Description
This Back to School SEL Art Project is a creative way to attend to the social-emotional needs of your students while developing a caring classroom community. Great for back to school or ANY TIME of the year for students in kindergarten through second grade.
In this lesson, students create a personalized piece of a heart puzzle and put it together with classmates to develop school connectedness and feel part of the classroom community.
Included in this Artful Lesson:
Teacher Guide (1 page)
· The Teacher Guide provides you with a list of art materials needed for the lesson as well as teaching suggestions and helpful tips.
Opening Activity (1 page) Also an EASEL activity
· The Heart Feelings activity encourages students to identify different emotions and to share how they are feeling.
Heart Art Lesson (1 page) Also an EASEL activity
· Students write their name and draw a picture about themselves. Then, they place their individual pieces together to form the shape of a heart.
· You may choose to print out this page for each student (available in both color and grayscale) or display the lesson on the interactive whiteboard.
Heart Art Puzzle Templates (11 pages)
· You can choose a combination of 5- or 6-piece puzzles based on the number of students in your class.
Your class hearts can be displayed around common areas of the school including the entrance, hallway, cafeteria, classroom, etc. to celebrate their class and create a colorful, caring community.
This Art Lesson can also be used for:
Valentine's Day
World Kindness Day
World Peace Day
This lesson is also available in Spanish.
Check out these ART LESSONS for 1st and 2nd grade:
LIFE SCIENCE in ART Bundle
EARTH and SPACE SCIENCE in ART Bundle
PHYSICAL SCIENCE in ART Bundle
or the full SCIENCE in ART Big Bundle with all three!
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