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Art at JPDS
By observing how different artists view the world, we can teach our children to see and create as individuals. Children learn to see similarities and differences in lines, shapes, patterns, colors, subject matter, space, composition, and forms. Observing enables children to become more aware of their immediate world and environment. While creating a work of art, the child is actively engaged in solving problems, making choices, and leaming about process.
"We know that the trained, practiced, stimulated brain is more efficient at a new leaming. If we develop the building blocks of visual perception, visual spatial organization, and visual discrimination by leaming to draw . . . , these skills can be transferred to such tasks as mathematics -- the organization of objects in space; reading and spelling which require visual attention to detail as well as pattern and organization in space as the eye sweeps across the line of print and down to the next line ...." Mona Brooks - Drawing With Children.
The purpose of our art program is to show how the lives and works of artists can be related to children. The format for achieving the goals of the art program include:
- A brief biography of each artist
- A discussion of the artist's works through visual aids such as books and posters
- A multi-media art project related to the artist and his/her works
- A summary emphasizing vocabulary and key points.
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"The purpose of our art program is to show how the lives and works of artists can be related to children."
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