Art Secular Homeschool Curriculum Skills List | Second Grade

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

• Continue to develop a basic art vocabulary.
• Continue to develop small motor skills through cutting, gluing, painting, and folding.
• Use the color wheel to identify and use secondary colors.
• Identify and use color contrast.
• Identify and use warm and cool colors.
• Identify and use texture.
• Look at and appreciate various works of art.
• Learn about a famous artist’s style.
• Create artwork in the style of a famous artist.
• Compare art from various cultures.
• Make a Native American drum.
• Create colonial art.
• Use various techniques and mediums to create original art.
  • sponge prints
  • painting
  • diorama
  • mosaic
  • collage
  • chalk
  • origami
• Follow instructions and make a braided rag rug.
• Make leaf-rubbing patterns.
• Use clay to create a model sculpture.
• Create a picture book in the style of a famous author and illustrator.
• Use a camera and take pictures to document special moments and people.
• Use art to tell a story.