The following is my Kindergarten Fine Arts Curriculum. As time goes on I will continue to add projects that correspond to these units. You can also find projects on my pinterest boards.
Art Materials and Mediums Unit - Exposure to many different art materials – tempera paint, watercolors, pastels, colored pencils, crayons, chalk, markers, and clay. Exposure to the different art mediums – painting, photography, drawing, collage, weaving, sculpture and printmaking.
- Homemade Puffy Paint from Get Your Mess On!
- Painting on Autumn Leaves from My Owl Barn
- Nature Mobile from Family Fun
- Fall Tree Craft from News Anchor Mom
- Birdseed Snow Angel from Family Fun
- Make an Oil Sun Catcher from Education.com
- Weaving from MOMO Art Gallery
- Glue and Glass Gem Suncatchers from Two Big Two Little
- City Collage from Lessons from the K-12 Art Room
- Making Melted Bead Suncatchers from The Artful Parent
Expression Unit – Learn to express feelings and ideas through art.
Introduction to the Art Elements and Principles of Design – Learn to use colors, textures, line, shape and patterns
- Straw Painting Art Tutorial from Grow Creative
- Magical Beans Mosaic from Martha Stewart Kid’s Crafts
- Torn Paper Animal Collage from Art Projects for Kids
- Yarn Craft Kids from Parents.com
- Matching Game with Textures from Kids Activities Blog
Spatial Relationship Unit – Identify and use: right, left, top, bottom, side, center, front, back, over and under, etc.
Art History Unit – Sculpture and Monuments
** When making my kindergarten curriculum I started with Virginia’s Standards of Learning. While I am not a fan of the SOL tests I do not have a problem with the information that is covered. I felt using the information covered in the SOLs as a baseline for my curriculum would ensure my children were learning the same subject matter as their peers. I wanted to go beyond that though. I built up my curriculum by adding information from other online curriculums, and my sons interests. **