Middle School Summer Art Project: Mixed Media Fruit and Vegetable Painting
Create bright works of art to hang in the kitchen at home.
Continue ReadingConnect creative middle school students with the wide world of the arts, including music, painting, drawing, sculpture, dance, drama, theatre and more. You’ll find ideas for both stand-alone arts classroom instruction as well as push-in lessons designed to help the middle school teacher incorporate the arts into a variety of standardized subjects. You will also find some interesting and lively discussion about the continued decline of the arts in some sixth, seventh and eighth grade classrooms due to budgetary restraints and a focus on standardized assessments.
Create bright works of art to hang in the kitchen at home.
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