Little Blue House Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Any thoughts about using the K-3 book 1 with a 3rd grader and 1st grader? I haven't used AP before and would like to start at the beginning of the sequence. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well, I used Artistic Pursuits with my ds7 twins this past year, Book One for their first grade. I'll be real honest with you and say that I'm about half-way through. I found it hard to get in an art lesson a week with Artistic Pursuits. I think a third grader would find it a little condescending. The first grade student might have fun, but I don't know that he would learn much other than the types of media available to work with. Some things we enjoyed, much I needed to give more direction on that was found in the book. I disliked it enough that I will be making a change for next year. Is it a bad program? I don't think so, but it wasn't what we needed since I have two boys who want to improve in their drawing more than experiment with different forms of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 They are definitely appropriate to use for both 1st and 3rd grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 They are appropriate for those ages. Like a previous poster said, it is an introduction to using many different tools and bases of art. It doesn't have specific ideas to draw or paint. Our 3rd grader loves it and doesn't find it beneath her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'll be trying it this year with my 3rd, 2nd and k'er. I was just paging through it and... well, we'll see. It's better than what we have been doing which is a whole lot of nothing!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Yep, I would definitely combine :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Do not worry about the ages on Artistic Pursuits. I think you could use the k-3 all the way through elementary school. What we did this past year was to do the reading about the artist and the looking at the art work one day and then the project on another day. It worked out really well for us and I was pretty much able to get through everything I wanted (I did a combination of book 1 and book 2 so I could follow along with our history). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) We have both Artistic Pursuits 1 (for my K-er) and Meet the Masters for his age ... so far, I prefer the Meet the Masters program, which is interesting & fun for him, and has us doing things we wouldn't otherwise. I haven't actually gone far with the Artistic Pursuits, which seemed boring for his age, and am hoping to use it another year; if you do a search for Artistic Pursuits you can find some posts from others who felt similarly about AP1. Those folks find Artistic Pursuits 2 to be much better, and as I recall it is also appropriate for early elementary. I wish I'd found that before I purchased AP1! We're combining MTM with Art for the Very Young, which delights me as someone who has worked with children and studied art history -- it's a bit of prep work sometimes, but my son is not normally wild about art projects, and he's had so much fun with these. good luck! Edited July 14, 2011 by serendipitous journey added information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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