Lesson Idea: Each student has something that they think identifies them. Provide each student with a small fabric square and instruct them to use felt, paint, and markers to depict who they are or what they enjoy doing. Have each student write a description of who they are (name, favorites, family, etc.).Once all students complete the project connect the squares and make a quilt to hang up in the classroom to show who is in your class.

Key Concepts/Vocabulary addresses: Key concepts explored are shape and self identity

Materials Explored: fabric, felt, markers, paint

Cross-curricular connections: English

Made in an era when communication and travel required significant time and effort, the quilt may have served as a farewell gift on the eve of the recipient's marriage and ensuing move.

Lesson Idea: Choose two complementary colors from construction paper and trace/cut out geometric shapes, next choose a different pair of complementary colors and cut out organic shapes then glue them on a piece of black or white paper.

Key Concepts/Vocabulary addresses: complementary colors, geometric shapes, organic shapes

Materials Explored: scissors, glue, construction paper

Cross-curricular connections: geometry

Lesson Idea: Take a square piece of paper and fill it by drawing squares and rectangles inside of the large paper then pick one color and make multiple shades of that color and fill the smaller shapes in by painting them with acrylic paint. 

Key Concepts/Vocabulary addresses: mixing colors, geometry

Materials Explored: acrylic paint

Cross-curricular connections: Geometry 

Lesson Idea: use crayons to write the alphabet on your paper then paint shapes over the crayon letter with watercolors. Or have each student create a different letter and fill that letter with different shapes and create a letter wall with the students work.

Key Concepts/Vocabulary addresses: alphabet, shapes

Materials Explored: watercolor and crayon

Cross-curricular connections: alphabet

Lesson Idea: shapes with complementary color - choose one shape and repeat it smaller and smaller then fill in those shapes using a collage method using switching off between complementary colors.

Key Concepts/Vocabulary addresses: shape, complementary colors, repetition

Materials Explored: collage 

Cross-curricular connections: Geometry

Lesson Idea: Think of your favorite article of clothing (dress, skirt, pants, t-shirt, socks, hats, etc.) and draw three blank articles fill the first one in using geometric shapes of primary colors, the second fill with different lines (curvy, straight, swirled, etc.) of secondary colors, and finally fill your last article of clothing with organic shapes using tertiary colors.

Key Concepts/Vocabulary addresses: Organic shapes, geometric shapes, lines, primary, secondary, and tertiary colors

Materials Explored: oil pastels

Cross-curricular connections: geometry