Kindergarten

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.

Explore environments and experiences to generate original artmaking ideas.

Engage in self-directed play with various materials.

Discover how the elements of art can be used in artmaking.

Demonstrate willingness to try new processes.

Explore a variety of materials and tools to create works of art.

Communicate an idea using the elements of art.

Use visual art vocabulary to distinguish between art forms.

Describe processes used to make art.

Observe and describe works of art.

Connect ideas, stories, and personal experiences to works of art.

Consider and discuss why people create and enjoy works of art.

Share personal responses to works of art and acknowledge the opinions of others.