De Mello Teaching

Who can resist painting "Kandinsky circles" when you are doing an art unit?

We have been exploring art mediums and we used small wooden pieces to create little faces inspired by Karel Appel as I posted before.  ...

The One Line Design lesson that I do based on a lesson from MaryAnn Kohl's book "Discovering the Great Artists" is one of my...

What better place to explore capacity than a sandbox? I'm fortunate to have a large sandbox at my school. First we all sat around the ...

We are exploring art mediums to express ourselves. We explored paintings and sculptures thought books, internet and by observing some of ...

I use this assessment with PreK and KG students 3 times a year. At the beginning (after a few weeks of school), middle (usually December ...

I made a Power Point Presentation for my students about Paul Klee’s works, to introduce the ‘one line design’ concept to them. The Pow...

Connections! Learning taking place! Applied knowledge! Isn't that what all teacher want to see happening with their students? Here i...