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Fine arts activities are designed to encourage the creative abilities of the child and to promote the development of fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination.

  • Develop a beginning art vocabulary.
  • Continue to develop small motor skills through cutting, gluing, painting, and folding.
  • Draw a picture or make a collage to represent a concept.
  • Make leaf-rubbing patterns.
  • Observe the history of transportation through art.
  • Learn about the color wheel.
  • Paint in the style of Pointillism.
  • Look at and appreciate various works of art.
  • Use various techniques and mediums to create original art.
  • Analyze artwork.
  • Make a self-portrait in the style of a famous artist.