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Lesson Plans - Visual Arts

Butterfly Snack Shack

Explore the life cycle of butterflies with a fluttery mobile. How can you attract these beautiful, fragile creatures to your garden?

Bugs Take Shape

Imagination and problem-solving go to work as children check out real bugs and create their own.

Bugs Every Which Way

Ever examine tiny insects through a magnifying glass? Draw your favorite bugs from different angles. Quick, do it before they crawl away!

Bees, Butterflies, & Bugs Mobile

Create a colorful mobile with your favorite flying creatures. Combine various bug body types into a delightful display.

Mind over Matter

Mind Over Matter is for Day 2 of the unit Inventions and Inventors. Students use their minds to create new devices out of everyday objects (matter). An introduction to unit vocabulary words and their meanings follows.