This power point shows a number of ideas for making books with small children and the value of using them to promote reading, writing, mathematics, drawing, science, etc. Sharing books is a good way to motivate little ones and provides a forum for them to talk about what they have done and recorded. BIG books can be collected over time and displayed along a wall using cup hooks. Children can easily choose them and look and share with each other.

The two power points and proforma sheet are to provide some structure and a sounding board for children to discuss the format of a park and to share their ideas for their own designs. It is better if children are able to actually visit a park, and make their own analysis of what they see, but these slides can also help them clarify and talk together about the subject. If they can actually build models of their ideas, it develops spacial awareness, consideration of the environment and economic issues.

This set of resources includes a four week planning sequence, a planning overview, a powerpoint of examples of Chinese artefacts that children have made, and a power point of a sketchbook produced as a response to Hong Kong. These provide the starting point for a topic, and a motivational an inspirational set of pictures.

This selection of resources are to promote independent and logical thinking regarding numbers and patterns. This Key stage 1 activity can be used to help children work independently or alone to find number related patterns. It can be extended to larger numbers.

This series of resources includes - Overview planning sheet, Sequence of 4 days planning and a power point of work examples. This work can also be linked to William Morris and the influence he had in Victorian taste and design. This project was researched and carried out by two year four classes, but could easily be translated into any age group. We tried to include as many Art skills as possible so that the children could have an enriched experience over the four day project.

This power point contains ideas for presenting children's work in an attractive and positive way. It shows how to use work produced to good effect, so that it can be shared and discussed by the children. It is also motivational and encourages children to think about their work and how it fits into what other do. Book can be built up over weeks to make a class collection that can be shared and enjoyed. All subjects can be incorporated in to books and ideas adapted to suit groups of children.

Power point of mixed word problems using and applying measures to life situations. Various strategies used.

This power point shares some ideas for stage backdrops for Christmas productions. There are two here, Oliver, which has a London theme, and the nativity story of the birth of Jesus Christ.

This set of resources explores various ideas around Art work reflecting the seasons. It has a Art topic mapping document, a series of two lessons planning sheet, and a powerpoint showing children's work and the idea used in the lessons.

This power point celebrates the Art produced by children with this art company Art 4 Space. The painting on the wall provided shock waves at school, and precipitated talk and what constitutes a "good" display. It stayed up for 3 weeks, and was a talking point for the children and staff...

This set of resources include a four week planning sequence and power point of the dioramas that the children made. When all put together they made a vibrate display on a wall, and create an atmosphere evocative of the rainforest environment.

A power point to stimulate and extend discussion with children about how food is produced and how humans depend on the environment for survival. Also provides an opportunity to talk about animal welfare and ecology of the earth.

This set of resources is a planning sequence for primary class and a power point of examples of work produced over a project spanning a few weeks. It covers bead making, responses in two-dimensions to African masks and Kente cloth designs.

This set of resources has a power point of examples of Children's Art around the theme of Micro-organisms. Children investigated pictures and films around this theme, discussed creative issues as well as scientific knowledge and made their own responses from a selected range of resources. There are three planning documents for the topic.

Power point to illustrate and demonstrate solving word problems involving money.

These resources include a power point to show examples of the work produced by the children over a five week period, of one day of Art every week. There is also a series of planning sheets for the five weeks, and two examples of pupils response to what they experienced. Also included are a blank pro forma for the pupil responses.

This power point shows the Art work we produced in a Year 2 class. It centred around the environment, animals, and atmosphere in the polar regions. It was enjoyed by all and was an opportunity to try our new skills and ideas. All theses activities are independent work by the children. They also had to choose from a range of media and make design decisions. You can see their responses to what they did...

This resource is for children at home. Art at home… with what you’ve got… It is a film demonstration of the skills involved. Kind regards, Shirley Sides Art website http://artimeusartzip.com Also teacher support documents KInd regards, Shirley Sides

This power point is to stimulate ideas for children so that they can share their work together and learn from each other. It shows Fantasy stories, poetry, stories from an object and science fiction stories. Promoting the value of imagination helps with all kinds of learning and activity. It is good to finish work and spend time on illustration, so that the full effect can be seen and children and teachers can take satisfaction on worthwhile work to share and keep.

This activity is centred around using premade boxes, or made boxes. It shows how to make a little scene using the box and to add your own characters… Art a home…Art with what you’ve got… Art website for ideas and teacher support documents. http://artimeusartzip.com kind regards, Shirley Sides