arcara Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'm keeping up with all of our other subjects pretty well, but we haven't done ANY art appreciation/picture study. I know this isn't a huge thing, but I think it would be great for my kids to have an appreciation for fine art. I've been surprised by how much they have enjoyed poetry and classical music (things I wouldn't have thought to include in our curriculum before reading TWTM), so I'm thinking they would probably enjoy studying art (on their level). Any suggestions? My kids are 1st and 3rd graders - with a lot of littles behind them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Well, to start, I'd just check your library for James Mayhew's "Katie" books (Katie Meets the Impressionists, Katie and the Sunflowers, etc, etc) and for Laurence Anholt's books (Degas and the Little Dancer, Picasso and the Girl With the Ponytail, etc)... These are fun, easy read-aloud picture books that I think all of your kids will enjoy -- and they do a great job of simply *introducing* kids to some famous paintings and artists. Later, when they come across them later, kids recognize the paintings and artists as "old friends"! The number of times my kids have said, "Oh, yeah! I remember that from Katie!" is pretty amazing. :) Anyway, as a super easy way to start, given your kids' ages, that's my recommendation. There are a jillion more things you can add, of course, but just to get started -- something that takes no effort from you at all -- these are wonderful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Have you ever looked here http://harmonyartmom.blogspot.com/ ? If you scroll down a bit and look on the right side of the page you can see she has a fine arts program and also an artist study program. Her blog is really great; there is so much great info in it! My kids and I love to participate in Sketch Tuesday. :) hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Here's what I've been doing. It's very minimal, but more than nothing. ;) I ordered a set of artist prints from Ambleside Online. Each week, I put one up on the whiteboard. That's it. The dc notice it (probably) and look at it (maybe). Sometimes they comment, and we talk about it. I'm hoping they're at least becoming a little familiar with some great art. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Well, this is pretty low, but we get pix from the web & use them as screen savers. We also print & laminate them for placemats. (We also read a simple artist bio & visit museums.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sew happily ever after Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I ordered a Go Fish game from Rainbow Resource about fine art pieces. It's pretty neat. I think it's called go fish for art. There are a few different games in the series, but it's a nice introduction to popular artists and their styles. Usborne has a neat book called Art Treasury, which shows and discusses an artwork on one 2 page spread then on the next 2 page spread teaches a little art lesson in the style of that artist. I really like it and the "lessons" are simple and use lots of stuff you already have at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Artistic Pursuits has picture study. The first book would be perfect for your children's age group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Each day has a different painting or photo of a sculpture on it. My kids love to be the one to turn to a different page, and even though we don't talk about each and every one, it is a good discussion starter. I got this from Rainbow Resource. We also have the go fish for art cards someone else mentioned. And, off and on we use How to Use Child-Sized Masterpieces for Art Appreciation. I got these from Rainbow, as well. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 We do a composer and artist of the month. For artists study, I print off a few paintings from Artchive, laminate and stick up on the wall. We get children's biographies from the library. This year, dd is reading aloud the biographies in Afrikaans, our 2nd language, so it's part of language arts too. For composer study, I print off the composer's portrait and stick it on the wall, we listen to music we already own and read biographies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hannah - Thank you - this is exactly the kind of site I haven't had time to search for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrina Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 We have just gotten art appreciation, as well as art skill, worked into our weeks. I have some stuff on my blog, I'll link you to the art appreciation tag. hth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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