I have many teachers and parents asking me where I get my inspiration for my teaching material. There is no one source that I use for inspiration I draw creative ideas from many sources! However I’ve taken a moment to share a few sources with you. It’s all about the kids you work with and what they need. I always have the curriculum in mind and 8+ years of living and breathing art so my greatest resource is my experience and imagination.
Book Sources of Inspiration for Teaching
1. Children’s books – always full of exciting works you can try to recreate and draw inspiration from
Step by Step Inspiration
2. Children’s art books (books written for children based on a famous artist or artform)
** Dali and the Path of Dreams
Surrealism
3. “A Year in Art” activity books are full of ideas you can have just as back up
** A Year in Art: A Painting a Day
by Prestel
4. Hands on Art Books for Children
** Discovering Great Artists: Hands-on Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters
by Mary Ann F. Kohl and Kim Solga
You Can Ask Your Kids to Take a Poll
Example 1.
What material do you want to use?
Paint
Water color
Pencil
Crayon
Pastel
Cutting and gluing
Clay
(Etc…)
*** Remember only give them options you are prepared to actually teach them! Don’t disappoint and make their suggestions invalid!
Example 2.
What do you want your creations to look like?
Animals
Humans
Multi media
(Etc…)
*** Make it a math lesson and have the class add it up together or do it in front of them in a grid/table format.
Do a Mini Lesson on a Variety of Art Styles
Surrealism
Realism
Modernism
Impressionism
Make up your own together!
Make art as a group (table, partner, with another class, etc.)
Do a Craft
I’m not big on crafts so look to pin interest for that, hahahah 😛
Hope this will help all of you,
Mrs. McCarty