Inspire the Artist in Your Fourth-Grader
How you can help at home: Here are some easy ways you can encourage the artist in your fourth-grader.
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Mixing Colors
In this activity your child mixes the primary colors to make secondary colors.
Artists and artwork
How you can help at home: In this activity your child learns about art through sorting and matching art postcards.
Make Your Own Wrapping Paper
How you can help at home: Try printmaking to make your own wrapping paper!
Seeding literacy: Make a reading tree
How you can help at home: In this activity your child records books she has read on a reading tree.
Eric Carle Collage
How you can help at home: In this activity your child makes a collage with tissue paper and paint.
Family Drawing
How you can help at home: In this preschool activity your child learns about families, draws a picture of her family and then tells about someone in the picture.
Map that house
How you can help at home: Practice beginning mapping skills with your first-grader by mapping your house onto graph paper.
Crayon-Resist Still Life
How you can help at home: In this art activity your child creates a still life with crayons and watercolors.
Line Drawing
How you can help at home: In this activity your child learns about different types of lines and makes a line drawing.
