Art Appreciation in a Montessori Classroom
Posted: December 26, 2011 Filed under: Circle Ideas, Montessori Concepts | Tags: art appreciation for little children, circle ideas, Kindergarten, Montessori, preschool Leave a comment »I. Classroom Environment
A. Art of three types (portrait, still-life, landscape should be on the classroom walls.
B. Various styles of art should also be on the wall: (impressionists, realists, abstracts, etc.)
C. A few small art cards should be in picture holders and should be placed around the room on the shelves.
II. Circle Presentation of Large Art Print
A. A large art print should be presented bi-monthly to the children at circle, and then hung in an obvious place in the classroom until another print replaces it.
B. Art is Like a Puzzle!
Help unlock the meaning of a work of art by asking exploratory questions of the children, such as:
- “What do you see?”
- “What do you notice in the artwork that makes you think that?”
- Other possible questions, but don’t ask all of these:
a. What does it make you think about?
b. How do you feel when you look at this art?
c. What do you think it meant to the artist who made it?
