This is an introduction to color theory| including identifying| finding| sorting| and making connections with primary and secondary colors. The students will be required to find items in both primary and secondary colors in the setting where they are listening.

Podcast Link: https://www.wevideo.com/view/3078601968

This is a review of color theory with an introduction to the value scale. Colors will be connected with emotions and how this is displayed through body language. Students will create a color wheel and value scale with crayons.

Podcast Link: https://www.wevideo.com/view/3095974357

Students will analyze Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware by hypothesizing the story the artwork depicts and then create a drawing illustrating an important event in their life.

Use this resource set to guide young learners as they explore and interpret a diverse group of six artworks from the Virginia Museum of Arts collection.

Under the "suggested activities" menu next to each artwork, you will find link to an educator-led "Little Eyes Look" video. Using an inquiry-based approach that fosters curiosity and creative thinking, educators introduce viewers to vocabulary related to both art-making and the subjects depicted in the artworks. Students consider artistic intention and decision-making and are supported by factual content about artists's lives and art-making practices. 

Three open-ended engagement activities are also suggested with each work. These simple exercises can be used to foster extended thinking about each piece.