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You are here: Home / Art / Organizing Art Supplies

Organizing Art Supplies

July 14, 2013 By Seemi

Organizing teacher art supplies in my classroom

 

Organizing Art Ideas

Pinterest is now my organizing tool of choice for all curriculum ideas.  I have a board dedicated just to art, but I tend to add more art pins to my Unit studies boards.  This makes it easier to decide when to use a particular activity.

Art Pinterest Board Trllium Montessori

But before Pinterest, I had binders and files.  I still use a few binders.  Here are my main ones:

Storing Art masters and Templates

(Sadly they’re not all snazzy and coordinated like those of other teacher bloggers!)

1. Templates

Storing Art Templates

Templates are shapes that can be used in a variety of different art or craft activities such as cutting, pin-punching, sewing cards, etc.  Last summer I decided to alphabetize all my art templates and pop them into a binder.  I have found this to be pretty useful so  far, but I am moving towards storing these templates in the appropriate Unit Studies or Seasonal storage boxes.

Store extra copies with the master

I find page protectors extremely useful.  I’m experimenting with keeping extra copies right there with the master.  It’s been working well so far.

2. Art Masters

I  have another binder with other kinds of masters that we use in the art area.

3. Project Samples

Art Project Samples Binder

A binder with samples of every project that we’ve had in the class is a handy tool.  However now that I’ve started taking pictures of everything, I think I will phase this out soon.

4.  Art Album

My art album contains all the resources and activities I received during Montessori training.

5. Trillium Art Album

Now this is something I would love to complete some day.  I’ve been wanting for years to put together my own art curriculum with all my favorite activities in just the right sequence. Ah. Until then, there’s a binder with an outline.

Art Curriculum

Oh and here are some of my favorite art curriculum books for the Montessori primary classroom:

Montessori Art Books

Okay, now on with the art STUFF!

Art Supplies Storage Cabinets

Art Cabinet 2

 

Art Cabinet 3

 

Art Cabinet

 

 

Just Throw Stuff Away Already

This year I didn’t have to overhaul my art storage setup.  I guess that means it worked pretty well!  I just had to do a little bit of tidying up this summer and now we’re good to go for the Fall, yay!

Painting Supplies Drawer

Keeping the gallon paint bottles with pumps in the bottom drawer makes it very easy to refill paint pots.  This is a task that children can take on as part of their Practical Life work.

Sculpting Supplies Drawer

Sewing Supplies Drawer

Markers and Pencils Drawer

(Notice the toilet paper rolls for sorting the markers…?  Thank you Pinterest!)

 


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