Visual arts provide opportunities for creativity and expression, and help develop problem-solving and small motor skills. Art lessons include class discussions, literature, games, demonstrations, historical reference, and integration of the core curriculum, playful practice, and reflection.

• Color
• Shape
• Line

• Patterns

• Drawing
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Collage
• Ceramics
• Sculpture
• Textile arts
• Mixed media

• Artists (contemporary and past)
• Styles
• Movements
• Architecture
• Art history
• Art vocabulary

• Employ creative thinking
• Creates original art that expresses their personal ideas
• Discusses thoughts, experiences, and feelings expressed in works of art
• Understand that mixing colors creates new colors
• Recognize and name primary colors
• Explore and utilize a variety of materials
• Understand that there are many different kinds of art
• Be able to identify and create a variety of lines and shapes
• Construct
• Cut
• Glue
• Draw
• Sculpt
• Paint
• Print
• Weave

• Demonstrations
• Practice
• Experimentation
• Class discussions
• Literature
• Games
• Reflection (oral or written)
• Individual projects
• Group projects