Running Head: ART CURRICULUM PACKAGE 1
ART CURRICULUM PACKAGE 6
Art curriculum package
Name
Professor
Institution
Course
Date
Music lesson plan
Music helps kids to develop memorization skills, emotional development, increased coordination, enhanced language reasoning in addition to appealing children’s natural curiosity and sense of wonder as they explore the sounds they can make through their relationships with the physical environment (Skoe & Kraus, 2012. pg 11508).
Age level
The music lesson is planned for elementary school kids of the age 0 to 4 years.
Number of children
The lesson can incorporate a maximum of 30 children for active learning.
Lesson duration
Inside knowledge for one hour for one month and outside education of three hours for the same period.
Lesson title
Musical instruments
Learning outcome
Identity
Community
Health
Learning
Communication
Identity: the musical instruments appeals to kids and gives them the opportunity to enjoy the lesson.
Community: children are free to share among themselves the instrument they have ever seen and the ones not.
Learning: the sensory experience invites hands of concepts of sounds produced by these instruments.
Communication: the musical instruments motivate the kids to share ideas of what they know about them.
Lesson conclusion
Children are free to participate in this outdoors experience as they choose throughout the school term.
Lesson assessment
Informal assessment methods: through observations, recording of the children’s comments, photographs and learning stories shall be used to assess learning (Greata, 2006. pg 115).
Drama lesson plan
According to Neelands (2013. pg 31), Drama helps the little children to develop the language which is a fundamental component of to full life communication throughout human lifetime on the planet. It also challenges children perception thus giving different views of perceiving differing phenomenon.
Year level: below 5 years
Lesson duration: four weeks
Lesson title
Drama for picture book
Prerequisite knowledge
The prior knowledge required by the children is the ability to watch and comprehend pictures
Resources required
The book with several cartoonist pictures.
Lesson introduction
Familiarizing children with the photos around their vicinity.
Main components of the lesson
Pictures watching and interpretation
Encouraging kids where they don’t understand will also help.
Interaction among the children when interpreting pictures (Jalongo, 2004. pg 24).
Lesson conclusion
Children can understand image just by visual glance.
Assessment
Formal assessment through evaluating the kids’ ability to understand photos different from those used during the lesson.
Visual art lesson plan
Visual art education strengthens problem solving and critical thinking skills in children. The experience of making choices and decision in the course of creating art carries over into other parts of life. Visual learning is another benefit where drawing, sculpting with clay and threading beads on the string develops visual spatial skills which are more important than ever (Lynch, 2015. pg 3)
Age level: below 5 year elementary kid
Lesson duration: three weeks
Lesson title:
wall painting
Lesson outcome
At the end of the lesson, the children are expected to understand the alignment of the paints in the required shapes without the out spill off the paint or the shading material.
Prerequisite knowledge
The kids require basic knowledge of identifying different color and shapes.
Resources
Color pens
Drawing material
Paint
Lesson introduction
Involve the kids in simple book drawing and painting.
Main component of the lesson
Children will be required to draw and shade appropriately different image as instructed by the teacher. After this, they will be capable picture permanently drawn objects on the wall (Wilson, 2005. pg 19).
Lesson conclusion
The children will be free to participate n outdoor experience about painting
Assessment
Informal assessment will be applied based on the children observation.
References
Ballengee-Morris, C. and Stuhr, P.L., 2001. Multicultural art and visual cultural education in a changing world. Art Education, 54(4), pp.6-13.
Duatepe-Paksu, A. and Ubuz, B., 2009. Effects of drama-based geometry instruction on student achievement, attitudes, and thinking levels. The Journal of Educational Research, 102(4), pp.272-286.
Greata, J., 2006. An introduction to music in early childhood education. Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Jalongo, M.R., 2004. Young children and picture books. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Lynch, G.H., 2015. The Importance of Art in Child Development. The Importance of Art in Child Development. Music & Arts. Education| PBS Parents.
Podlozny, A., 2000. Strengthening verbal skills through the use of classroom drama: A clear link. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 34(3/4), pp.239-275.
Skoe, E. and Kraus, N., 2012. A little goes a long way: how the adult brain is shaped by musical training in childhood. The journal of neuroscience, 32(34), pp.11507-11510.
Wilson, B., 2005. More lessons from the superheroes of JC Holz: The visual culture of childhood and the third pedagogical site. Art Education, 58(6), pp.18-34.
Neelands, J., 2013. Beginning Drama 11–14. Routledge.
