Visual Arts

Audience

Preschool teachers, administrators

Length

2 days (6 hours/day)

Prerequisites

Getting Started

Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• identify the developmental stagest of children's drawings;
• identify the visual art goals and objectives of the Preschool Sequence;
• identify techniques to document the development of children's art skills;
• identify and demonstrate techniques and activities using the following media: collage, painting, drawing, printing, sculpting, and sewing;
• identify the works of art and artists included in the Preschool Sequence and describe preschool level art activities that could be associated with each work of art;
• identify and demonstrate the kinds of questions that can be used to encourage children to talk about their own art creations; and
• identify and demonstrate specific questions that can be used to encourage children to talk about the individual works of art in the Preschool Sequence.

Summary

This unit introduces the participant to relevant research and theory, techniques for using a range of art media, and methods of talking about art. The course is designed to be 30% whole group presentation and discussion, and 70% small group interaction.

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For addtional details, please contact the Professional Development Coordinator via email, professionaldevelopment@coreknowledge.org, or by calling (434) 220-3352.