Parallel lines to build a city
With a game of parallel lines we built our cities at night, with tall buildings that stand out on a starry sky. A simple exercise … Read more
Printable worksheets about Van Gogh
5 pdf printable worksheets with the drawings of the most famous Van Gogh’s works, ready to be coloured with pencils or felt tip pens. You … Read more
Prints with styrofoam inspired by Miro
The designs, typically linear of Juan Miro, inspired us to realize our prints with styrofoam in the 6th grade classes. This material was cut from … Read more
Landscapes of lines
A landscape composed only of lines: curves, straight, oblique, wavy or twisted … Here is the experiment done in a class of 6th grade, to … Read more
Lines forming a three-dimensional tree
With the simple combination of parallel lines we can give the impression of three-dimensionality. We did this exercise in the 6th grade classes to demonstrate … Read more
Symmetrical Name
In 6th grade classes we have worked on the symmetry, by writing our name and by drawing it four times in a square shape. Also … Read more
Symmetrical Monsters
After the lesson on bilateral symmetry, we created these symmetrical monsters. With a piece of cardboard folded in half, scissors, glue, markers and a bit … Read more
How to clean up
How to clean up the working tools after use? We know that, especially when we paint, it is inevitable to have plates, cups and paintbrushes … Read more
Free doodles!
A really simple exercise that helps children to get rid of the stereotypes of the drawing and to have fun with colors. The line of … Read more
Fanciful mushrooms!
With the 6th grade classes, we have collaborated on a science project on knowledge of fungi. In science lessons pupils have studied the characteristics of … Read more
Participation in the opera “Aida”
Opera Domani is a project for the opera productions, introduced by educational paths. With our school we attended the performance of the opera “Aida -Love is … Read more
Haiku in colors
The Japanese Haiku is a short poem of only three verses that contains a fixed metric structure: the thoughts and images that flow through the … Read more