Art history lessons

Art history can seem daunting to teach, but with the right resources, it can become an engaging and enriching subject for your children. Here are two excellent resources that provide free art histo…

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GORGEOUS art history lessons for elementary-aged kids. Would be great for homeschoolers.

I’m getting excited thinking about our upcoming unit on American Artists! Every January and February we do six art projects, each focused on one artist per project. Studying these historical artists is such a fun way to incorporate a little art history into our homeschool week! It’s also a great introduction for the art history...

The daily practice of art history warm-ups will develop art criticism skills while investigating a broad range of artists throughout history.

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Using Art History in your Nature Study One of the best ways to begin an art appreciation practice with your kids is to get out into nature. Explore different settings together... beaches, forests, flower meadows. Look far off into the distance; look carefully at the details of things close up. Thi

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This is an awesome activity that mixes History and Art because it includes a free printable Art History timeline and list of famous modern artists! We have been working on these artists and their works of art, so we’ve included artists from 1860 (Grandma Moses) up to the present, learning about the closest one born to…

When I was a girl, the grocery store my mother shopped at sometimes sold oddball items - including, for a time, lovely oversized books about famous artists. Fortunately for me, my mother was happy to buy me one of these books each time she shopped, and soon I had most of them. I used to pour over them and dream - and my life is richer for it. There are a number of reasons I've wanted to include art history in our homeschool. Certainly I want to expose my children to lots of different types…