Successful ways to begin
- Class discussion about recalling past experience and designing goals for new project
- Showing visual materials on the theme
- Viewing examples of previous work
- Demonstrating the technical process with student participation
- Use bulletin board or marker board presentation
- Have a guest speak, perform, or model for students
- Use poems, stories, chanting, songs, or music
Inspiration for children's art expression
- School
- Home
- Playground activities
- Visits to special places
- Nature
- Science
- Math
- Social studies
- Other arts
Use personal experience
- make it vivid and meaningful
Recalled experience
- Tap into memories
- Use who, how, where when, and why questions to help students recall experience
Direct perception
- Helps students become "noticers" and "questioners"
- Ask "What else does it remind you of?"
- Help students move away from stereotypes
Use still-life materials
- Use items that interest students
- Create themes
Use bulletin boards
- Change often
- Lets students appreciate work
Use media
- Use demonstration to intrigue and challenge students
- Use in combination with other methods
Use timing and pacing
- Avoid overwhelming students with too many suggestions
- Introduce new material at beginning of class
Use exhibitions
- Every student's work should be exhibited during term
- Use group displays
- Keep displays neat and organized
- Hang work at students' eye-level
- Incorporate the community
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