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...

Ironically, today is a dreary, cold, and rainy day... The temperature is a balmy 45 degrees on the first day of spring. :( So... I'm hap...

5th grade is finishing these gorgeous spring flowers this week.  This class had a LOT of purple and orange and blue color combinations!  I l...

Finishing up spring projects this week, starting with 1st grade and these larger-than-life flowers!  I found them here  and she has shared ...

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays, I'm not sure why, maybe it's all the red and pink!  I've always loved it and...

Kindergarten created these adorable penguins over the last few weeks.  This was a fantastic lesson for teaching depth.  I simplified it a li...

This was an easy and such a neat looking project to complete!  I found a similar design on Pinterest.  We painted our background on the firs...

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!