Visual Art: Grade K

Media, Techniques, and Processes - Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.

Structures and Functions - Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.

Evaluation - Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

Reflecting and Assessing - The student will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Use selected tools and media in a safe manner.

Explore a variety of techniques.

Experiment with a variety of processes.

Explore levels of craftsmanship.

Identify the elements of art.

Identify the principles of design.

Recognize that art has a purpose.

Recognize that art has a context.

Select subject matter, symbols, and ideas for the student's own art.

Describe subject matter, symbols, and ideas in the student's own art.

Describe subject matter, symbols, and ideas in others' art.

Recognize that art comes from different cultures, times, and places.

Recognize the characteristics and merits of the student's own work.

Recognize the characteristics and merits of others' work.

Recognize that viewers have various responses to art.

Recognize connections between visual art and other arts disciplines.

Recognize connections between visual art and other disciplines in the curriculum.