Homeschool Arts & Music Activities

The carnival is here! Students explore carnival scenes with top composer Clara Schumann! These open SEL activities invite students to color their listening experience while hearing the selected music. Each featured piece of music has a unique carnival scene to color and expressive keywords to choose from.

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of popular composers
• familiarity with a variety of musical periods
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of music
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within the music
• creative expression by choosing colors related to a musical theme

You'll find five unique carnival scenes for students to explore: bumper car, rollercoaster, bouncy house, popcorn, and a concession stand. Students choose from emojis and fun-themed images to color. There are no wrong answers!

Featured Classical Music

1. Piano Trio in G Minor
2. Sonata in G Minor
3. Romanze in A Minor
4. Lorelei
5. Piano Concerto No. 1

These carnival-themed listening activities are easy to implement - just print and play! The music is readily available on YouTube and your favorite streaming services. No musical training is required making these great for sub plans and summer send-home packets!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

28 Art and design activity ideas for parents to do at home with their kids. Includes different craft ideas as well as art projects related to specific famous artists.

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Doodling is great fun, but it also provides many developmental benefits for children. Doodling helps kids of all ages to develop and refine their fine motor skills, which is essential for writing, cutting and many other activities that children will do throughout their lives. In addition, doodling encourages visual analysis, increases the ability to concentrate, and boosts creative thinking. And of course, it’s just plain fun!

This packet includes 50 pages of doodle starters to inspire children.

Some ways to use these pages:

Give children a doodle page when they need a brain break.

Print just the pages you want to enhance a classroom theme or concept that you are studying.

Have the pages available for students who finish a lesson early.

Put them in your sub tub.

Use these in your “calming corner” for children who need help with self-regulation

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1. Beginning Sounds Worksheet Letter Sound Coloring Pages NO PREP Color the picture

--->>> The worksheets focus on identifying the beginning sound of different words and coloring the corresponding pictures. By connecting letters with their sounds through coloring, students can strengthen their phonemic awareness and letter-sound recognition skills.

2. Beginning sound coloring worksheet Letter Sound coloring page Alphabet Tracing

--->>> This resource is specifically designed to help students practice and reinforce their understanding of beginning sounds for each letter of the alphabet, setting a strong foundation for language development and reading skills.

3. Alphabets Wristband Letter Craft letter recognition Letter of the week activity

--->>> The wristbands serve as a constant reminder of the alphabet. By frequently wearing and looking at the wristbands, students reinforce their letter recognition skills and become more familiar with the shape and form of each letter

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This Fun Penguin Craft Bundle is the ultimate winter activity pack for your students ! It includes a variety of fun and educational crafts:

• Penguin Hat Crown Craft,
• Editable Winter Penguin Name puzzles,
• Penguin Craft Activity

Perfect for preschool and kindergarten, these activities encourage creativity, fine motor skills, and early literacy and math practice. Great for Ideal for winter-themed lessons, bulletin boards, or a festive classroom display, this bundle offers everything you need to bring the spirit of winter into your classroom!

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1. Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes Craft

Unleash creativity and motor skills with this engaging, multi-faceted craft activity inspired by Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes!

Creative Sewing Activity: After enjoying the beloved story, students can make Pete's shoes come to life by sewing yarn to create laces on their very own shoe templates. This hands-on project is perfect for developing fine motor skills while allowing students to engage with the story in a tactile way.

Colorful Collage Option: For those who prefer a different creative approach, students can color their shoe template and then add vibrant paper strips as laces. This option encourages artistic expression while letting students experiment with different textures and materials.

Early Finishers Activity: Keep early finishers entertained and engaged with a relaxing coloring sheet of Pete's shoes, giving them the freedom to explore different colors and patterns.

This Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes craft is perfect for classrooms looking to combine storytelling with creative expression

This resource includes:

• Bulletin board displays
• 3 lesson plans
• Objectives
• Assessment
• 2 Pete the Cat shoes activity
• Coloring page
• Posters
• 31 Scripted Slideshow with teacher's guide

Introducing our vibrant and engaging Pete the Cat I love my white shoes back to school craft, designed exclusively for teachers like you! Pete the Cat is not just any cat; he's the coolest cat around.

Our craft and bulletin board set brings Pete the Cat I love my white shoes charm and charisma straight into your classroom, making back to school craft a breeze while igniting your students' excitement for learning.

Engage students with color vocabulary through this enjoyable Pete the Cat activity! This resource is perfect for whole-group instruction, small-group work, or literacy centers for pre-k and kindergarten students. It complements the story "Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" wonderfully. After reading the story, have the children color the shoe in their favorite hue and then complete the worksheet about colors and the worksheet about empathy.

