Visual Arts Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Roll An Elf Activity - Christmas Art Activity
Create a unique elf drawing with a fun dice-roll-directed drawing activity.
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Make Your Mark! Dot Day Art Journal Cover
Encourage creativity and artistic expression by making an art journal with a custom Dot Day Art Journal Cover.
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My Little Dot Book - Circle Art Mini Book
Create a miniature Dot Book on International Dot Day with a printable mini book template.
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Tiger Drawing Activity - Lunar New Year
Use this fun teaching resource to help your students explore Year of the Tiger in your classroom.
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Art Gallery Name Tag Template
A name template to use when displaying students artwork.
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Learning Primary and Secondary Colours – Craft Activity
A painting craft activity to help students learn about primary and secondary colours.
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My Garden Grows Activity
A fun art activity to explore organic shape.
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Line and Feeling Sorting Activity - Lower
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of line in visual art.
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Cylinder Sculpture Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of warm or cool colours.
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The Arts Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 1
The Arts term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 1 content descriptors and codes.
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Preschool Colours – Paint Splat Posters
Promote colour recognition in your kindy classroom with printable colour words posters.
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Mosaic Clover Art Activity
A creative art activity to use when learning about the Saint Patrick's Day celebration.
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Visual Arts Elements Resource Pack - Lower Years
A comprehensive pack of resources to use with the lower years when studying the elements of Visual Art.
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Assessment – My Garden Grows
An assessment task in which students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the use of organic shapes in visual arts.
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Assessment – Patterns, Lines and Feelings
An assessment task in which students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the use of line in visual arts.
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Visual Arts Elements Introduction
A 60-minute lesson in which students are introduced to the seven elements of art.
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Assessment – Cylinder Sculpture
An assessment task in which students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the use of colour in visual arts.
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What Is Colour?
A 60-minute lesson in which students are introduced to the use of colour in visual arts.
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Geometric and Organic Shapes
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate geometric and organic shapes and how they can be used effectively to convey meaning in visual arts.
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Types of Line
A 60-minute lesson in which students consolidate their knowledge of the use of line in visual arts.
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What Is Line?
A 60-minute lesson in which students are introduced to the use of line in visual arts.
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How to Draw a Pumpkin – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Use a fun and easy pumpkin drawing video as a lesson hook in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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How to Draw a Witch – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach kids how to draw a witch with a simple directed drawing video perfect for your Halloween lesson planning!
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Visual Art Elements Unit - Lower Years
This Visual Arts unit investigates the Elements of Visual Art. Demonstrations and artistic techniques are explored, with particular attention given to line, shape and colour.
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Using Colour
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate colour and how it can be used effectively to convey meaning in visual arts.
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What Is Shape?
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate shape and how it can be used effectively to convey meaning in visual arts.
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Line Art Project Video – Funky Animal Art
Explore line in art with your students using this funky animal art project perfect for younger primary school students.
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Texture Art Project Video – Create a Crazy Creature
Explore texture in art with your students using this texture art project perfect for younger primary school students.
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How to Draw a Ninja – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw a ninja with a step-by-step video perfect for directed drawing practice in the primary classroom.
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How to Draw a Girl – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach students how to draw a girl with a directed drawing video that leads kids step-by-step through the instructions.
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How to Draw a Boy – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw a boy using the step-by-step instructions provided in this directed drawing video.
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How to Draw a Monster Video — Directed Drawing for Kids
Explore how to draw a monster step by step with this guided drawing video perfect for brain breaks and rainy lunchtimes!