1st Grade Art

This is our first year together in art at Carver Center. This year we will be introduced to the art room, a variety of art techniques, and studio habits of mind. The 1st grade year is a very important foundational year that will set the stage for our growth and independence as artists in the years to come!

The Studio Habits of Mind

Observe: Discovering through your available senses and moving past the familiar to access a fresh perspective. Acknowledging rising thoughts, feelings, sensations, moods, and attitudes with an intentional awareness and curiosity.
Develop: Identifying skills, methods, and practices that are needed to design new ideas to accomplish a desired outcome
Stretch and Explore: Moving out of your comfort zone with courage and a playful discovery.
Envision: Using your imagination to develop an idea, project, or creation. Conceptualizing the final project and the steps needed to achieve the desired outcome. Thinking ahead and beyond.
Express: Actualizing your idea in a form that conveys a concept, mood, or story. Sharing a part of yourself with an authentic audience.
Engage and Persist: Getting started with what you are excited to explore. Engagement is action with curiosity. Persistence is the commitment and willingness to keep going even when there are frustrations or feelings of failure. It has energy and projection with a target, outcome, or product in mind.
Reflect: Identifying and discussing elements of your or another’s project to identify both what went well and what could be improved upon. Recalling the original idea and assessing the project from conception until now.
Understand the World: Recognizing and accepting differences and connections between us and the world. Seeing how art is a reflection of the world and how culture is comprised of art forms and art processes.