Fine Art
In Montessori teaching, we are always taught to have beautiful examples of art in our classrooms. Now, you can have art that is meant for display, for discussion, for matching, for sorting, and for writing and reading activities. You can even practice organizing the art by the year painted or the style. There are so many possibilities!
You can read many inspirational ideas about bringing art to life in your classroom in our upcoming Blog Post.
We have many series available so that you can rotate materials on and off your shelves. Each series is available in four formats:
- Fine Art Display Cards (large format for discussion and display; these are for your Fine Art Folders)
- Fine Art Matching Cards
- Fine Art 4-Part Cards
- 3-Part Artist Cards
Here's how these cards grow with your children.
Step 1
Start by introducing the famous paintings with our Fine Art Display Cards for your Fine Art Folders. Use these larger format cards to explore the details of each painting and learn about the year it was made, the artist, and the painting's style. Then, invite the children to display their favorites on mini-easels they place throughout the room.
Fine Art Display Cards (Fine Art Folders)
Step 2
Once the children have experience with the Fine Art Display Cards, move on to our Fine Art Matching cards. These allow children to work with the paintings they love in a new way.
Fine Art Matching Cards
Step 3
Use either the Fine Art Display Cards or Fine Art Matching Cards to inspire the children who are starting to write. Guide them to choose a favorite painting and write about it using the movable alphabet, chalkboards, or pencil/paper (whatever is appropriate for that child).
Step 4
When the children are reading, introduce the Fine Art 4-part cards where they match a picture of each painting with the painting's name and artist.
Fine Art 4-Part Cards
Step 5
Finally, introduce the 3-Part Artists Cards where children match the names of the artists with their self-portrait, portrait, or photograph. The artists presented correspond with the artists for each famous painting.
3-Part Artists Cards
