Art room rules

I made this for Cheryl's art room! The code of the artist :)

A fabulous printable poster for your art space or room, helping your students to follow your art room rules.

Yesterday, some pretty big and exciting news was released: I'll be teaming up with The Art of Education in the creation of Everyday Art Room, a podcast dedicated to all things elementary art teacherin

I spent the summer looking at my class and my curriculum but one thing that I did was read the book Discipline with Dignity. It changed my thinking about how to run my classroom. I always thought that I had to not smile until after Christmas break and that all rules are non-negotiable. If you break a rule 3 times its a detention, etc. etc. The problem was that I don't fit that mold. Discipline with Dignity gave me back my personality and my own way to run my classroom. I love it. I discussed…

I have had several teachers interested in different signs they have seen in my classroom, usually in the background of photos I've posted h...

My first poster from my very first year teaching elementary art! [2010-2011]

At a staff meeting we were all asked to create a classroom procedures flowchart. At first I went "yuck, more work" but then I realized this is the greatest thing ever!!! It is simple and easy to make...I used Power Point because that is what I was in at the moment. Fell free to download it for idea inspiration. I had them laminated, one for each table. If someone is not sure what to do next the manager of that table will hand them a flowchart. It has changed my world!

The art room is naturally a place filled with high energy. Students are chatting, creating, and giggling. That’s what makes the art room so amazing! But, let’s be honest, sometimes the volume can get out of control. You can hardly hear the conversation of the students standing right in front of you. Rather than adding […]