]

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