Standard(s):
[ARTS] VISA (0) 1 : 1) Engage in self-directed exploration and imaginative play with art materials.
a. Use motor skills to create two-dimensional art.
Examples: Finger painting, watercolors, paper collage, and rubbings.
b. Use motor skills to create three-dimensional art.
Examples: Rolling, folding, cutting, molding, pinching and pulling clay.
[ARTS] VISA (1) 1 : 1) Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with art materials.
Examples: Work with partner or small group to create an artwork.
Use the book Perfect Square by Michael Hall to help "thinking outside the box" skills.
[ARTS] VISA (2) 2 : 2) Explore personal interests and curiosities with a range of art materials.
a. Create two-dimensional art.
Examples: Paper-weaving, drawing, and resist painting.
Use book about weaving, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood & Martin Link.
b. Create three-dimensional art.
Examples: Clay animals and pipe cleaner sculptures.
Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor.
[ARTS] VISA (3) 2 : 2) Demonstrate skills using available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.
Examples: Choose from a variety of resources and materials to create a work of art.
Use books Imagine That by Joyce Raymond or Dinner at Magritte's by Michael Garland.
[ARTS] VISA (4) 3 : 3) Generate ideas and employ a variety of strategies and techniques to create a work of art/design.
[ARTS] VISA (5) 1 : 1) Combine ideas to develop an innovative approach to creating art.