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Hello, I'm Mrs. Cosi and I teach a K-6 STEAM program I founded in 2018. Each week, for 1-hour classes, I teach the whole school(600 kids) how to learn through their hands. Prior to that, I taught K-6 Art at four schools and developed three STEAM programs from scratch.
I have been a program manager and curriculum designer for a non-profit I co-founded that provided K-6 STEAM summer camp at no-cost to low income families. For 8 years, I was a curriculum designer and instructor for maker education camps at the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC.
I have taught teachers in classes, workshops, and conferences.
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STEM / STEAM Welcome Banner Pennant Flags Classroom Decor
A STEAM subject themed banner to welcome your students back to school! Perfect decor for outside the classroom or bulletin boards. Each 9” letter poster has a notebook paper background with common tools and imagery used in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Tape to ribbon or hand directly on a wall. Great for multiple grade levels or school display case, but especially exciting outside a STEM, STEAM, or Makerspace room! If you want smaller flags, remember that you can reduce th
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For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Spanish Welcome Banner Pennant Flags Classroom Decor in Muted Rainbow Colors
A low-ink banner spelling “BIENVENIDOS” to welcome your students back to school! Perfect decor for outside the classroom or bulletin boards. Clean design is appropriate for any grade-level. Each letter poster has thin-line school themed icons and a bar across the top, ready to print in two sizes. Tape to a ribbon or directly on a wall. A B&W version is included if you want to match your classroom theme colors by printing on colored paper or hand-coloring the bar/letter in. It can be a bonus
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Coloring Pages, For All Subjects, Spanish
Welcome Banner Pennant Flags Classroom Decor in Muted Rainbow Colors
A low-ink banner to welcome your students back to school! Perfect decor for outside the classroom or bulletin boards. Clean design is appropriate for any grade-level or subject. Each 9” letter poster has thin-line school themed icons and a bar across the top. Tape to a ribbon or directly on a wall. A B&W version is included if you want to match your classroom theme colors by printing on colored paper or hand-coloring the bar/letter in. It can be a bonus activity if you want to allow student
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Coloring Pages, For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
30 Brick Challenges STEM/STEAM Task Cards and Slides Makerspace
Spark creativity with 30 STEM/STEAM brick building prompts for all grade levels that only use basic interlocking bricks- no specialty pieces required! Download & Go! Printable Task Cards or digital slides–for a no-prep, no-print option. (Google Slides or PowerPoint). Use any time of year or as a fabulous Back-to-School activity! Teacher Guide shares use as for morning work, brain breaks, individual or team lessons, or independent centers. I use this in STEAM class year after year with Kind
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Engineering, Other (Math), Visual Arts
3D Forms with Line Texture: Choice Drawing Art Sub Plan with Handouts & Examples
Need an art sub plan that supports your students to create independently, no matter the quality of the substitute? This complete sub plan has a practice page, visual supports, and examples- with instructions for the substitute (including tips for engaging students)- and extensions if you have a longer class or are out for more than one day! Students will choose one of nine 3D form nets to add line texture designs, then cut and build! Uses basic materials and standard printer paper. This lesso
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Geometry, Visual Arts
2D Shapes & 3D Forms STEAM Build: Slides, Posters, and Handouts
This product contains everything you need to do two STEAM build challenges for 2D shapes and 3D forms! Great for supporting lessons on shape and form attributes or for an exciting hands on review! Aimed for upper elementary and middle school. 45+ slides walk students through understanding dimensions, relationship between 2D shape and real world 3D forms, difference of geometric and organic, specific characteristics, identification, and supports flexible choice in building materials. Product inc
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Geometry, Other (Math), Visual Arts
CCSS, VA SOL
3.G.A.1
, 4.G.A.2
, 5.G.B.4
+8
3D Forms Posters (14) & Handout for Math and STEM / STEAM
These half-sheet posters can be used in classroom displays or as flash cards to support activities with 3D forms. 14 3D shapes posters come in two versions, one with information about the form attributes (faces, edges, and vertices) and one with BLANK information that you can have students fill in while learning. For black & white printing, a set of the posters at the end have had colors readjusted for better printing results. A matching 2 page handout has all 14 3D shapes, in 2 versions
4th - 7th
Geometry, Other (Math)
3D Forms Printable Nets • 9 Print & Go!
