Section: Kindergarten - Art

Rationale: Art provides opportunities for young children to learn about and express their place in
the world through visual, tactile, and kinesthetic exploration of materials. While looking at, and
discussing art from this and other cultures and time periods, students develop vocabulary and
critical thinking skills.

Course Description: During the kindergarten year, the student will experience the following art
media and processes: water based markers, drawing and painting instruments, scissors, modeling
materials, glue, paper (simple construction, including tearing, cutting, folding, bending, gluing).
Students will demonstrate appropriate use of equipment in accordance with established safety
guidelines. In the areas of aesthetics, art criticism, and art history, the student will look at and
discuss art from the various time periods and cultures in units on landscape, portrait/figure, still
life, non-objective art, sculpture, decorative arts, design, and architecture.

Strand I: Product-Performance

Concept: Artists communicate ideas through artworks by selecting and applying

media techniques and processes, subject matter, and themes.

Measurable Learner Objectives:

Strategic
Recall Level 1 Application Level 2 Extended Thinking Level 4
Thinking Level 3
(Basic Knowledge) (Skills) (Products/Performance)
(Reasoning)
AP2AK; VA3; FA3
recognize types of art
(still life, portrait,
landscapes, non-
objective)

AP2AK; VA3; FA3

recognize still life as a
picture of objects that
do not move
AP2AK; VA3; FA3
list examples of objects
that can be used in a
still life

AP2AK; VA3; FA3

recognize portrait as a
picture that gives
information about
specific people or
animals

AP2AK; VA3; FA3

recognize non-objective
as art that shows no
recognizable objects
AP2AK; VA3; FA3
discriminate between
landscapes and other
pictures
PP2AK; VA1; FA1
use and clean materials,
supplies, and tools
appropriately (use scissors
with control)
PP3CK; VA1; FA1; PP3AK
create an original still life,
portrait, landscape, and non-
objective work of art using
lines, shapes, colors, textures
and space
PP1AK; VA1; FA1 produce
a line using crayon, pencil,
or marker

PP2AK; VA1; FA1

create a sphere using clay or a
similar modeling material

PP3AK; VA1; FA1

identify design as a
visual idea
PP3AK; VA1; FA1
create an original design

PP3CK; VA1; FA1

identify architecture as
the built environment

PP3CK; VA1; FA1

create an original example of
architecture

PP1DK; FA1; VA1

use a simple print making
technique (stamping, thumb or
hand prints, objects)
PP3AK; VA1; FA1
identify design as a
visual idea

PP3AK; VA1; FA1 create

an original design
Strand II: Elements and Principles
Concept: Artists communicate ideas through artworks by selecting and applying
art elements and principles.

Measurable Learner Objectives:

Strategic
Recall Level 1 Application Level 2 Extended Thinking Level 4
Thinking Level 3
(Basic Knowledge) (Skills) (Products/Performance)
(Reasoning)

EP1BK; VA2; FA2

experience geometric
and organic [free]
shapes
EP1AK; VA2; FA2
produce art that includes lines
using crayon, pencil, or marker
EP1EK; VA2: FA2
identify and use color
PP2AK; VA1; FA1
discriminate between two-
dimensional (shape) and
three-dimensional (form)
works of art
EP1BK; VA2; FA2
identify, use, and
categorize shapes
(large/small)

Strand III: Artistic Perceptions

Concept: Viewers’ respond aesthetically to artworks based upon their personal

experience and cultural values. Viewers analyze, interpret, and evaluate the quality of
artwork through art criticism.

Measurable Learner Objectives:

Strategic
Recall Level 1 Application Level 2 Extended Thinking Level 4
Thinking Level 3
(Basic Knowledge) (Skills) (Products/Performance)
(Reasoning)
AP2AK; VA3, FA3
identify the subject of
artworks

Strand IV: Interdisciplinary Connections

Concept: Visual art is connected to performing arts, communication arts, math,

science, and social studies.
Measurable Learner Objectives:
Strategic
Recall Level 1 Application Level 2 Extended Thinking Level 4
Thinking Level 3
(Basic Knowledge) (Skills) (Products/Performance)
(Reasoning)
EP2DK; VA2; FA2
identify and use a
pattern by repeating a
single shape, line or color
IC1AK; VA6; FA4
identify and use physical
movement in dance to
interpret line in artwork
IC2AK; VA6; FA4
explain how stories can be
told in pictures and/or
words

Strand V: Historical and Cultural Context

Concept: Visually literate citizens understand the role and functions of art in
history and culture. Artists influence and are influenced by the cultures and time
periods in which they live.

Measurable Learner Objectives:

Strategic
Recall Level 1 Application Level 2 Extended Thinking Level 4
Thinking Level 3
(Basic Knowledge) (Skills) (Products/Performance)
(Reasoning)

PP3CK; VA1; FA1

identify examples of
architecture