I can't believe we are reaching the end of the school year! We end the year with testing, field days, awards, and clearing out all of the artwork we've completed all year long.
In case you aren't familiar with Field Day, where I live we have a day [or more] devoted to letting the kids have fun. There are usually lots of outside games, water games, and a few indoor centers like parachute, basketball, and in the art room, we make posters together. I hang up the posters all year long the following school year.
Years ago the amazing, incredible Cassie Stephens shared how she creates larger-than-life coloring sheet banners with her students on Field Day. I decided to start creating miniature versions [poster size banners] to complete with my students and I haven't looked back!
I will share the directions page I use below, but they basically come in, sit at their assigned seat, choose ONE item to color with paint sticks, and then they spend the rest of their time coloring the background using crayons. The crayons at their table are all one color [the color of their table].
