Take Your Classroom from Chaos to Calm in 5 minutes
3 easy 5 minute drawing activities to calm your class even after recess!
3 Proven Creative Ways to:
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Calm your classroom in less than 5 minutes!
With simple paper and pencil students love to engage in quick drawing breaks as a way to transition and regroup.
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Gain Control in a fun way!
With easy exercises students don't realize that you are using drawing as a way to calm your class while building creativity, focus, observation skills, eye-hand coordination, imagination and a more cohesive classroom community.
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Be the "cool" teacher
We all have that memorable teacher. Kids are craving creativity and doing things differently in school, especially now. Kids will love these outside of the box drawing exercises because most students are looking for ways to use their imagination and to express themselves.
What People are Saying...
Grade 1/2 Teacher
In the beginning I was worried that this was another thing I was being asked to do but I found that it only takes small amounts of time. Over the course of the year it really adds up. The kids are excited about drawing and their ability to focus and make close observations has really developed.
8th Grade Boy
I learned not to use an eraser and that there’s no such things as mistakes. Before, drawing used to be somewhat stressful because I couldn’t get what I wanted but now I just do whatever feels right. If I do something that wasn’t planned I find a way to work with it.
5th Grade Boy
Today was fun. I got to find other ways to express myself and sometimes it came out great and other times different. Drawing is discovery. I found pieces of myself I never knew before. I liked doing this because I got to express myself and it didn’t matter how the picture came out, it was a cool picture no matter what.
Take a 5 Minute Drawing Break!
In a time when students are struggling with different issues, drawing even for just 5 minutes a day can help students de-stress and find calm and connection.
This FREE set of drawing PROMPTS will teach you how to bring simple short drawing moments into your classroom (even if you do not feel comfortable drawing yourself).
From these short exercises students will see in a visual way that we are all one of a kind and that is something to celebrate. And that there are no mistakes when we draw!
About Deb Putnoi...
Deb Putnoi is the Founder of The Drawing Lab and author of, The Drawing Mind. She is an artist and educator and has worked with teenagers, universities, activists, scientists, entire schools including all of the staff and students, organizations and more. Putnoi's approach allows you to access your creative self in novel ways! Putnoi exhibits her artwork internationally and has a Masters in Education from The Harvard Graduate School of Education. She worked at Project Zero with Howard Gardner, a leading expert on creativity, arts in education and critical issues of education. She was involved in cutting edge research on creativity, arts in communities and museum settings.
