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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:

        Teacher Tips

        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
        Activity Sheet Class 1 
        "Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout 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 symbolism
        Curriculum Class 3
        Activity Sheet Class 3 
        "Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout Class 3 
        • Artist, Painting 

          

        Fourth Class--Texture: Learning about different texturesand using adjectives to descrive them; texture and mood
        Curriculum Class 4
        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
        Curriculum Class 5
        Activity Sheet Class 5 
        "Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout Class 5 
        • Artist, Painting 

         

        Sixth Class--Space: Positive and negative space; mood and space; foreground, middle ground and background; concepts of linear perspective

        Curriculum Class 6
        Activity Sheet Class 6 
        "Ask Me About What I Learned Today" Handout Class 6 
        • Artist, Painting 

         

         


        Ingrid Papale, Kindergarten Chair      ibirkhofer@gmail.com

         

         

         

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