Nine student-tested 3D shape nets are ready for print (standard paper), cut, and build 3D forms! A great activity for STEM, STEAM, Math or student-choice fun! This set includes (9) 3D nets:Cone, Cylinder, Tetrahedron, Square Pyramid, Cube, Rectangular Prism, Triangular Prism, Pentagonal Prism, & Octahedron. Simple instructions and low prep! Use tape or gluesticks to connect tabs. If decorating, I show students how to draw on the back to hide dash fold lines, but you can also print on color p
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Other (Math), Visual Arts
CCSS
6.G.A.4
, 7.G.B.6
, 8.G.C.9
2D Shape Posters (18 shapes) & Handouts (15 shapes)
2D Shape Posters (18 shapes) & Handout (15 shapes)These half-sheet posters can be used in classroom displays or as flash cards to support activities with shapes. 18 2D shapes posters come in two versions, one with information about the shape attributes (sides, vertices, angles, and special attributes) and one with BLANK information that you can have students fill in while learning. A matching 2 page handout has 15 2D shapes, in 2 versions with information and with BLANK information. Blank Hando
2nd - 5th
Geometry, Other (Math)
CCSS, VA SOL
2.G.A.1
, 3.G.A.1
, 4.G.A.1
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Crayon Techniques & Experiments for Art / STEAM: Videos, Posters, & Handouts
Teach your students how to do more than simply color with crayons! Videos show step-by-step artist techniques that are also used with color pencils, oil pastels, and paint. Students can follow along with blank handouts to experiment on their own, whether you choose 6 (best for K-1), 8 (2-4), or 9 (3rd+). I actually use the videos on mute to let students share observations, and replay them on mute while they’re exploring on their own. This product comes with a slideshow in Powerpoint or Google
1st - 4th
Art, Visual Arts
Creative Eats: Choice Drawing Art Sub Plan with Handouts, Plan Pages, & Examples
Need an art sub plan that supports your students to create independently, no matter the quality of the substitute? This complete sub plan has 3 plan page options, visual supports, and examples- with instructions for the substitute ( including tips to engage students)- and lesson extensions if you have a longer class or are out for more than one day! This lesson is best for 2nd to 6th grade and also works great as a fun filler art lesson in between bigger projects. Keep it in your emergency sub
2nd - 5th
Visual Arts
Lines & Textures Art Element Slideshow, Posters, and 4 Art Experiments
This slideshow is a fantastic introduction to line and texture variety that can support any of your drawing, printmaking, or painting lessons. Download and GO with powerpoint or Google slides! Use year after year, with any grade level! Included are simple art experiments that can be used as a one lesson project or introduction to following projects. Get your students to add variety to their artwork by building their comprehension of different types. The four posters can act as year long visual
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Art, Visual Arts
Line & Texture Art Element POSTERS & HANDOUTS ONLY
4 visual posters showcasing a variety of lines and textures to use as a support for any of your existing drawing, printmaking, or painting projects. Includes 2 blank practice pages for students. Use year after year with any grade level to help students add more variety to their work. If you are interested, these resources are included in a different product with a slideshow and 4 art experiments, Lines & Textures Art Element Slideshow and Handouts. If you have any questions, email me at art
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Art, Visual Arts
Daily Task Teacher Planning - 15 Designs
Have you ever lost your planning book? Or does it have an embarrassing number of blank pages? Is your classroom calender still on last month? This might help. Try the preview download to see if you like it. Spend a few minutes of your morning with your favorite beverage and brain dump what your day is going to look like. It’s a place to remind you to do atttendance or check your messages. If you don’t drink lots of water, mark off when you remember to take a few sips. Dehydration causes brain f
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Clay Hand Building, Coils, and Stages for Art - POSTERS ONLY
4 posters/handouts to support your clay and coil pottery projects. Hand Building techniques, Types of Coils, Stages of Clay, and Practice Coils. One poster has 2 formats, and they all come with or without the polkadot background. The practice coils handout can be copied to have students fill up with practice coils before they work on a final pot. These posters are also part of the Clay Coil Pottery slideshow lesson/poster combo, link here if you'd like the lesson resources also. If you have
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Art, Visual Arts
Clay Coil Pottery Art Lesson: Slideshow & Poster Handouts
