GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Curriculum Guide

 

 

Course Title:                                         Kindergarten Art

 

Subject:                                                Art

 

Grade level:                                          K

 

Department/School:                              Visual Arts/Forest Avenue-Linden Avenue

 

Duration:                                              1 year

 

Number of credits:                                N/A

 

Prerequisite:                                          None

 

Elective or Required:                             Required

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author:  Julie Burns

Date Submitted:  Summer 2007

Course Description

 

Grade K

Kindergarten builds the foundation for art experiences in the elementary years. Students are still developing fine motor coordination. Activities such as cutting with scissors, holding pencils, and folding paper, can be challenging. The teacher watches carefully and gives special attention where needed. Throughout the year the children draw, sometimes doing "free choice" drawings. The program seeks to use the children's vivid imaginations and openness to develop the creative process.

 

Drawing and painting are important parts of the program. Drawing is done throughout the year both as preparation for other projects and as an exercise in itself. In Kindergarten, the children learn about the connection between negative and positive space and carry out a series of exercises that give them an opportunity to explore this concept. At the same time in other assignments the children paint and draw using their imagination and design ability to define and enhance their work.

 

Art history and appreciation are included throughout the year as the teacher brings relevant material to the different projects and disciplines. The teacher encourages students to express their observations and feelings about a work of art. The students sometimes do activities using the techniques and/or style of a particular artist. The teacher selects artists representing a wide range of disciplines, techniques, cultures, and historical styles.

 

Many of the children are beginning to use a more perceptual approach, rather than conceptual, in their artwork. Accurate representations of the real world can be very important to many children, although skill levels to achieve accuracy vary widely. Children are made to feel comfortable at any level. Holidays, school celebrations, and school assemblies offer many possibilities for art projects.


GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS MISSION STATEMENT

 

 

An education in the arts is an essential part of the academic curriculum for the achievement of human, social, and economic growth.  The arts enable personal, intellectual, and social development for each individual and strive to enhance the student’s sense of confidence and self-esteem.  The arts are uniquely qualified to cultivate a variety of multiple intelligences, enables varied and powerful ways of communicating ideas, thoughts and feelings, and increases the potential for life success as well as an enriched quality of life.  The arts are essential for students to have a broad cultural and historical perspective.

 

 

New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards

 

Art

 

STANDARD 1.1 (AESTHETICS)  ALL STUDENTS WILL USE AESTHETIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE CREATION OF AND IN RESPONSE TO DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.

 

STANDARD 1.2 (CREATION AND PERFORMANCE)  ALL STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS, MEDIA, METHODS, AND TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE TO EACH ART FORM IN THE CREATION, PERFORMANCE, AND PRESENTATION OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.

 

STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES)  ALL STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.

 

STANDARD 1.4 (CRITIQUE)  ALL STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP, APPLY AND REFLECT UPON KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS OF CRITIQUE.

 

STANDARD 1.5 (HISTORY/CULTURE)  ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND ANALYZE THE ROLE, DEVELOPMENT, AND CONTINUING INFLUENCE OF THE ARTS IN RELATION TO WORLD CULTURES, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY.

Curriculum Description

 

THEMATIC UNIT 1 – LOOKING AT ART

 

Objective:

Students will:

1.      Be introduced to the idea that visual arts are a way to enhance our visual environment, express our feelings, celebrate human accomplishments and communicate ideas.

2.      Begin to explore the Elements of Art, look at and discuss art with historical and/or cultural significance and use various artists’ materials and techniques.

 

Duration of project: varied

 

Activities:

 

-          Getting to know each other name tags

-          I Spy Art Eyes eyeglasses

 

 

THEMATIC UNIT 2 – LINE, SHAPE AND COLOR

 

Objective:

Students will be:

1.      Introduced to the varieties of lines artists use to create works of art.

2.      Introduced to the primary colors, warm/cool colors and color mixing.

3.      Introduced to using lines to create shapes.

4.      Introduced to overlapping and shapes.

5.      Introduced to portraits and self portraits.

6.      Introduced to observing and drawing objects.

7.      Inspired by various artists to create their artwork.

 

Duration of project: varied

 

Activities:

 

-          Line strips

-          Paul Klee watercolor paintings

-          Self portrait drawings

-          Piet Mondrian pastel collages

-          Wasilly Kandinsky primary colored tempera paintings

-          Pablo Picasso portrait pastel collages

-          Jim Dine stenciled crayon/watercolor resists

-          Warm/cool painting sun collages

-          Insect collages

-          Pablo Picasso Hands with Flowers collages

-          Carnival masks

-          Pop art Mother’s Day posters

THEMATIC UNIT 3 – TEXTURE AND FORM

 

Objective:

Students will be introduced to 3-D sculpture.

 

Duration of project: varied

 

Activities:

 

-          Aluminum foil doll figures.