3 Tips for Teaching Art Lessons – Plan, Organize, and Prepare
Teaching messy art lessons can be stressful and have you quickly unraveling like a wet noodle!
Whether you are working with one child at home or shuffling large groups into your Montessori classroom each hour, the following tips will help. These tips are from my signature Art Teaching Blueprint™ training course.
Where to Start: Plan, Prepare and Organize
Plan
Always be sure you have created the art lesson ahead of time before you present it to your students. You will be able to work out the bugs and know how the artistic process will unfold.
Prepare
By doing the project ahead of time, you can test the quality of the materials, be sure you have plenty on hand and know they will yield the results you expect
Organize
Organize the materials to ensure they are ready for children to work in groups by having them staged on a shelf or table. When I have art materials staged, it’s easier for independent students to work and get their material, and it’s easy for me to get young students what they need by having everything staged ahead of time.
Additional Tips
Working smaller is my best signature tip that I can share here. It gives me more control as an art teacher. By shrinking all the materials, like papers, paintbrushes, and mediums, I can control the messy outcomes. I share this tip in many of my videos and books. I live by this rule. I’m still able to provide a quality art program; I just have children work smaller to help maintain the large masses.
If you want to learn more about my art teaching method, you can visit my blogs, watch my free videos, or order my books and digital courses.
Inspiring children to be creative and use their imagination should not put us as parents and teachers at the mercy of chaotic art lessons. I promise if you use these tips, you will love teaching children art lessons.
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