KINDERGARTEN ART
I. Perception and Response
Students become aware of visual and tactile properties of artworks and other objects in their environment. As they look at art created by themselves and others, including professional artists, they talk about:
- Subject matter
- Lines, shapes and colors
- Patterns of lines, shapes and colors
- Expressive characteristics such as gentle and strong
Additional awareness develops through experiences such as:
- Block play
- Free choice painting, either at an easel or in an art work center
- Line, shape, and color hunts
- Visualizing pictures in their minds as they listen to songs, poems, music, and stories.
Student use these terms:
| blue |
white |
straight |
line |
| red |
brown |
curved |
shape |
| yellow |
black |
wavy |
pattern |
| orange |
dark |
zigzag |
rough |
| purple |
light |
thick |
smooth |
| green |
bright |
thin |
strong |
II. Art Heritage
Students learn about the many forms of art. They visit an art show or a museum. Through looking at a variety of art, listening and talking, they:
- Become familiar with art forms from at least two cultures represented in their classroom.
- Learn about Netsuke (Japanese sculpture).
- Become acquainted with works by these artists:
| Mary Cassatt |
George Catlin |
Hokusai |
Henri Matisse |
| Aguilar Family |
Henri Rousseau |
Wayne Thiebaud |
Ruth Asawa |
III. Asthetic Valuing
Students learn that art is a way to tell others about themselves and the world. They reflect on their experiences of looking at and making art, talking about:
- Reasons for their personal preferences ("I like..." or "I don't like...because...") of artworks made by themselves and others.
- Questions about art (Why do I like to make art? What do I like about art?).
IV. Creative Expression
Students create art based on their imaginations and on places, activities and situations they know. They explore with media and solve artistic problems as they develop basic skills:
| Drawing |
with crayon and pencil
- draw lines that are thick, thin, curved, straight
- draw circles, squares, rectangles, triangles
- make free-form shapes
- put two or more shapes together in complex shapes
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| Painting |
tempera paint; fingerpaint
- wet paint on dry paper
- wet paint on wet paper
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| Color |
secondary colors (green, orange and purple) |
| Printmaking |
found objects (gadget, leaf, sponge, fingers) |
| Cutting |
one thickness; on a fold; with lines |
| Folding |
even halves, fourths |
| Tearing |
simple shapes |
| Designing |
repeat designs (single lines and shapes, regular and irregular repetitions) |
| Construction |
with construction paper; block play |
| Puppets |
paper plate puppets |
| Modeling |
with clay or dough; texture; slab technique |
| Fastening |
use of paste and glue |
| Weaving |
with paper |
| Showing |
In classroom, school and district displays |
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