What’s wrong with copycat crafts

What’s Wrong with Copycat Crafts  Are all crafts really good for our children? Believe it or not, and I’m sure you believe it; many people don’t even think

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The Construction Center in my TAB Classroom

The Construction Center in my TAB Classroom​The Construction Center was the 5th center I opened in my TAB classroom. (after drawing center, collage center, painting center and fiber

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The Fiber Arts Center in my TAB classroom

Fiber Art Center in my TAB classroom Fiber Arts was my fourth center to be introduced.( after the drawing center, collage center and painting center) Fiber arts includes

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The Painting Center in my TAB classroom

The Painting Ce​nter in my TAB Classroom The Painting Center was the third center I introduced after the collage center and the drawing center. The poster below is

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The Collage Center in my TAB classroom

The Collage Center in the TAB Classroom Collage was the second center I introduced in my TAB classroom. The sign above was introduced and is always there though

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The Drawing Center in my TAB Classroom

The Drawing Cent​er in my TAB Classroom The Drawing center was the first center I introduced in my new TAB- choice based art classroom. The Drawing center has

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TAB Resource List

Resources for TAB- Choice Based Art Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) is a nationally recognized choice-based art education approach to teaching art. Developed in Massachusetts classrooms over thirty

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Why I switched to TAB-Choice Based Art

Why I switched to a TAB-Choice Based Art Program If you've been on this blog before than you know that my methods have always been to allow the

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Castles for Purim

This project was done with 2 different first grade classes.Castles are where the kings and queens live so it fits in perfectly with Purim.I started by hanging up

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The Art of Beverly Buchanan for Kids

Beverly Buchanan is a contemporary artist that I chose to highlight because I thought her work was great for the kids to imitate.She paints a lot of shacks

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