- Planning on age is an important thing for children’s learning. As an art teacher you want to keep open communication with the regular teacher and keep up to date on their curriculum and subjects being taught. There are so many resources and ways to incorporate everyday learning into art projects.
- Each state core curriculum (the rainbow chart) is very useful in knowing what each grade and age should be able to accomplish and learn.
- Integrating the lessons is also something very important so you can provide the children with the best lesson that meets their learning needs. Preparation is important in an art class and each lesson should be thought out and planned to provide the best success for the class.
- Each age group is different in their knowledge and what they are capable of doing. Providing an activity at the children’s skill level may be challenging at first but once you become aware of what the children are capable of you may think of better ideas to challenge them.
Mrsbrownsart.com has been a very useful website for me when creating these lesson plans. She gives great examples of age appropriate activities. I chose to do this lesson on 5th grade. This seems to be a more challenging grade because they are getting to be fairly advanced in their psychomotor skills, cognitive and affective. They have had many psychomotor skills developed and things like; drawing, creating things, and putting things together seem to easier for them and their creations are more advanced. It is important to improve and work on those skills because they still can be better. They have progressed enough and understand enough that they can create and do many things on their own. They are more creative, imaginary and independent and begin to develop their own unique styles.
Mrsbrownsart.com has a clever project the 1–point Perspective City. Students learn about horizon line which can be used along with the vanishing point to create a more accurate image depicting space. Students will create a series of triangles. Then they create a horizon line behind the rectangles. Then they chose their vanishing point somewhere along that line. Using rulers they complete their drawings and even add small details to make it more realistic. This project is more advanced and suit the fifth grade level. It looks at depth and contrast and space where when younger they just draw on a flat surface. Children at fifth grade level will be able to determine the differences in perspective and drawing what is more realistic based on their knowledge.
Resources:
1. ("Emphasis Art", frank Wochiak and Robert D. Clements)
2. (www.mrsbrownsart.com)
3. The Utah State Art Core Curriculum- Rainbow Chart
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