Learning About Art

Leah Walton2023-09-15T14:02:25-04:00

Welcome to Our Art Lessons for Homeschoolers: Learning About Art Curriculum

Do you want to introduce your preschooler or elementary school students to famous artists and simple art techniques that will help them recreate famous works of art? Learning About Art is a ten-week course that will introduce children to several famous artists like John James Audubon, Grant Wood, Winslow Homer, and others. During the course, children will learn important vocabulary words and practice drawing lines, shapes, and identifying and applying color to their own drawings. Your children will create work that “is symbolic and representational, but creative and spontaneous” and can be framed and treasured for years to come.

Getting Started with Our Learning About Art Lessons for Homeschoolers Curriculum

Learning About Art is a fun series of ten art lessons for homeschoolers specially designed for preschoolers and early elementary students. Young learners discover Audubon, Homer, Rousseau, and other masters while exploring concepts like lines, movement, shapes, and more. These art lessons for homeschoolers also provide opportunities for young students to make their own creative pictures. Much guidance is given, so there is no former knowledge of art required to present this course.

For older homeschool students, be sure to check out Sharon Jeffus’s Studio Art for Teens on SchoolhouseTeachers.com.

Overview

10 weeks, 3 days a week
Includes printable lessons, activities, and links to additional information
Grades: Preschool through Grade 4

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; art supplies as listed on lesson plan

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and first lesson. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Our Learning About Art Lessons for Homeschoolers Curriculum

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A Is for Audubon
By Sharon Jeffus

Can you make the shape of an A? An A is made from three lines.

In art, line defines shape. An A is made from two diagonal lines and one horizontal line. You can make different kinds of birds using lines, circles, triangles, and ovals. Lines create different shapes. John James Audubon is a very famous artist whose name begins with A. Audubon loved birds. He made many paintings of birds. We are going to look at some of his paintings.

Here is a picture of a crow. What color is the crow? The crow is sitting on the branch of a tree. You can listen to the sound of a crow here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg92vEt4sW0. Can you make the sound of a crow? Audubon always made pictures of birds in their natural surroundings.

The picture on the next page is of a pink flamingo. How many flamingos are in the picture? Things in the foreground are larger, and things in the background are smaller. Where is the flamingo standing? The large flamingo is in the foreground. This bird has very long legs and an extremely long neck. You can listen to a flamingo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7h65SnP3Yg. The flamingo is pink. When you mix red and white paint together, you get pink. Pink is a pastel color.

SchoolhouseTeachers.com note: Parents should closely monitor children’s use of YouTube and Wikipedia if you navigate away from the videos and articles cited in these lessons. We also recommend viewing the videos on a full screen setting in order to minimize your students’ exposure to potentially offensive ads and inappropriate comments beside or beneath the video.

Course Outline for Our Learning About Art Lessons for Homeschoolers Curriculum

10 art lessons for homeschoolers introduce young students to a variety of artists and art concepts.

Introduction
Week 1: A is for Audubon
Week 2: B is for Bierstadt, Buffalo, Bears, and Butterflies
Week 3: G is for Grant Wood, Farms, and Variety in Art
Week 4: H is for Winslow Homer and Movement in Art
Week 5: K is for Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Butterflies, and Symmetry
Week 6: M is for Franz Marc and Using Color
Week 7: P is for Paul Peel, Frogs, and the Center of Interest
Week 8: R is for Henri Rousseau, the Jungle, and Value
Week 9: S is for George Stubbs, Animals, and the Zoo
Week 10: T is for Trees in Art for Little Ones

More About Our Learning About Art Lessons for Homeschoolers Curriculum

One of the most vital subjects to teach to younger children is art. Many parents Sharon Jeffus has worked with find that teaching these art lessons for homeschoolers is surprisingly easy and enjoyable. Although art is not considered a core subject in the finest sense of the word, the power of the visual mediums to communicate permeates society. Homeschool families watch movies and television, go to beautifully designed websites that capture imagination and teach, are daily bombarded with powerful visual images that attempt to convince about one thing or another, wear clothes designed by an artist, and walk through architecture. If a child is a visual or kinesthetic learner, the more art the homeschool parent includes in the school day, the more the child may remember and enjoy school. The time to start art education and looking at master works of art is preschool, so why not introduce them to one of these art lessons for homeschoolers at a time?

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Learning About Art

Length: 10 weeks
Content type: 10 printable lessons
Grades: Preschool–Grade 4

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