This is our level 8 of Montessori art appreciation path. I was already writing about this material in my “Expanding Child’s Horizons” series HERE. There I share some thoughts about importance of the art study and suggest tips for using this material. But today I want to show you how it works. The main idea of…
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Art Appreciation: Level 7. Matching two paintings made by one artist activity
Starting each post about art materials, I want to write that this one is my favourite. But frankly speaking, I still can’t choose! All my art printables took me a lot of time to make (like really a lot!) and often it was not that easy. I am not some art expert, I even haven’t…
Art Appreciation: Level 6. Matching artist to the painting Montessori activity
We are learning more and more about Montessori Art appreciation. In the last post, we were learning about artists himself using Famous Artists 3-part cards, so the next level is learning one of the most famous paintings of each artist. This material is different from matching famous painting because its aim is not exactly to…
Art Appreciation: Level 5. Matching famous artists cards activity
Happy to see you again art explorers. We continue our study of painted beauty. Previous times we looked at gorgeous paintings, we enjoyed masterpieces, we were trying to find matches, we were forming them from pieces. Now it is time to get to know better their authors. At this step, I suggest using…
Art Appreciation: Level 4. Forming paintings from pieces activity
We are now at level 4 of Montessori Art Appreciation Series. We have already matched painting of same sizes and of different sizes. So to add an additional point of interest and a bit of a challenge we will now try to form paintings from pieces. This material consists of 12 paintings cards…
Art Appreciation: Level 3. Matching Big and Small Paintings
So we have already matched some paintings. And we are now very good at it! So we need to make this a bit more difficult now. So next level is matching paintings of different sizes. I use this sequence because of the isolation of difficulty Montessori peculiarity (we discussed it more in the…
Art Appreciation: Level 2. Matching the paintings of famous artists
We are going further in our art study. Next stage is matching paintings of famous artists. After learning about art in general, we can now start looking in details at the art of painting. The first thing we need to do is to get familiar with famous paintings. This material goes in two sizes. You…
Art Appreciation: Level 1. Exploring the forms of art
I am really concerned about the treatment of art by modern society. I know that many of 20+ years old are not really interested in art at all and I think it is horrible. That is why in my practice I use a lot of materials for learning about art, making art…