Arts and Crafts Lesson Plans, Activities, Ideas - Arts Crafts Lessons

How to use a picture, including works of art, to facilitate creative student thinking and writing.

This lesson is similar to the classic game "Telephone" where players sit in a circle and whisper a sentence to each other to see how it changes and mutates through each individual's perception. However, this lesson is called the Visual "Telephone" Game because it is done on paper, rather than orally.

Our expert About.com guide shows you how the family that crafts together, stays together.

So many of us have watched our schools' art programs be slashed and cut and minimized beyond belief. This interesting article examines why The Arts are really more important to the development of our students that some administrators seem to think.

How does art tell stories? Children are motivated to learn more about art through a fun interactive journey.

The Museum of Modern Art's examination of animals and art for children and adults.

An exceedingly searchable database of lesson plans centered on everyone's favorite crayons.

Bills itself as "Encouraging Technology Innovation in Art Education." Very comprehensive and practical.

Outstanding art resources for teachers, including lesson plans that all meet the California state visual arts content standards.

What exactly is color and how does it work? From the Australian Museum Online.

You won't believe how many crafts they have on this site and how well-organized they are. Definitely one to bookmark for future reference!

Like having all of the world's artistic masterpieces at your fingertips. A virtual museum for children to explore and study.

An adventure in art history from Educational Web Adventures.