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First Day of School Printables

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My daughter has aged out of back to school printables, but if you have a little one and want to record some of their favorite things on the occasion of the first day of school, these printable coloring pages are a quick and easy way to do it.

Crayola has a super simple first day coloring page that includes grade, height, favorite color, teacher name and what they want to be when they grow up.

Paper Trail Designs has a set of printables that say first day of whatever grade the child is starting. They can fill in name, age, school, teacher and what they want to be when they grow up.

Miss Helen’s Hippos on Teachers Pay Teachers has a free downloadable first day printable that includes three pages for kids to fill in with drawings and words about their school, teacher, friends, backpack and what they look like on the first day.

Mrs. Merry has an electronic file you can personalize for your own child or all the kids in your classroom if you do first day pictures at school. You can add the child’s name, grade, school or teacher, favorite color, book and food and what they want to be when they grow up.

Skip to My Lou has the first day printable pictured above, which includes space to draw themselves and write about their teacher, a new friend, even something they didn’t love about their lunch! Such a fun way to capture some real memories from the big day.

And if you like a sign for photos, check out my super easy chalkboard sign DIY over on my blog. We’ll see if my seventh grader will still take photos with it this year!

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Learn about Women Artists

We’ve already talked a bit about women in STEM for Women’s History Month, but I thought it would be fun to take a look at some female artists, too. Kids can learn about the women, see their art and even make art projects inspired by them. Let’s take a look at some fun resources for learning about female artists.

The Wadsworth Atheneum has a video reading of the book Women Artists A to Z by Melanie LaBarge, which covers women artists and the subjects they painted (example, n is for nature and talks about how Maya Lin uses natural materials and makes works that fit into the environment surrounding them). Or check out this post full of children’s books about female artists from the New York Public Library.

Need more ideas of artists to talk about? These lists overlap a bit, but check out:

Once you’ve picked a few artists to focus on, or let each child choose an artist to work with, you can search for their art and more biographical information online. You may also be able to find projects inspired by particular artists, or you can develop your own. For example Yayoi Kusama is known for the use of dots in her work, so you could use that as inspiration for a classroom project. Or check out these ideas:

  • These art projects inspired by women artists from Artsy Craftsy Mom include Kusama, Sonia Delaunay, Helen Frankenthaler and more. The one shown above is inspired by Alma Thomas and can be found on Woo Jr.
  • Table Life Blog has a collection of resources for studying Mary Cassatt, including books, videos and projects.
  • Artsy Craftsy Mom has several art study lessons for various artists, male and female. Here are her posts on Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. I love the flower bowl pictured above, which comes from the Crayon Lab.

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