Kindergarten


The kindergarten art curriculum is designed around the understanding that kindergarten students are developing artists. Lessons are open ended, offering guided exploration to promote discovery and imagination.  Creativity is fostered to encourage personal expression. Students begin to learn that their artwork can communicate an intended meaning, expressing a variety of ideas, subjects, or emotions.  Lessons are designed to stimulate reflective thinking and encourage sharing and discussion about artwork. Students learn that their artwork has value and meaning. They learn to value the artwork of others and begin to understand it’s meaning as well.
To encourage skill development, students are introduced to and experiment with a variety of processes, techniques, and media.  This introduction to a variety of processes, techniques, and media will provide a foundation for future lessons and promote confidence in communicating visually through their artwork.  
Finally, the South Kingstown Kindergarten Art Curriculum is a dynamic and integrated part of the whole school environment, promoting connections to the classroom through shared lessons and displaying student artwork.  The creative and analytical nature of art provides strength to the education of the whole child.
Look below to view kindergarten lessons.      


Getting to Know You
Making Marks:
Line and Shape exploration
Experimenting with color
Shapes: Cutting and Gluing / Masks Collage
Costuming
Portfolios/
Self Portraits
What you like to do.
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1d
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a  
How to use materials/
Exploring drawing & painting tools
Markers, Crayons,
Oil crayons,
Tempera paint
Brushes
RIVAD 1(K-2)-2a.  
Primaries make green, orange, violet
Painting a Rainbow
RIVAD 3-1b
Painting a collection of fruits and vegetables
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1b
Creating Faces with Feelings
Cutting, Organizing and gluing shapes
Collage
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1b
Hats and Headpieces/
Patterns with geometric shapes
Cutting, planning and gluing shapes
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1c
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1e
Sketch Books/
Family Portraits
Sharing ideas about families
RIVAD 2 (K-2) 1a  
Communicating
Feelings/ Lines express feelings
RIVAD 1(K-2)-2b
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1b
Using warm & cool colors to communicate ideas
Warm Sun
Cool snowflakes
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a  
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1b
Embellishments Cutting Tearing and Gluing
/Collage
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1b
Printed Vests/ Printed Patterns
Using printing blocks to create symmetrical plans
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1c
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1e


Making Light and Dark Colors Painting shapes
Exploring contrast
RIVAD 1(K-2)-2b
Package design Folding flat shapes to create a solid shape
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1c

Jewelry Design/
Patterns/ Mixing colors/
Using Model magic to form flat and solid shapes
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1c
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1e
Celebrations
 Getting to Know You
Painting Techniques
Drawing From Observation
Textures
Clay
Favorite Foods
Painting and cutting fruits and vegetables
Planning a collage
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a

Lines & Shapes Using two colors Using two brushes
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a

Looking Closely at and drawing dinosaur replicas
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c
Collecting textures/ Rubbing textures
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
Experimenting with clay/ Textured  and
sculpture of stacked solid shapes
Designing a playground structure
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a

Celebrations Drawing favorite celebrations
RIVAD 2 1a  
Organizing Favorites Shapes
Line  making  to create favorite shapes
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
Looking closely and drawing observations of faces
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c
Animal textures/ Texture rubbing collage
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
Modeling with clay/
Creating an opened free form sculpture
Designing a playground structure
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1a
First Steps Drawing Memories of First Steps
RIVAD 2 (K-2)1a  
Looking closely at and drawing observations of solid shapes
RIVAD(K-2) 1-1c

Creating a clay container
Making a functional art work
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1a
Human figures
Architecture



Drawing the human figure in action on a playground
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –1a,b,
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –2a
Looking at playgrounds/ Creating a paper playground structure
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1a



Drawing the figure
taking a first step
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –1a,b,
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –2a
Drawing a playground /
Favorite playground equipment
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1a



Playground construction/
Playground equipment from clay
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1a