Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education — Kindergarten

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Goal 2

The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

Objective 2.01

Become familiar with a limited number of basic art media, techniques and processes which may include:

Drawing - crayons, oil pastels, non-toxic markers, brushes, computers, pencils, sidewalk chalk
Cut paper - glue, scissors, folding, bending 3-D - clay, paper, found objects, including wood scraps
Printmaking - stamps, gadgets, found objects, vegetables, monoprint
Painting - tempera, watercolors, large brushes, sponges, finger paint
Ceramics - pinch, coil, found stamps.

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Art Detectives: Students will look at a variety of artworks and explain what tool or medium was used to create them.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–5 Visual Arts Education); By Kathy Greene.

Sea Inventory (Sesson 1 of 3): In this lesson students will create a beach mural with sand, shells, and blue and white finger paints.

This is a thematic unit with three lessons. Lesson 1 details art activities. Lesson 2 describes math activities. Lesson 3 underscores language art activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); By Dinah Jackson.

Lesson plans on the web

Magicicada: A life cycle: Students learn about the appearance, life cycle, and behavior of cicadas. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education and Science); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Masks and Aesop's fables: Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The meaning behind the mask: Students explore the cultural significance of masks, discuss the use of masks in stories, and then investigate the role masks play in ceremonies and on special occasions in various African cultures. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

What should a house do?: This is a set of nine lesson plans which compares and contrasts the homes built by the first American settlers with those of the Native American peoples. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

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