2nd Grade Back to School About Me Name Art Lesson Favorite Things Art Project
Looking for a 2nd Grad About Me art lesson that helps students share their identity favorite things and name in a creative way? This Grade 2 About Me Name Art Lesson is a meaningful and ready-to-teach art project where students create an artwork that features their name, favorite things, identity, symbols, patterns, and personal details. It is a wonderful choice for Back to School, Meet the Teacher, All About Me activities, classroom community building, and beginning-of-the-year art lessons because students get to introduce themselves through art instead of only filling out another “about me” worksheet.
Students will explore how artists can use names, colors, symbols, objects, patterns, words, and details to share something about themselves. They will plan favorite things, design their name, add line patterns, create visual symbols, and build an artwork that helps others learn who they are. This makes the project personal, creative, and perfect for hallway displays, Meet the Teacher night, Open House, bulletin boards, homeschool portfolios, or the first weeks of school.
This Grade 2 art lesson is perfect for elementary art teachers, classroom teachers, homeschool families, substitute teachers, Back to School art, Meet the Teacher activities, About Me projects, name art lessons, identity art lessons, favorite things activities, and art lessons with literacy connections.
Because students love sharing their favorite things, and teachers love getting to know them without reading 27 identical worksheets. Win-win.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES
- Grade 2 About Me Name Art lesson plan
- Suggested visual art standards
- Teacher directions for preparing and using the resource
- Critical-thinking questions
- About Me anchor chart
- My Favorite Things drawing handout
- Trace Lines fine motor practice page
- How to Draw Your Name handouts
- Favorite Things templates
- About Me Name Artwork template
- Pick-a-Pattern choice page
- Name Artwork page
- Favorite Things student reading page
- Visual step-by-step tutorial page
- Fast-finisher coloring activity
- Art rubric
- Bulletin-board display sign
- Draw and Design activity
- KWL chart for Name Art
- Read & Respond passage about identity and favorite things
- Read & Respond questions
- Read & Respond answer key
- Spelling word list about favorite things
- Spelling test
- Top 3 reflection page
- Feelings reflection page
- Artwork Reflection page
- Star it! reflection page
- Value: Gray Scale Drawing activity
- Shapes and Forms activity
- Mandala Design activity
- Special Write & Draw activity
- Favorite Things writing activity
- The Message reflection page
- Goal-setting page
- Look at Mediums reflection page
- Artwork Reflection page
- Peer Feedback page
- 3 Stars & a Wish reflection page
- Artist statement pages
- Finished artwork example
- Introductory slideshow about identity, favorite things, symbols, and About Me art
- Step-by-step slideshow for creating the About Me Name Art project
- Bonus link/QR code to a video demonstration
