To have the children draw a window that fills the paper, using line weight, direction, and style to show a favorite indoor or outdoor place.

Vocabulary:  Two-Dimensional (2D), Drawing, Elements of Art, Line, Line Direction (Diagonal, Horizontal,Vertical, & Spiral), Line Style, Line Weight (Thick vs. Thin)

To have the children create a picture of weather using lines to show things that are moving.

Vocabulary:  Painting, Expressive Lines (styles), Loopy, Scribble, Lightning, Heartbeat, Implied (Continuous vs. Implied)

To have the children create their neighborhood by cutting out and layering geometric paper shapes.

Vocabulary:  Collage, Shape, Geometric Shape, Diamond, Trapizoid, Pentagon, Octagon

To have the children put things with organic and free-form shapes in a group and draw a still-life from them.

Vocabulary:  Organic Shapes, Free-Form Shapes, Still-Life, Overlapping, Outlines, Contour Lines

To have the children draw a full body self-portrait of a favorite activity and to make a frame with linear symmetry.

Vocabulary:  Portrait, Self-Portrait, Outline, Background, Border or Frame, Linear Symmetry

To have the children create a secondary color wheel by mixing colors and repeat the outline of a shape.

Vocabulary:  Color, Primary Color, Secondary Color, Tertiary Color, Color Wheel, Outline

To have the children use only warm colors or only cool colors to draw an outdoor scene.

Vocabulary:  Warm Colors, Cool Colors, Neutral Colors, Scene

To have the children create a morning or daytime scene using tints.

Vocabulary:  Value, Tint

To have the children create a evening or nighttime scene using shades.

Vocabulary:  Value, Shade, Scene

To have the children use construction paper and tissue paper to combine a variety of colors and shapes to make a stained glass design with linear symmetry.

Vocabulary:  Stained Glass, Media, Luminism, Linear Symmetry, Environmental Art, Subject

To have the children use sponge painting with different colors to make different patterns with radial symmetry.

Vocabulary:  Print, Pattern, Radial Symmetry

To have the children use construction paper make weaving patterns with different colors and designs.

Vocabulary:  Weaving, Rhythm, Pattern, Design, Symbols

To have the children make a clay bowl with different patterns and textures.

Vocabulary:  Sculpture, Texture, Tactile (Actual) Texture, Clay, Pottery

To have the children draw a picture and then use different textures in a crayon rubbing.

Vocabulary:  Rubbing, Visual (Implied) Texture

To have the children create a toy with found objects.

Vocabulary:  Assemblage, Found Objects

To have children make a puppet using a variety of materials.

Vocabulary:  Form, Three-Dimensional (3D), Space, Story Elements (Narrative)

To have the children an animal with clay using form and different textures.

Vocabulary:  Sculpture, Clay, Organic Forms, Texture

To have the children construct 3D buildings containing a variety of forms and shapes.

Vocabulary:  Model, Architecture, Geometric Shapes, Style, Process

To have the children create a mobile from found objects using asymmetrical balance.

Vocabulary:  Mobile, Irregular Forms, Space, Balance, Asymmetrical Balance

To have the children create a landscape painting with a horizon line.

Vocabulary:  Landscape, Horizon Line

To have the children create a print using symmetrical balance with different shapes and colors.

Vocabulary:  Balance, Monoprint, Symmetrical Balance

To have the children create a collage with symmetry using paper cutouts.

Vocabulary:  Balance, Collage, Multimedia, Linear Symmetry

To have the children create an abstract painting inspired by music using color to show emphasis.

Vocabulary:  Abstract, Emphasis, Expressive Qualities

To have the children create a self-portrait using size emphasis.

Vocabulary:  Self-Portrait, Subject, Background, Emphasis

To have the children create a seascape painting with emphasis and a horizon line.

Vocabulary:  Seascape, Emphasis, Horizon Line

To have the children create a hat with variety.

Vocabulary:  Variety, Fashion Design

To have the children create a necklace with a variety of lines, shapes, colors, and patterns.

Vocabulary:  Jewelry, Variety

To have the children create a photomontage with a subject matter using pictures.

Vocabulary:  Photogragh, Photomontage, Subject Matter, Theme

To have the children create an origami animal and a setting for the animal.

Vocabulary:  Origami, Process, Setting

To have the children create a pinata with unity using construction paper.

Vocabulary:  Unity, Piñata, Purpose