The art room is filled with sayings and quotes to help instill order and regulation into a sometimes chaotic and fast-paced environment, I gathered a few of my favorite quotes from the educators I have observed that helped guide students without creating a hostile environment.
“My one rule is be respectful, if you think what you’re doing is not respectful its probably breaking my rule”
“Tools not toys”
“No free time just free art”
“Finished not Perfect”
In many ways these quotes help give students a gentle nudge in the right direction, it helps give them an understanding of how they should feel about the work they are doing and how to manage themselves in the classroom, I feel quotes like this can be far more powerful than any long lecture about classroom behavior.