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Learning to Look - Elements of Art
Learning to Look is a PTA sponsored, parent taught program that fosters our children's appreciation for art. For our Kindergarten students, we offer a special curriculum focusing on the Elements of Art, which addresses art fundamentals. The structure of the Kindergarten program mirrors that of the Grades 1-5 program. This pages offers additional tools and guides for lessons excluseively for Kindergarten students. Click here to return to Grade 1-5 curriculum.
Training/Teaching Materials:
Artstor.org, website with hi-res Paintings, which can be used during class presentations. Click on “Artstor Digital Library” and search using key words such as artist or painting name. NOTE: Heathcote computers will login automatically as the school has a subscription. Login will not work at home.
First Class-- Color: Warm vs. cool colors; primary and secondary colors; color spectrum; color emotion; color and symbolism
Curriculum Class 1- Artist, Painting
Second Class--Line: Identifying different types of line: straight, curvy, zigzag, horizontal, vertical and diagonal
Curriculum Class 2
Activity Sheet Class 2
"Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout Class 2- Artist, Painting
Third Class--Shape: Free form vs. geometric; 3D and 2D; shapes and emotion; shapes and symbolismFourth Class--Texture: Learning about different texturesand using adjectives to descrive them; texture and mood
Activity Sheet Class 4"Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout Class 4- Artist, Painting
Fifth Class--Light: Natural vs. artificial light; how light influences the way we see color; light and mood- Artist, Painting
Sixth Class--Space: Positive and negative space; mood and space; foreground, middle ground and background; concepts of linear perspective
"Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout Class 6- Artist, Painting
Ingrid Papale, Kindergarten Chair ibirkhofer@gmail.com
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