Look what these children made with just sticks and leaves! What a great way to take creativity outdoors.

Matariki stars with Maori skyline.

This year I decided to do my stars and hearts. But, after doing them for a couple of years, I was ready for a change. This is a very shuttle change, and my first graders are still getting what I want out of this lesson, which is practicing line. I did choose to leave out the stamping part, but that would be easy to do in the background, maybe next year. Below are some images from that lesson from a previous post. This lesson was featured here, on Deep Space Sparkle. I do this often with my…

Today for a Masterpiece Monday and Art Around the World two-fer, we're traveling to New Zealand to learn about the Māori people, who are the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand. They have a rich

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