Educator Resources

This activity uses your observations and imagination to bring to life the characters in a work of art. 

This activity helps you describe the reactions and feelings you get from a work of art. 

This activity uses artworks and your close looking skills to practice making metaphors and similes. 

Create your very own portrait using unconventional materials and objects, just like Francis Picabia. Explore the read aloud link for “Walter was Worried” by Laura Vaccaro Seeger to make connections between portraiture and personalities.

What can you guess about the person who lives in this room? Use clues to learn about Vincent van Gogh and the unique decorations in his bedroom.

Word banks are a great tool for helping you improve your vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing skills. This activity is designed to help you make connections between words and images.

Word banks are a great tool for helping you improve your vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing skills. This activity uses works of art to help you generate your own word bank.

What colors, shapes, and patterns do you see in this window? How would the world outside appear if you were looking through it?

Works of art can tell stories. This activity asks you to look carefully at works of art in order to find the key elements of a story.

Play with texture, smooth lines, and cracked surfaces using Yoko Ono’s Mended Petal. Enjoy the read aloud link for “Inch by Inch” by Leo Lionni and discover how the inchworm can measure this tall sculpture and other objects.

Strike a pose! Explore movement and create your very own sculpture inspired by the work of Alberto Giacometti. Enjoy the read aloud link to make connections between this artwork and the book, “From Head to Toe” by Eric Carle.

The artist Willem de Kooning used large movements and brush strokes known as “action painting”. Explore this technique and more by creating shapes of your own.

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