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Pre-Kindergarten Art Units

Unit Plan 5 (PreK Art): Color Mixing Fun

Preschool art unit where children explore paint mixing by blending primary colors, discovering new colors, and experimenting with brushes, sponges, and playful color swirls.

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Unit Plan 4 (PreK Art): Lines & Scribbles

Preschool art unit where children explore straight, curvy, zigzag, and loopy lines through playful scribbling with crayons, markers, paint, and other materials.

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Unit Plan 3 (PreK Art): Talking Before Creating

Preschool art unit where children practice planning their artwork by saying simple ideas like “I’m going to make…” before creating, building early language, intention, and confidence in the art process.

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Unit Plan 2 (PreK Art): Drawing What I See

Preschool art unit where children observe real objects like toys, plants, and classroom items, then draw what they see while learning how artists use observation to create artwork.

Pre-Kindergarten Art Units

Unit Plan 1 (PreK Art): Welcome to Art Time

Preschool art unit introducing crayons, markers, scissors, glue, and paint while teaching safe studio routines, simple art rules, and clean-up habits through guided exploration.

Parent Tips

Parent Tips: From “I Can’t” to “Not Yet”—Building Academic Resilience After Low Grades

Help your child bounce back from low grades with confidence-building scripts, a simple mistake reflection template, teacher retake/revision questions, and skill-based goals that turn “I can’t” into “not yet.”

Kindergarten Art Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade K Art): Year-End Reflection & Celebration

Kindergarten Art: Students reflect on favorite art projects, share opinions using simple criteria, and celebrate artwork that shows their lives and experiences.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade K Art): Exhibition Showcase

Kindergarten Art: Students present artwork in a class exhibition, discuss which pieces stand out, and share short artist talks about how their art looks displayed.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade K Art): Final Artwork Selection

Kindergarten Art: Students choose a favorite artwork to share in a final exhibition and explain why the piece is meaningful or shows their best effort.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade K Art): My Art Growth

Kindergarten Art: Students compare early and recent artwork to discuss artistic growth, added details, and how their pictures show more about their lives.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade K Art): Creative Exploration Day

Kindergarten Art exploration stations help students generate ideas through imagination and play while experimenting with lines, shapes, colors, and textures using a variety of materials and tools.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade K Art): Display Choices Matter

Kindergarten Art: Students explore how placement affects what viewers notice first, learning how middle, corner, and grouping make artwork stand out.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade K Art): Artist Talk Time

Kindergarten Art: Students explain what their artwork shows and how it connects to their own life using simple artist talk sentence starters.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade K Art): Gallery Walk Practice

Kindergarten Art: Students participate in a gallery walk and describe what they see in classmates’ artwork using simple words for colors, shapes, and objects.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade K Art): Planning Our Art Show

Kindergarten Art: Students help plan a class art show by choosing, grouping, and deciding where artwork will be displayed with teacher support.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade K Art): Personal Drawing Project

Kindergarten Art: Students create drawings based on personal experiences and share who, what, and where in their artwork while explaining why it matters.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade K Art): Displaying Art in the Room

Kindergarten Art: Students observe classroom art displays and discuss how artwork looks different depending on where it is placed in the room.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade K Art): Mounting Artwork

Kindergarten Art: Students mount artwork on backing paper, add names, and prepare pieces neatly for a class display using careful hands.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade K Art): Fix & Improve

Kindergarten Art: Students revise artwork by adding details, backgrounds, or neatness improvements after discussion, learning how artists improve their work.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade K Art): My Favorite Part

Kindergarten Art: Students share opinions about artwork using simple criteria like color, neatness, and favorite part while practicing kind art discussions.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade K Art): Compare Two Pictures

Kindergarten Art: Students compare two pictures, describing what they see and identifying similarities and differences in colors, shapes, people, and actions.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade K Art): Pattern Fun

Kindergarten Art: Students create repeating patterns using shapes, lines, and colors while exploring how repetition makes artwork organized and interesting.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade K Art): Safe Scissors & Glue

Kindergarten Art: Students practice safe scissor handling and proper glue use while cutting shapes and creating a simple cut-and-glue artwork.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade K Art): Texture Exploration

Kindergarten Art: Students explore textures by experimenting with tools and materials to create bumpy, smooth, and rough marks in hands-on texture artwork.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade K Art): Choose Art to Share

Kindergarten Art: Students review their artwork and choose a favorite piece to display, explaining why they are proud to share it with others.