2nd Grade

Lesson Plan | Rainbow Fish

Rainbow Fish Process WORK TABLE SETUP On tables when children arrive: One prepared paper per child (with pencil border drawn) Permanent markers (ideally one per child, placed above paper) Water cups Nearby (NOT on tables yet): Blue paint on small paper plates Multiple paint colors (abo

Lesson Plan | Silhouette Story

Silhouette Story Process Create the Silhouette Shape Have students trace around a small object or toy onto black construction paper OR draw a silhouette freehand. Cut out the shape carefully. Place on the white paper, but don’t glue it on yet. Design the Silhouette Use crayons, markers o

Lesson Plan | Ice Cream Cone

Lesson Plan: Ice Cream Cone 🍦 Objective: Create a colorful ice cream cone using line, shape, and pattern — topped with a sweet resist-method background! 🧠 Concepts Introduced: Warm vs. cool colors Shape and pattern repetition Crayon resist technique Composition and layering Process Draw

Lesson Plan | Catching Snowflakes

Catching Snowflakes- Storm Selfie Lesson Plan Catching Snowflakes Lesson Plan Catching Snowflakes Lesson Plan 🎯 Objective: Students will create a self-portrait from a unique, looking-up perspective—imagining themselves in a snowstorm, catching snowflakes

Crazy Cool Creatures Lesson Plan

Crazy Cool Creatures Lesson Plan Instructions Encourage students to visualize and create their own wild creature. Invent a wild creature—combine real animals or make it up completely. Draw the outline in pencil. Practicing shapes. Use bright colored paints, markers or crayons (2–3 colors max

Polkadot Pineapple Lesson Plan

Polkadot Pineapple Lesson Plan What You’ll Need Washable yellow paint Construction paper 1″ diameter circular sponge paint brushes and/or yellow dot markers Scissors Glue sticks Project Prep Ahead of time, cut out the pineapple shapes from yellow construction paper. You’ll want oval

April Showers & May Flowers Lesson Plan

April Showers & May Flowers Lesson Plan Supply List: White paper provided by Original Works, or another high-quality, 70# 8 ½” x 11” art paper Colorful finger paints Forks (metal or plastic) Paper towels or wet wipes Paper plates Project Prep: Ahead of completing this project with studen

Fingerprint Birds on a Wire Lesson Plan

Fingerprint Birds on a Wire Lesson Plan Supply List: White paper provided by Original Works, or another high-quality, 70# 8 ½” x 11” art paper Colorful finger paints Paper towels or wet wipes Paper plates Black and orange markers Ruler Project Prep: Before starting this project, we recommend

Valentine’s Day Handprint Flowers Lesson Plan

Valentine’s Day Handprint Flowers Lesson Plan What You’ll Need White paper provided by Original Works (or another high-quality, 70# 8 ½” x 11” art paper) Watercolor paints Finger Paints Markers Paint brushes Paper towels Wet wipes Paper plates Project Prep Assemble all project materi

Self Portrait Paper Collage Lesson Plan

Self Portrait Paper Collage Lesson Plan A collage made with cut and torn paper Process Day One: Talk about different things the students like to do. Discuss color and special relationships. Reserve the black or dark colored paper for use as your collage base. Using the variety of papers, cut or

Flower Close Up Lesson Plan

Flower Close-Up Lesson Plan A marker drawing with a watercolor wash background Process Day 1 Discuss different kinds of flowers. Show pictures and actual examples. Talk about color contrast and relationships, shapes of petals, textures within the leaves and other aspects of flowers. Locate and ma

Bug on a Rug Lesson Plan

Bug on a Rug Lesson Plan Process Teacher: You may want to pre-cut construction paper for younger students.  You will need 1” to 1 ½” strips for the borders and various shapes for the bug body (circles, oval, squares and long rectangles) in multiple colors. Start by looking at close-up pict

Night and Day Lesson Plan

Day & Night Discussion For day and night grade lesson plan for grades K-2, use photos or illustrated children’s books that show day & night scenes.  Discuss the concept that lights turned on in your house show through the windows during the night but those same lights on during the day

Butterfly Quilt Lesson Plan

Butterfly Quilt Lesson Plan HINT! Fold construction paper in half and cut out the shape of a large backwards “C”. Don’t cut on the fold. Advanced students may cut out  a curved or pointed wing design. Process Cut colored construction paper into strips approx. ¾” wide and paste around th

Balloons and Kites Lesson Plan

Balloons & Kites Lesson Plan Process 1.  Fold the white paper gently in half and open the crease line.  The top half will be your sky and the bottom half will be a field of grass with wild flowers. 2.  TOP HALF:  Color with a blue crayon.  Alternate between hard and light pressure

Insect Selfie

Insect Selfie Process Introduction Look at the visual references.  Discuss various body parts of different insects. Guided Practice Students are asked to consider the placement of the head and encouraged to draw big! For example, I ask them if they would hold the

Eric Carle’s Cats

Eric Carle’s Cats Process Setup Setup 4 stations with supplies ahead of time STATION 1 – Tempera Paint, Paint Brushes, White Art Paper Create patterns using different sized paint brushes and different colors of paint.  Fill the entire sheet of paper with patterns. STAT