Art teachers, students,
classroom teachers welcome to a web site of resources created for you, the educator, to use in your teaching program. My name is Jeanette Wachtman. I have for over thirty years been an art educator, artist and author. I retired in 2008 as an elementary art educator. Presently, I teach at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia in the School of Art and Design. Recently, I was presented with KSU's College of Arts, 2016 Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award.
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![]() New Teaching APP!!!! Available Oct. 1st, 2017 Art teacher become a curriculum builder. Curr Bldr includes step-by- steps directions to develop a thematic yearlong art curriculum. Also, included is a two-year model thematic art program with 26 K & 1st grade elementary art lesson ideas with projects. Use this app to: -Build yearlong art curriculum -Write your opinion about the app -Contact other art teachers to share your designing ideas -Send in photos to show your student artwork -Share info about you and where you teach art For details go to: http://artteachercurrbldr.weebly.com To Purchase Android App(presently) for tablet or phone go to: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appmakr.artteachercurriculumbuilder You will be able to purchase this textbook through the website https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/art-elementary-educator-teachers-workbook-writing-integrated-lessons or by contacting their customer service ( 800.228.0810 or 563.589.1000). The workbook, Art for the Elementary Educator, is an excellent resource for education and art majors at the college level, current art and classroom teachers, and home-schooled students. It encompasses art education concepts and ideas with strategies for writing integrated lessons for grades kindergarten through fifth grade. This workbook is not the ‘traditional’ academic textbook. It is written as an engaging narrative with a fictitious principal, art teacher and classroom teachers. It chronicles twenty school days with examples of integrated lessons, student artwork, art techniques and original rhymes as a teaching tool. The book’s interactive feature contains art pages for displaying photos of student artwork, art assignments and directions for the teacher to dabble in art making. The majority of articles and activities speaks to creativity, art styles, art criticism, art history, lesson planning, a thematic approach to study cultures, addresses stages of children’s art and features a copious amount of children’s artwork . |