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    This document provides a list of 10 famous artists that are used to teach art history to preschoolers, along with activities inspired by each artist. The artists included are Kandinsky, Mondrian, Matisse, Van Gogh, Seurat, Monet, Warhol, Klimt, Pollock, and O'Keefe. For each artist, 1-2 works are highlighted and simple art activities are suggested that allow children to explore techniques and concepts seen in the artist's work, such as concentric circles, primary colors, pointillism, and abstraction. The focus is on process over product to help children learn through hands-on art making.

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    This document provides a list of 10 famous artists that are used to teach art history to preschoolers, along with activities inspired by each artist. The artists included are Kandinsky, Mondrian, Matisse, Van Gogh, Seurat, Monet, Warhol, Klimt, Pollock, and O'Keefe. For each artist, 1-2 works are highlighted and simple art activities are suggested that allow children to explore techniques and concepts seen in the artist's work, such as concentric circles, primary colors, pointillism, and abstraction. The focus is on process over product to help children learn through hands-on art making.

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    This document provides a list of 10 famous artists that are used to teach art history to preschoolers, along with activities inspired by each artist. The artists included are Kandinsky, Mondrian, Matisse, Van Gogh, Seurat, Monet, Warhol, Klimt, Pollock, and O'Keefe. For each artist, 1-2 works are highlighted and simple art activities are suggested that allow children to explore techniques and concepts seen in the artist's work, such as concentric circles, primary colors, pointillism, and abstraction. The focus is on process over product to help children learn through hands-on art making.

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    Teaching art history to preschoolers is one of my favorite things!

      As well as coming up with art activities that


    history lesson.  We've compiled a list of OUR favorite famous artists, why we love each one, and collection of
    help you if you're planning an art history curriculum in your classroom.

    So, who made the list? Here you go:

     KANDINSKY
     MONDRIAN
     MATISSE
     VAN GOGH
     SEURAT
     MONET
     WARHOL
     KLIMT
     POLLOCK
     O'KEEFE

    Yes, I'm aware that Picasso isn't on there.  Sorry, Pablo.  I still love your quote.

    Art History Matters


    Our preschool classes have a monthly Art History focus that goes along with the art concept that
    we're learning and the stories that we're reading.  When we're studying CONTRAST (the
    difference between black and white, shadow and highlight)d in January, we look at VanGogh's
    Starry Night and we read the books Flashlight and Where the Wild Things Are.  We don't look at
    VanGogh's Sunflowers because they don't fit into our curriculum.  Don't feel like you have to
    teach the entire breadth of an artists' work or the entire art movement; it's okay to simplify it.   

    It's also important to note that our lessons and our activities that follow are PROCESS ART.  It's
    never about the product that is created, but rather the learning that took place in the process. 
    When we're learning about Seurat and then offer an invitation to try pointillism by making
    fingerprints on giant stamp pads, it's perfectly acceptable for our artists to make handprints
    instead.  Or even foot prints.  Our art invitations are just that--invitations.  It doesn't mean that
    the lesson was a failure or that they don't understand Seurat's art. Maybe our artists just really,
    really needed to feel their whole hand on that stamp pad.   

    Our Top 10 Favorite Famous Artists to Teach Kids


    KANDINSKY INSPIRED ART ACTIVIT
    Wassily Kandinsky
    First of all, Wassily is just a fun name and all the preschoolers  Concentric Circles with watercolor
    love it.  In the studio, our lessons focus on Kandinsky's Teach Beside Me
    concentric (that's a great vocabulary word!) circle art because  Printed Concentric Circles from R
    it's a shape that most of our students can identify and replicate!   Felt Circle Board from Hello Won
    We are inspired by this artwork to draw, paint, collage, and
    print.
    MONDRIAN INSPIRED ART ACTIVIT
    Piet Mondrian
    Similar to Kandinsky's circles, Mondrian's lines are perfectly  Primary Color paper collage from
    tailored for preschool curriculum.  And check out the squares  Marker Drawn Bookmarks from C
    and rectangles that his lines create!  Mondrian's artwork is also  Painting Squares from Teach Presc
    a wonderful lead-in to a lesson in primary colors and the
    secondary colors that they can create if they cross Mondrian's
    lines.
    MATISSE INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIES
    Henri Matisse
    Studying Matisse gives us a reason to break out the scissors  Matisse Art in the Bathtub from Th
    and the glue.  We focus on teaching pattern (repetition of  Matisse Slotted-Sculpture Vases fr
    shapes throughout a space) and collage.  Matisse called his  Painting Goldfish from Playground
    later cut paper work "painting with scissors."
    VANGOGH INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIE
    Vincent VanGogh
     Foil Finger Painting from News w
    When we study Van Gogh with our students, we really mean  Shaved Chalk Art from the Artful
    that we're studying the most well-known Van Gogh from Red Violet Studios)
    painting...Starry Night.  We look at the texture, colors, and  Melted Crayon Art from Happy H
    movement .  We also notice that the way Van Gogh made stars
    is different we would normally make them!
    SEURAT INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIES
    George Seurat
    Hooray for pointillism!  We love making lots of little dots.  Q-  Studying Spots from Playground P
    tips make wonderful pointillism-makers.  You can even bind a  Dinosaur Pointillism from @new_
    bunch of them with a rubber band for more efficient dot Hello Wonderful
    making.  Finger prints are another favorite invitation when  Fingerprint Painting from Powerfu
    we're learning about Seurat.

    MONET INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIES


    Claude Monet
    We study Monet in April when it's just beginning to feel like  Fingerprint Bridge Resist from Th
    spring in Missouri.  It's perfect because his water lily paintings  Flower Print Scrape Paintings from
    make us want to make ALL the nature art.  The Impressionist  Crayon Resist from Artree Prescho
    style is perfect for preschoolers to try to imitate!
    WARHOL INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIES
    Andy Warhol
    Our Orange Easel students study Andy Warhol during our  Stamping with Foam Stickers from
    printmaking unit.  We practice being "like a machine" and  Flower Paintings from Red Ted Ar
    mass producing art using different printing and stamping  Pop Art Portraits from Mini Mone
    techniques.   If you have tried out printing foam, I highly
    recommend it!
    KLIMT INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIES
    Gustav Klimt
    Sigh.  We study Klimt so we can use All. The. Gold.   Building a Klimt Painting from Ki
    Seriously.  Gold foil.  Gold paint.  Gold markers.  We look at  Stamping Paint and Sharpie Activi
    two paintings (The Kiss and Tree of Life).  There are so many  Gold Swirl Trees from Hannah's A
    wonderful shapes patterns happening in these works that are
    easily imitated by our young artists.  
    POLLOCK INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIE
    Jackson Pollock
    If you're going to do art history with kids, you have to do  Splat Painting from Orange Easel
    Pollock.  It's such a unique way of producing art.  Put the paper  Multi-layer Mural from Meri Cher
    on the floor and spend an hour dripping and drizzling paint
    ALL OVER IT.    I promise they'll remember that lesson.  Splatter Wall Art (resist) from Wo

    O'KEEFE INSPIRED ART ACTIVITIES


    Georgia O'Keefe
    When we look at the art of Georgia O'Keefe, we talk about  Watercolor and oil pastel flowe
    perspective (like we're an itty -bitty ant on a flower nearby) and Green Mama
    we talk about color (how many different reds can you find?)  Watercolors & Oil from  Babble

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