Art Smart

Art Smart is a program that exposes children to art from diverse cultures from past to present time. The art the students study in grades K-8 is relevant to and complements the current language, science, math, and social studies curriculum.

 

 

 

 

 

Grade

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

April

May

K

Portraits

Horses

Children’s Work Roles

Children

Seasons

People in Play

Respect for Natural Environment

Field Trip

 

1st

Murals

Shapes

Memories & Dreams

Faith Ringgold

Portraits

Masks

Van Gogh

Field Trip

2nd

Pets

Harvest Celebrations

Christmas Story in Art

Geometry and Symmetry in Art

Art & Music

Friendships

Flowers

Field

Trip

3rd

Animals/

Habitat

Native

American

St. George & the Dragon

People at Work (Social Studies)

Art & Math

Weather/Clouds

Japanese

Kimonos

Field Trip

 

4th

Urban

Environment

Regions

Artist as

Storyteller

Arctic

Canada

Animals

Sports/Human

Body in Motion

Mexico Day

of the Dead

Field Trip

 

5th

Native

American

George Catlin

Sculpture

Collage &

Symmetry

Art &

the Sea

Last Supper

Early

America

Field

Trip

 

6th

Cave Art

Egypt

Greece/

Rome

Africa

Asia

Middle Ages

Pop Art/

Abstract

Field Trip

 

For more information, please contact the Committee Chair(s).