2. Pete the Cat I love my white shoes craft

Getting ready for the new school year has never been more fun! Here's what our Pete the Cat I love my white shoes craft set offers:

1. Interactive Craft Activity: Your students will love getting hands-on with our easy-to-follow craft activity, creating their very own Pete the Cat to adorn your bulletin board. With step-by-step instructions, this craft is perfect for Kindergarten and Grade 1 learners.
2. Bulletin Board Decorations: Transform your classroom bulletin board into a vibrant display of Pete the Cat's adventures! Our set includes colorful cutouts, posters, and banners featuring Pete. Making your classroom feel lively and welcoming from day one.
3. Versatile Usage: Whether you're a preschool teacher, elementary educator, or homeschooling parent, our Pete the Cat I love my white shoes Craft and Bulletin Board set is a versatile resource that can be tailored to suit your classroom needs.

This resource includes:

• 2 Bulletin board displays
• Empathy worksheet - 3 options
• 3 lesson plans + rubrics
• Pete the Cat shoes
• Pete the Cat craft
• Step-by-step drawing
• Coloring page
• Flashcards
• Posters
• 25 slides

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Make this back-to-school season unforgettable with Pete the Cat leading the way! And get ready to witness your classroom come alive with creativity and joy. Don't miss out on the chance to make learning an adventure with Pete the Cat I love my white shoes by your side!

Dive into a fun and engaging crafting activity with these Ocean Cut and Paste Crafts! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners, this set includes 14 ocean-themed crafts that will keep students entertained while helping them develop their fine motor skills. Each craft page features a unique ocean item, complete with clear cutting lines and an image of the finished product in the corner for easy reference. Whether it’s a fish, shark, whale, or other sea creature, these crafts make it simple and fun for students to create their own ocean scene!

Contents:

• 14 unique ocean-themed crafts, including a fish, shark, whale, and more
• Each page features an image of the completed craft in the corner
• Easy-to-see cutting lines to guide students
• Multiple separate pieces for students to cut out and glue together

How It’s Used: Simply print out the pages, and students are ready to start cutting and assembling their ocean creatures. Teachers can use these crafts during centers, art time, or as a hands-on activity to complement ocean-themed lessons. The clear lines and large pieces make it easy for young learners to practice cutting and gluing while having fun.

Why You’ll Love It: These Ocean Cut and Paste Crafts not only provide an enjoyable creative activity for students but also help them strengthen their fine motor skills. The simple designs and visual aids allow young learners to work independently or in groups, making them ideal for classrooms, homeschooling, or even after-school programs. Plus, they align with seasonal or thematic lessons on ocean life, providing an educational twist to the fun!

Features:

• 14 ocean-themed cut-and-paste crafts
• Simple, easy-to-follow cutting and gluing instructions
• Visual guides for students with images of the finished craft on each page
• Promotes fine motor skill development
• Ready to print and go for minimal prep work

Who This is For:

• Preschool and kindergarten teachers looking for easy, hands-on craft activities
• Homeschool parents wanting to introduce ocean life in a creative way
• After-school programs or daycare centers seeking engaging fine motor practice
• Students who love crafting and creating their own ocean-themed artwork
• Classrooms incorporating ocean or animal life themes into their lessons

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This resource contains 3 cross-curricular art lessons inspired by the skull paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe plus 2 skull drawing guides & 3 flower drawing guides to ensure student success.  Perfect for an artist study or Women’s History Month, these engaging projects are designed for 3rd-5th grades and up.  

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 27 pages. It includes: 

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 3 projects
• Skull drawing guides (2 illustrated) with differentiated student practice suggestions
• Flower drawing guides (3 illustrated)
• Suggestions for project and material variations 
• Skull templates (2 reproducible) in 2 different sizes
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Facts about artist Georgia O’Keeffe specific to this project 
• Women’s History Month facts
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 3rd-5th grades

Use the components of these 3 cross-curricular art projects to mix and match to create projects differentiated for your students, let them choose their project, or use these to inspire your students’ creativity to create their skull project.  Hang skull projects together or with other Georgia O’Keeffe projects for a beautiful hallway display. 

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Dia De Los Muertos Handprint Craft -perfect for preschoolers, toddlers, and babies.

Handprint crafts are a fun, hands-on way to engage toddlers and preschoolers while building important skills. They help children strengthen fine motor control as they paint, press, and decorate, which supports early writing skills.

These crafts also offer a great sensory experience, letting kids explore textures and colors with their hands. Plus, handprint projects make for memorable keepsakes that capture a moment in time, perfect for sharing with families or displaying in the classroom.

This Dia De Los Muertos Handprint Craft is a simple but meaningful way to combine creativity with learning!

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3. Create: Follow the easy instructions included to create your unique handprint masterpieces.

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Build fine motor skills and engage in coloring creativity while also learning Bible verses!

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End of Year Fun! Draw, Imagine, Color!

Get ready for summer with these exciting end-of-year activity sheets! Perfect for preschoolers and 2nd graders, this worksheet set includes 10 fun pictures, each half-drawn and ready for your child's imagination to take over!

Here's how it works:

• Each worksheet has a cool picture that's already started – maybe a sun flower, a hart shape.
• The other half is a blur shape, just waiting for your child to use their creativity to draw and complete the picture.
• Once they've finished drawing, it's time to unleash their inner artist and color in their creation!

