What can I teach Grades 5,6,7 in creative art ?

Answer 1

With children, I wouldn't stick with just one medium. I would go with crayons, colored pencils, clay, paint (washable, of course), collages, etc.

The reason for this is because each person has an easier time with one or the other. They get to decide which medium they like to use best! This will also get their creative juices flowing because they can create more than one idea or choose to go in different directions and use more than one medium. (I.e. they may want to paint their clay model)

You can teach them how to use each of the materials, one per week. At the end of the week, they do a final project using the medium you taught them. Then near the end of a semester, year, quarter, (which ever you do), they can choose the medium they like best and create a Final Project!

Some other ideas that come to mind are teaching them: color and how to mix colors, "how to draw" books, fun projects (like creating x-mas cards, valentines, etc.)

Good luck with teaching them art, it should be fun and interesting to see what they come up with!!!

Answer 2

Do NOT do crafty things. Teach them about color theory, and how to draw exactly what they see -many teacher try to get students to look at and draw their shoe (make them take their shoe off and look at it sitting on a table infront of them [the kids always think that is a funny activity] and when they finish, explain how, many students drew the "idea" of the shoe instead of exactly what they saw.

Also let them draw Picasso's Igor Stravinsky. but make them draw it upside down, to show that when you only focus on lines and forget the actual subject you can create an accurate image. Then a funny activity : make they draw Igor again but dress him up silly (make him a clown, let them use any kind of media -paint, pencil, magazine clippings, feathers)

then Show them how to create a portfolio of their work, matting is also a wonderful skill to teach that all students can use. Learning how to matt something and properly present work is good for students especially if they are going into high school. They will have to properly present all kinds of work in all different classes.

Let them practice drawing their hands. or feet, show them the formula to draw a face.

For kids who don't think they are artistically talented, make sure you save their 1st few drawings and compare those with their later work at the end of the class and they will see a definite progression ! These skills help their creativity and imagination grow and let them think outside of the box. These activities are excellent for kids that age and I wish I had a teacher to teach me thoes things early. I was interested in art along with many other students in my class but we were stuck making crafty things that no one really enjoyed.

Answer 3

Teach them to make useful things from waste paper, like picture frames which are made from old magazine covers and hard covers of books , or paper lanterns which can be used for diwali. Thus even parents are happy to spend a little for their child's creativity and also explain the ecological importance of not wasting paper.this will make them think in a ecofriendly way.

Answer 4

The color wheel.
Teach them the effects of adding colors together to make another color.
Teach them the different types of media there are. Kids would probably like the fact that if they draw on the sidewalk with chalk, its considered art & show them extravagant sidewalk art.
Children at those ages are more apted to soak in information & retain it... like teaching a child sign language. I remember artwork my Uncle did b/c he explained it to me & sign language from a deaf woman my friends dad dated when I was 5-8 yrs old.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Perspective, light and shadow, colour wheel.
Simple objects like a box and how it changes on paper (as a drawing) when the light source is moved.
Colour wheel is always a nice exercise.
It helps to revisit the basics.
From there other projects may spawn...
Good luck!

Answer 7

Teach them the manner of mobile phone , Internet ,
bank ,
post office ,
shopping ,
how to make a budget ,
how to respect own age group esp. opposite sex ,
what to do for elders how to know peoples opinions,
how to maintain physical fitness,
what is society ,
what is our duty for nation,
etc.........

those are what my teacher has had taught with the help of some project & assignment work.
it increase general knoledge as well as creativity.

Answer 8

Clay it gives them the chance to be creative it might be outdfated but still good...You can also have them close their eyes and paint the first thing that comes to their mind...it's creative and also fun to look at later!!!

Answer 9

try to give them a assignment to draw a subject with all strait lines then draw an assignment with curved lines and with a reminder that the human body does not have any strait lines any where

Answer 10

How to make sculptures probably? Or ask them what they like to do! That is the best way of how they are foing to enjoy art!! Your choice!!!