Download and GO! Use this slideshow to guide students through lessons of making clay coil pottery. Slideshow includes connection to history, examples, practice, and stages of clay. Available in PowerPoint and Google Slides, the slides can be used in one class for a quick build, or multiple with clean up prompts. Aimed for elementary, but can be used for higher grade levels. The visual poster handouts support clay and ceramics vocabulary and can be used with other clay projects. To get the best
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Art, Visual Arts
Design Process Visuals and Handouts for STEM / STEAM / PBL
This freebie is a simplification and combination of design processes that I created for the elementary level. It's not subject specific and could be used to support your cross-curricular PBLs or STEM / STEAM challenges. When I started teaching STEAM, the Engineer Design Process was constantly referenced. From my background teaching art, we just called that design. Sometimes I utilize practices from Design Thinking or Montessori, and this is my way organizing a room of students who are all makin
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Engineering, Visual Arts
Winter Break Gingerbread Houses Art Lesson: Slideshow & Handouts
Download & GO! Use this drawing lesson as your send off or welcome back for winter break, and give yourself a chance to regroup or organize as the students can use the drawing handouts to keep themselves occupied. This resource covers everything you need to have students designing and drawing unique gingerbread houses, for the art or grade level elementary teacher! The slideshow, in PowerPoint or Google Slides, walks you through the introduction, history, step-by-step drawing, and share- with
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Art, Visual Arts
Scissor Practice: 6 Worksheets and Poster
No matter the grade level, students need more practice with scissors! These are great for a mini-lesson or warm-up in any classroom to build fine motor skills. I've taught art for 12 years and every paper lesson starts with the the same reminders... "Thumb on top! Chop, chop, chop!""Turn the paper. Not your scissors.""Bubble cut, then details. Why make it harder on yourself?"For young students, these are great to have as a mini-lesson before getting started on a paper project. I like to copy a
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Visual Arts
16 3D Paper Techniques for Art and STEAM
Make teaching a variety of paper techniques easy with handouts, mobile example cards, and videos! Use for art, STEM/STEAM, or makerspace projects! We do a lot of paper projects in my room, but I have bulletin boards that sit above the wall of windows and no space for a poster. Having a laminated set of these handouts makes it easy for students of all ages to try something new in their work. The mobile cards hand out in a basket near our paper station and I can grab them as needed. The videos we
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Art, Visual Arts
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About the store
Experience
Hello, I'm Mrs. Cosi and I teach a K-6 STEAM program I founded in 2018. Each week, for 1-hour classes, I teach the whole school(600 kids) how to learn through their hands. Prior to that, I taught K-6 Art at four schools and developed three STEAM programs from scratch.
I have been a program manager and curriculum designer for a non-profit I co-founded that provided K-6 STEAM summer camp at no-cost to low income families. For 8 years, I was a curriculum designer and instructor for maker education camps at the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC.
I have taught teachers in classes, workshops, and conferences.
Teaching style
I prefer to be vibrant and use informal approaches with my program. My students are my peers and I only pull authoritative cards out when necessary. My STEAM room is designed around student accessibility and curiosity. I am Responsive Classroom trained and support the use of growth mindset in education through interdisciplinary lessons and inquiry-based challenges.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have presented 16 "Best Practice" lectures at the Art Education Association conferences on the Virginia state and National Level on Video Game Design, STEAM Education, and Digital Art Education in the last decade.
I recieved a $1350 grant to bring new robotics into my program this spring, aimed at inclusivity for all ages and needs to build foundational experiences in computer science! In March, I'll be presenting "Establishing Maker Mindsets with Arts-Based STEAM" in Kentucky for the National Art Education Association Conference 2025.
My own education history
M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning with STEAM Focus, Clemson University, 2020
Art Education, BFA and K-12 Licensure, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012
Painting & Printmaking BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2011
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