Visual Arts

GOAL: ATTEND TO VISUAL DETAIL OF OBJECTS AND IMAGES

GOAL: EXPLORE AND CREATE, USING VARIOUS ART FORMS, MEDIA, AND TECHNIQUES  

GOAL: DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION FOR ART

Identify pairs of objects or images as the same or different.

Play games requiring matching of like images, such as lotto games.

Play games requiring matching of like images such as domino games.

Identify the colors red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, black, white.

Identify from memory the color of objects from nature, when not in view.

Demonstrate memory of visual details by identifying what is different after a collection of objects is examined, removed from sight, altered and reintroduced.

Demonstrate memory of visual details by playing “Concentration” type memory games.

Tear: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Paste: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Use stickers: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Fold: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Tape: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Staple: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Cut straight lines: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Cut: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Sew: Use various tools and techniques in completing art projects.

Create drawings (nonrepresentational).

Create paintings (nonrepresentational).

Create prints (nonrepresentational).

Create collage (nonrepresentational).

Create sculpture (nonrepresentational).

Create drawings (representational).

Create paintings (representational).

Create prints (representational).

Create collage (representational).

Create sculpture (representational).

Examine a work of art by a known artist and create a work “in the style of…” (Rhythm by Delaunay; Blue Hippo; Head of a Man by Klee; The Snail by Matisse; People and Dog in Sun by Miro; Broadway Boogie Woogie by Mondrain).

Work with other children to create a collective work of art, such as a large group mural, collage, etc.

Look at and talk about works of art, describing details and “story” depicted, such as objects, people, activities, setting, time day/year, long ago/ contemporary, etc. as well as the mood/feeling elicited.

Describe one’s own art work, explaining the materials and techniques used.