Lessons and Activities

Mr. Picassohead

This activity is a great way to introduce children to the renowned 20th century artist, Pablo Picasso.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 1, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Following D.S. al Coda and 1st and 2nd Endings

Students learn how to follow repeat signs with multiple endings as well as D.S. al Coda.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jan. 8, 2010

Posted by:

jevrard

Exploring Perspective

Want to show students how to create perspectives and see the effects of size and scale? This is a set of interactive scenes which allows the students to do this. You can also explore how some famous artists have used perspective to give their paintings more realism.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 21, 2011

Posted by:

laineym

Sagwa: Musical Chinese

This site provides two interactive games that will introduce young children to the sounds of Chinese music.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 1, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Albright-Knox Artgames

Artgames is an interactive website designed to engage children in playful, interactive learning about works of art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Sep. 6, 2009

Posted by:

laineym

Dance - Arts Alive

This site is full of wonderful resources for dance.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Tesselations

This lesson teaches the concept of tesselations.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jul. 23, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Pentatonic Composition

Write a song without using Music Writing software.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 6, 2009

Posted by:

sholten

Making Music: African Thumb Piano Tunes

The thumb piano is a traditional African instrument. In this activity, students can make or listen to music played on the thumb piano.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 1, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Art Words Critical Vocab.

Multiple choice drag and drop activity on critical art vocabulary. Match the correct word with the definition on the canvas. There are more activ...

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous