Resource Center » Clip art for Teachers
Teachers use clip art for a variety of reasons, but many people aren't aware that it works in the same way as business promotional products. Kids who see the same images repeatedly are more likely to connect those images with what they’re learning. It's like branding in the classroom!
The following resources are best for educators:
Clip art for Kids
- Clip art for Kids: many images in different categories, like the alphabet and transportation
- Discovery Education: kid-friendly images from the Discovery Channel
- Graphics for Kids: different resources for children regarding clip art
- Classroom Clip art: clip art in a variety of categories (all appropriate for children)
- Kids Turn Central: images for kids, such as graduation images
Animals
- Clip art Guide: lots of different animal images, both humorous and realistic
- Animal Pictures & Clip art: all types of animals, including dolphins and elephants
- Animal Pictures Archives: divides their animal clip art into categories based on the type of animal
- Mammals: free animal clip art of mammals
- Free Clip art: humorous images of animals, such as monkeys
Animated GIFs
- Animated GIF: over 5.000 animated GIF files
- GIFS: GIF files based on categories including the alphabet
- GIF Animations: over 20,000 different free animated images
- Animated GIF Archive: over 2,000 free images for non-commercial reasons such as teachers
Fonts
- Cool Archive Fonts: 1,000 fonts for download
- 1001 Free Fonts: free fonts for educators and individuals
- Graph Edge Imagination: paid archive of fonts
- Free Fonts: searchable database of free fonts
- Christmas Graphics Plus: thousands of different Christmas-related images
- My Free Clip Art: hundreds of religious and holiday themed images
- Free Web images & Clip art: categorizes images based on the holiday
- Vintage Clip Art: fun holiday images from another era
- Holiday Clip Art: the largest provider of holiday themed clip art
Maps
- World Atlas: clip art maps of the world and individual countries
- Maps: clip art maps from Microsoft
- Digital Vector Maps: digital maps from around the world and also individual states
- Map Resources: royalty-free maps from around the globe
- Smart Draw: program that allows users to make their own map clip art images and files
- Free Flags Clip art: flags from different countries including the U.S. and Canada
- American Flag Clip art: focuses on the American flag and different variations of that flag
- Canadian Flag Gallery: different images and clip art of the Canadian flag
- Gadsden Flag Clip Art: free clip art featuring this flag
- Animated US State Flags: free images of all state flags
Space
- Planet Clip art: images of the different planets
- Space Encyclopedia: free images of the planets
- Space Clip art: resources relating to space clip art
Web page Elements
- Template Monster: templates and images for websites
- Media Builder: web page elements for builders
- Rollover Clip art Buttons: free buttons for websites
- Windy Web: free templates, buttons, and other website elements
Seasonal (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter)
- Fall Clip art: images and clip art relating to the fall
- Designs by Trina: handmade seasonal clip art
- Country Graphics: seasonal clip art with a rustic look
- Seasonal Graphics: lots of graphics relating to all the seasons
Teachers can use these resources as a teaching method or simply to decorate the classroom. It’s up to each individual teacher to decide how the images can be put to good use!
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