These super quick Christmas trees turned out to be just the right project for my 2nd graders this year.  They were able to finish them quick...

I used some of my 1st graders' artwork for our volunteer gifts in my previous post.  The remaining classes also completed a similar vers...

Each year our school hosts a volunteer appreciation tea for the wonderful volunteers that help us throughout the year. This year I was asked...

Over the years I've done this project, I think I've finally figured out how to get students to make horizontal lines in the water.  ...

4th grade learned about layering and overlapping in these snowy scenes, and I love how the sky turned out in several of them!

We are working with watercolor in 5th grade to create these beautiful winter scenes.  We discussed opacity in regards to different types of ...

Here's hoping for warmer weather!  5th grade is working on these beautiful cherry blossom trees.  We studied cherry blossoms and trees ...

5th graders are finishing up their winter watercolor scenes this week.  We created these step by step and learned how to "plan" f...