How to Teach Art to Home-Schoolers

Art is a subject often neglected when considering an educational curriculum. Often, it is thought that art lends no substantial addition to a basic curriculum, or that time constraints within a school day mean that more important subjects deserve more time. The fact is that art education is an important part of a child's education, exercising gross and fine motor skills as well as many other cognitive learning skills. Art is as important in the home school as it is in traditional school settings, and does not take very much effort to add to an established home-school schedule.

Things You'll Need

  • Art supplies
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Instructions

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      Decide what day or days of the week you would like to add art education to your current home-school schedule. Depending on your schedule, one day a week may be enough. If you really want to encourage an attitude of creativity for your home-school program, consider having art more than once a week

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      Select art projects related to your current topic of study. This is a very easy way to add art to your current curriculum without losing track of, and becoming distracted from, what you are studying. For instance, a science study of reptiles may include finger paintings of frogs, or a literature class around the book "The Velveteen Rabbit" may include rabbit crafts. Some websites for art project ideas are donnayoung.org, artprojectsforkids.org and dltk-kids.com. For complete art curricula, check out Atelier Art Class, How great Thou Art or Enchanted Learning.com

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      Gather all the art supplies you will need and spend only the amount of time reasonable for your child's age. A 5-year-old may focus his attention on an art project for about 15 minutes, whereas a teenager may spend 45 minutes on an art project without a problem.

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      Evaluate your child's progress after a few weeks of art education. Tweak the art curriculum as needed to suit your child's needs.

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