Start Art Education provides a wide range of resources spanning a variety of subject areas. Resources are written by an experienced educator with 20 years of Art teaching in secondary schools behind him. He also has a wide range of other specialisms including Design Technology, PSHE, Citizenship, Physical Education and Early Years teaching.
Start Art Education provides a wide range of resources spanning a variety of subject areas. Resources are written by an experienced educator with 20 years of Art teaching in secondary schools behind him. He also has a wide range of other specialisms including Design Technology, PSHE, Citizenship, Physical Education and Early Years teaching.
Celebrate Christmas 2024 with this set of exciting, fun creative resources. Quizzes, drawing and making all in one big bundle of festive fun. Included in this bundle are:
A 40 question Christmas Quiz. Provided as both a PowerPoint and a printable document. Answers included of course!
A 10 question Visual Christmas Quiz – Guess the zoomed in festive object!
A 25 Christmas “True” or “False” quiz
15 Christmas grid drawing acivities – Cool gridded images for students to transfer onto blank grids. Super simple to print and hand out. Great for classroom displays.
A Make a Christmas Cracker printable activity sheet.
A series of super snowflakes to colour and / or cut out and display.
Everything you need for fun and informative lessons running up to Christmas break.
This 4-part Halloween art lesson is designed specifically for young learners, combining the magic of Halloween with hands-on, age-appropriate art activities! Each lesson is packed with step-by-step instructions, historical information, and creative projects that will inspire your students imaginations while building key artistic skills.
What is Included:
Pumpkin Drawing
Learn about the history of carved pumpkins…
Create fun, colorful pumpkin faces using construction paper and markers.
Spooky Spider Webs
Explore the beauty of spider webs through string and paint.
Create textured, spooky designs while learning about spiders in Halloween lore.
Friendly Ghosts
Introduce children to the fun and playful side of Halloween ghosts.
Create adorable 3 dimensional ghosts using tissue paper and cotton balls.
Halloween Masks
Make festive Halloween masks (cats, bats, pumpkins) while learning about Halloween traditions.
Students will decorate their masks and participate in a classroom Halloween parade!
Why This Resource?
Hands-On Learning: Each lesson allows students to create their own Halloween-themed artwork using a variety of materials, developing their fine motor skills and creativity.
Child-Friendly History: The lessons include simplified historical information about Halloween traditions to engage young learners.
Inclusive of Different Learning Styles: Whether your students love cutting, gluing, painting, or drawing, these activities allow for diverse learning experiences.
No-Fuss Preparation: All lessons come with clear materials lists and step-by-step guides, so you can spend more time teaching and less time planning.
Complete Rubric for Assessment: Each lesson includes a rubric to assess creativity, effort, neatness, and participation, making it easy to track student progress.
Perfect For:
Primary school Teachers: Engaging art projects designed to hold the attention of younger learners.
Home school Parents: Fun, easy-to-follow Halloween-themed lessons that are suitable for home use.
Art Instructors: A fantastic resource to build foundational art skills while embracing the festive Halloween spirit.
Resource Features:
Detailed Lesson Plans: Each of the 4 lessons is broken down into easy-to-follow steps.
Materials List: Simple and affordable materials that are accessible for most classrooms.
Historical Information: Fun facts and simplified historical tidbits about Halloween to captivate students.
Printable Templates: Ready-to-use templates for Halloween masks and pumpkin designs.
Assessment Rubric: A comprehensive rubric for evaluating student artwork based on creativity, effort, and participation.
Why You will Love It:
This Halloween art lesson plan is perfect for teachers who want to introduce their students to Halloween in a fun, educational way. With engaging art activities, a bit of Halloween history, and easy-to-follow instructions, your students will have a blast creating spooky artwork that celebrates the season!
Dowloaded over 5000 times last Christmas. Updated for 2023. Treat kids to this great big Christmas Quiz.
40 cool questions suitable for students aged 11 to 16. Provided as a printable doc and also as a PDF slideshow with festive backgrounds.
Also includes a bonus visual round - 10 zoomed in seasonal images for students to guess.
Also includes bonus content … Christmas grid drawings, cracker making templates and much more!
We hope you and your students have a wonderful festive season! Merry Christmas!
Celebrate Christmas 2023 with this set of exciting, fun creative resources. Quizzes, drawing and making all in one big bundle of festive fun. Included in this bundle are:
A 40 question Christmas Quiz. Provided as both a PowerPoint and a printable document. Answers included of course!
A 10 question Visual Christmas Quiz – Guess the zoomed in festive object!
A 25 Christmas “True” or “False” quiz
15 Christmas grid drawing acivites – Cool gridded images for students to transfer onto blank grids. Super simple to print and hand out. Great for classroom displays.
A Make a Christmas Cracker printable activity sheet.
A series of super snowflakes to colour and / or cut out and display.
Everything you need for fun and informative lessons running up to Christmas break.
An Art project to engage Primary school students in issues associated with cultural identity. This fun and informative resource provides four hour long lessons which challenge students to think about their own cultural identity and link it to imagery. They are then invited to explore elements of art through drawing, painting and collage. Fun activities that all students can access.
This resource includes four lesson plans, materials lists, artist references, timings and a rubric.
Also included is a 15 minute demonstration video showing how an exciting drawing can be developed around a cultural image.
Fun activities for Halloween 2022. Here’s what you get …
An illustrated, 20 question quiz (with answers of course!)
A variety of masks to print out and color in.
A Halloween 3D paper skull template for kids to add their own designs to.
Creepy monsers coloring sheets.
Scary (not too scary!) images for inspiration.
A fun Halloween word search.
Resources to add a bit of fun to your Halloween.
Ideal for Halloween or Day of the Dead. Here’s a simple skull template. A great little resource for students to make and decorate paper skulls. Simply print and hand out. They can then draw, colour, cut out and stick to produce cool 3 dimensional skulls.
Do you want to speed up your marking and feedback to students? This little resource is a lifesaver. Simply print them out, tick the relevant statements in the “Areas of quality” and “Areas for development” columns and stick in their sketchbooks. There is also space for free writing or typing. Provided as a Work document so that you have complete freedom to amend the statements.
Hope it helps!
Give students an end of term treat with this big bundle of fun Easter activities.
Included are…
Easter Colouring book
Easter quiz
Easter egg template for drawing designs into
Photos of Easter and spring for displays.
We hope that you have a great holiday when it arrives!
Dowloaded over 5000 times last Christmas. Treat kids to this great big Christmas Quiz.
40 cool questions suitable for students aged 11 to 16. Provided as a printable doc and also as a PDF slideshow with festive backgrounds.
Also includes a bonus visual round - 10 zoomed in seasonal images for students to guess.
We hope you and your students have a wonderful festive season! Merry Christmas!
A fun Christmas Art activity for kids at the end of a difficult term. 15 different grid drawings with a Christmas theme. Why not challenge kids to try to recreate the images provided in the blank grid. They can add colour and even turn them into Christmas cards if they like. Easy to print. This is also an activity that could be easily emailed to self isolating kids.
We hope that you have a great Christmas break when it finally arrives!
A BIg Christmas Quiz for fun at the end of a very difficult term.
London’s Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country? Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas? … and 38 other Christmas themed questions to challenge students. Also included is a 10 question visual round … close ups of objects related to Christmas for students to try to work out.
This resource is provided as both a visually appealing slide-show and also a Word document so that questions can be cut and pasted into your own documents. Hopefully it will provide maximum flexibility for you!
All answers are of course provided.
We hoe that you have a wonderful, well deserved hoilday when it arrives.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Fun Halloween activities to engage kids of all ages. Here’s what’s included.
7 Halloween mask designs for colouring
A 20 question Halloween themed quiz, fully illustrated and in slideshow format. Includes answers of course!
25 spooky images for inspiration … and ideal for printing and displaying in the classroom.
12 creepy monster colouring sheets …
… and a printable spooky word search
Enough here to keep kids amused and engaged. Ideal as a fun treat or an extension activity and the end of a lesson.
A level Art Component 2 exam papers are available in February.** Get ahead of the game and get students off to a flying start with this extensive support resource written by an experienced HOD and examiner. suitable for AQA Art and Design, Fine Art, Textiles, 3D, Photography and
Included is the following.
• Introduction to Component 2
• Student information
• Week by week guide leading the student through the development of work
• Homework checklist
• Support request sheet
• The History of Art – Notable Periods, Styles and Artists
• Component 2 Final Outcome Checklist
• Art Analysis Prompt Sheet
• AQA A level grade boundaries from 2019
• Securing Outstanding A level Performance in Art - An explanation of how to achieve an A* grade.
Also includes a PowerPoint explaining the importance of developing cohesive ideas and how to ensure that work fully addresses the Assessment Objectives.
Also a student friendly explanation of the Assessment Objectives.
Please note that the exam questions are NOT reproduced here as this would be a violation of regulations. This resource provides a clear framework to support all questions.
A big fun Christmas Quiz. 40 questions in both a slideshow and document format. Also a visual round of 10 questions. 50 questions in total. Answers included of course!
A science fact and worksheet with a Christmas theme. Why are the flames on top of a Christmas pudding blue? How do fairy lights work? What makes Christmas crackers go bang? The science behind these and more is covered. This resource is easy to print and is fully illustrated. It also includes a question sheet that tests student understanding and challenges them to undertake independent research. Ideal as a starter, extension or substitute lesson.
A whole year of Art lessons backed up by a huge amount of visual support.
Over 1000 pages!
Included in this resource are the following:
A thorough scheme of study which provides all the information you need to structure your Art lessons for a whole year. It is provided as a Word doc so that you have complete freedom to edit it to absolutely suit your needs.
22 image slideshows consisting of over 1000 high quality images relating to the natural world.
A quick lesson planner to allow you to plan your lesson in under 3 minutes!
A student friendly step by step guide to developing work.
Example work produced by students following this scheme of study.
We hope that you are pleased with your purchase. We really value your feedback because we want to make it as great as possible.
An Easter chick goes “cheap” and so does this resource at only £1!! Treat your students to some Easter fun with this big bundle of activities.
Included are the following:
Easter egg template for creative colouring and designing.
Easter egg maze puzzles - easy to print.
Easter word search - also easy to print.
French language Easter word search - tres easy to print!
Big Easter colouring book.
Images of Easter slideshow.
Images of Spring slideshow…
and the Big Easter Quiz.
We hope you have an eggselent Easter, choc full of fun!