These worksheets are a great way to:

• Spark creativity and imagination
• Develop drawing skills
• Celebrate the end of the school year and welcome summer fun!

So grab some crayons, markers, or colored pencils, and let the end-of-year artistic adventure begin!

Are you looking to have your preschooler learn color matching? This collection of color identification worksheets and sorting games will turn your toddler into a color pro!

Includes:

   ✏ 12 Color flashcards

   ✏ 12 coloring worksheets

   ✏ 12 color-sorting jars with items

   ✏ Game board with dice and game pieces

   ✏ 7 Differentiated color-matching worksheets

These sheets work perfectly to laminate and reuse over and again. Don't waste precious printer ink for printables that can only be used once!

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Celebrate summer with this I LOVE Summer headband that the child in your life can customize to their liking. This project gives opportunities for fine motor skills practice with using scissors for cutting, coloring with your choice of medium, and gluing too! Create a little bit of fun and celebrate all summer long too. After all, we need to celebrate life as it happens right?

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Make your Animal Crafts fun with this engaging, hands-on Build Your Own Animals Set craft making activity! This includes 15 low-prep Build Your Own Animals Set kids crafts templates perfect for having fun with your animal lessons. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make this activity perfect for centers or substitute days, too!

Lead your students in fun craft making with 15 Build Your Own Animals Set by cutting out the pieces, coloring, gluing the parts together and decorating. Students will love putting together their Build Your Own Animals Set activities together by using their problem solving skills through these fun activities, and won't even realize how much they're having fun! Use it after reading a story about specific animals or sing a song about specific animals . Print in black and white.

Here's what you'll get:

• bear cut out craft & traceable word printable

• cat cut out craft & traceable word printable

• sheep cut out craft & traceable word printable

• cow cut out craft & traceable word printable

• elephant cut out craft & traceable word printable

• owl cut out craft & traceable word printable

• pig cut out craft & traceable word printable

• bunny cut out craft & traceable word printable

• panda cut out craft & traceable word printable

• monkey cut out craft & traceable word printable

• hippo cut out craft & traceable word printable

• lion cut out craft & traceable word printable

• chicken cut out craft & traceable word printable

• donkey cut out craft & traceable word printable

• tiger cut out craft & traceable word printable

Your students will be crafting Build Your Own Animals Set crafts with a variety of common classroom materials. They'll be engaged and having a great time together!

These activities use materials readily available in most classrooms and homes and includes printable templates to create each activity.

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the Build Your Own Animals Set pages, cut everything out, color, decorate, gather the materials listed, and you're ready for a fun and engaging class! Print in black and white for coloring/painting and easy assembly. You can make these into puppets, dance around the room with them while listening to animal music or sounds, or use to decorate your room with.

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This fun exercise helps students become very good at plotting points on the coordinate plane. The exercise combines a love middle school students have for drawing with an essential mathematical skill.

Students learn to write down the coordinates of simple drawings accurately. They also learn to plot the coordinates of their friends accurately onto the coordinate plane.

X-coordinate, Y-coordinate, ordered pairs, coordinate plane, Cartesian Plane

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The Easter Bunny Craftivity can be used in many different ways. Students can use the KWL chart with an Easter Read Aloud. Eddy and Ester Bunny can be colored, cut, and constructed to display students' charts or creative writing. Included in this product is: Eddy and Ester Bunny Templates, Easter Lined Writing Paper (Large and Smaller Lines included, and KWL chart. Give students a writing prompt and they can write and display their work on Ester or Eddy Bunny! They will love putting these cute bunnies together! These are great hallway displays!

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Girl and Boy Bunny Template

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KWL Chart to use with any story.

All printables in black and white. Students will love this activity!

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Explore a treasure trove of creativity with these 180 creative writing and drawing prompts designed specifically for kindergarteners and 1st graders! This comprehensive resource is perfect for inspiring young minds and fostering a love for writing and storytelling.

Each page features a unique prompt carefully crafted to ignite imagination and encourage expression. From imaginative stories to descriptive narratives, these prompts cover a wide range of topics to keep young writers engaged throughout the year and beyond.

The layout of each page includes dotted lines for writing, providing guidance for early writers while allowing them to practice proper letter formation. Additionally, there's ample space for drawing, allowing students to illustrate their ideas and bring their stories to life visually.

With enough prompts to last for a full school year or year-round use, this resource is ideal for teachers, homeschooling parents, or anyone looking to enhance literacy skills and creative thinking in young learners.

No prep needed for teachers!

Featuring:

Labor Day

Halloween

Veteran's Day

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Kwanzaa

Hanukkah

Winter

New Year's

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Groundhog Day

Valentine's Day

Random Acts of Kindness Day

President's Day

Pi Day

St. Patrick's Day

April Fool's Day

Easter

Earth Day

Arbor Day

Memorial Day

End of School Year

& non-holiday prompts for the rest of the school year.

30 patriotic July the Fourth themed black and white images for early and elementary learners. Use to: practice hand/eye coordination start dialogues about July 4 and history celebrate the holiday practice colors introduce symbolism display on bulletin boards Fun images ready to use!