Fun, FREE Hands-on Art Lessons for Early Elementary

Have you been looking for fun, FREE hands-on lessons for Early Elementary? Each of the below lessons is filled with active projects that are both educational and fun! Learn by doing! Included are 34 lessons to teach various aspects of art including Artists and Elements of Art, Leonardo da Vinci, Medieval Art, Sculpting, and Pottery! Also included are our favorite "living books"/picture books that compliment each lesson.

1. Self-Portraits (inspired by Van Gogh)
2. Primary Colors & Secondary Colors (inspired by Claude Monet)
3. Warm & Cool Colors (inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe)
4. Tints & Shades (inspired by Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
5. Abstract Art (inspired by Wassily Kandinsky)
6. Landscapes (inspired by Henri Rousseau)
7. One Point Perspective (inspired by Grant Wood)
8. Still Life (inspired by Paul Cezanne)
9. Decoupage Jack-o'-Lantern Craft (inspired by Halloween)
10. Lines & Patterns (inspired by Paul Klee)
11. Texture (inspired by Winslow Homer)
12. Turkey Crafts (inspired by Thanksgiving)
13. Painted Christmas Tree Cards (inspired by Christmas)
14. January Art Lessons: Weaving & Winter (colors, lines, & patterns)
15. Snowmen Surprise (value, tints, & shades)
16. February Art Lessons (Valentine's Day and blow painting)
17. Paper Collages (inspired by Henri Matisse)
18. March Art Lessons (spring butterflies, bean mosaics, & glued quilt flowers)
19. April Art Lessons (craft stick treasure boxes, April showers, & shaving cream marbling)

• Sculpting for Young Children - Examine works by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and others and the recreate their works through soap carvings, pizza dough sculpting, mobile making, and more!

• Pottery for Young Children - Create pinch pots, form animals out of Rice Krispie Treat "Clay," examine various types of pottery and more in this fun, hands-on lesson or "play date" activity to explore the world of pottery!

• Medieval Art Lesson - Mix together and paint with egg yolk paint, design and eat stained glass window cookies, create colorful tapestries, and more as you examine Medieval Art.

• Leonardo da Vinci: The Artist - Sculpt a horse, use watercolors to paint a bird, practice drawing using perspective, and more while studying Leonardo da Vinci as an artist!

Each of the below unit studies is filled with active projects that are both educational and fun as you learn through Experiments, Cooking, Dramatizations, Costumes, Edible Crafts, Games, Crafts, Songs, Lapbooks, and lots of living books!

• Science Lessons and Unit Studies (17 unit studies & 90 lessons) : Astronomy, Geology, Biology, Plants, Genetics, CSI, Human Anatomy, Simple Machines, Electricity, Earth Science, Fossils, Weather, Five Senses, & Ecology
• American History Lessons and Unit Studies (8 unit studies & 81 lessons) : Explorers, Native Americans, American Colonies, Independence, Westward Expansion, Presidents, and more through World War II
• World History Lessons and Unit Studies (8 unit studies & 39 lessons): Tabernacle, Medieval Period, Leonardo da Vinci, Protestant Reformation, Explorers, China, Russia, & Africa
• Geography Lessons and Unit Studies (8 unit studies & 112 lessons) : 50 States, China, Japan, Russia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, & Countries A - Z
• Art Lessons for Early Elementary (34 lessons) : Artists and Elements of Art, Leonardo da Vinci, Medieval Art, Sculpting, & Pottery
• Preschool Lessons (23 lessons) : Horses, Manners, Five Senses, Attributes of God, Butterflies, Plants, Bees, Military, Construction, Sculpting, Science of Bread, Ladybugs, Sheep & Wool, Japan, Lighthouses, Laws & Obedience, Illusions & Deception, & the Gingerbread Man
• Holiday Lessons (13 lessons) : Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, Summer Fun, & Reformation Day

• Homeschool Schedules & Tips : Our Homeschool Schedules at various stages, what I do with my Toddlers and Babies, how to Start a Co-op, our Favorites, and our lessons for Classical Conversations, KONOS, and Abeka.