I'm passionate about creativity. I believe in the power of art as education - it helps kids develop self esteem, problem solve, play, imagine, relax, work as a team and express how they feel.
My printable art and design resources enable children to explore seasonal project activities in an imaginative way.
I'm passionate about creativity. I believe in the power of art as education - it helps kids develop self esteem, problem solve, play, imagine, relax, work as a team and express how they feel.
My printable art and design resources enable children to explore seasonal project activities in an imaginative way.
Create ‘A Ball About Me’, a fun, first week back to school creative activity.
Students can explore what they like and get to learn more about each other.
This is a helpful insight for the new teacher too.
This football template encourages children to consider the instructions (listed below) and to illustrate their answers in a personal, imaginative way using doodles, mark making, graffiti style lettering and imagery.
The colour example uses a black ball point pen and felt tips to create a modern, illustrative style to appeal to year 3’s and above.
Invite students to consider the style of their favourite artist (eg Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein) or author (eg Liz Pichon who writes and illustrates the popular Tom Gates books)
Instructions on the ball template include:
Name
Age
Birthday
Self Portrait
Favourite song, food, book, sport and colour
Doodles: Colour this, take a line for a walk, draw circles, squares, triangles, lines.
The finished footballs will make a great group wall display and would also work well laminated and suspended from the ceiling.
Also great as personal journal or sketchbook covers for students.
This pack also includes ‘A Ball About Me’ garland for students to decorate, cut out and display.
With 2 letters per page, this will make a large welcoming banner for the new classroom or bulletin board.
All artwork is designed by me, and is vector based, so can be enlarged without pixelating.
Ideal for use as an icebreaker activity or as an art specific lesson.
The first week back at school....
The class meets up again after the long holiday.
Children get to reflect over their summer memories, catch up with friends, get to know more about their new teacher.
They explore their learning preferences, likes, dislikes, skills and challenges, they set new goals for the coming year.
And the new teacher starts to build a picture of each child - what a lot is going on!!
This is where we need ice breakers, all about me activities, student surveys, teacher questionnaires.
I've researched and compiled a 2 page free '50 question' resource.
It can be used in full in the classroom, or as a reflective homework activity with parents.
Or you may wish to select just the questions that feel right for you.
The activity includes general 'All About Me' questions such as age, birthday, favourite food etc, and also 'digs a bit deeper' with questions such as,
'how do you feel this week, what challenges you, what support do you need' along with some open ended sentences to complete, such as , 'I imagine, I aim to, I wonder....'
I hope it's useful!
I have also developed some creative, art based back to school activities, with bulletin board decorations to make that you may like to view:
All About Me Pictures, Words and Doodles
All About Me Creative Artist Activity
Bring some fun and visual arts into the first week back at school with this creative activity and bulletin board decor pack, inspired by ‘the artist’s paint palette and the colours of the rainbow’.
A great way to learn more about your new students and also to encourage them to find out more about each other.
In this 15 page pack, you will receive the following:
1. Activities and Templates:
- ‘All about Me’ activity worksheet - a paint palette to complete, with name, age and 8 questions to explore
- ‘My Top Ten Goals’ activity worksheet, where students write their aims for the year along 10 paint brushes, and can add colour or design and pattern too.
- My favourite colours activity worksheet - develop creating colour palettes
- Doodle design activity worksheet - design, colour and describe 9 unique patterns
- Blank artist palette templates in colour and outline, for freestyle activities
2. Bulletin board and classroom decorations:
- Artist paint palette ‘Welcome!’ garland to cut out and hang
- Picasso Display Poster, ’ Every Child is an Artist’
- Matisse Display Poster, ’ Art takes Courage’
- Coloured paint splodges for bulletin board ideas
- Outline paint splodges for bulletin board ideas and messages, words etc
All designs are individually created by Diane at The Imagination Box on Adobe Illustrator. These are vector images, so the worksheets can be enlarged without losing quality or looking pixelated.