Teaching art to Foundation students at the beginning of the year, when they are still learning how to be at school, can be a bit daunting. If you’re not sure where to start, look no further than this 5 week Foundation Introduction to Art unit which includes:

Introduction to Art - Lesson 1 - Welcome to the Art Room (FREE)

Introduction to Art - Lesson 2 - The Art Elements: Line and Colour

Introduction to Art - Lesson 3 - The Art Elements: Shape and Texture

Introduction to Art - Lesson 4 - The Art Elements: Space and Form

Introduction to Art - Lesson 5 - Combining The Art Elements (2 Bonuses included)

The first lesson will guide your students through what art is, art room expectations, and help them get to know the art room. After that, they’ll spend the next 4 weeks getting creative, as they learn about the art elements and create a book to show off their new art knowledge. 

The first lesson in this bundle is FREE and the 5th lesson comes with 2 bonuses:

1: Assessment checklists covering the whole unit for 3 curriculum strands (rather than having 1 checklist a week for each lesson)

2: Cross-curriculum links for Maths, Literacy and the General Capabilities. 

Designed to make your art teacher life easier, the included lesson plans, assessment and slides to use during the lesson are aligned to the Australian Visual Arts Curriculum 9.0. 

Save $5.00 when you buy this bundle!

Each lesson come with the following:

• The terms of use, credits and resources used

• How to navigate this product

• A contents page with clickable links to each slide

• Instructions on how to use this product before and during the lesson.

No research or planning required. It’s all been done for you, including:

• An overview of the lessons with links to 3 Australian Visual Arts Curriculum Strands

• Learning goals, Success Criteria and the plans for your Tuning in, Explicit teaching and Reflection Sessions, using the Australian Visual Arts Curriculum 9.0.
• The Tools and Materials required
• Enabling and Extending Ideas and
• Extra Tips and Tricks

• Assessment checklists

• Black line masters of the turtles to print for your students.

In the 5th lesson, you also get:

• *BONUS 1: Cross Curriculum Links to Maths, Literacy and the General Capabilities that cover the whole unit.

• *BONUS 2: Unit Assessment sheets rather than weekly ones, so you have all the assessments for each lesson from the Unit in one place).

Easily implement the lesson plans, with these ready to go slides to use in the art room, including:

• An introduction to art student characters that give information and pose the questions for you to ask

• Your tuning in sessions

• Your explicit teaching sessions with a videos of me modelling the lessons included (stop, start and add your own suggestions as you please) and the written process for students to follow

• Your reflection sessions

• A celebration of your student’s achievements as you recap what they have learned.

*IMPORTANT: Before purchasing, please note that in order to make full use of the videos and slides for the art room, a smartboard or TV and the internet - specifically access to YouTube is required.

My goal is to make primary school art teacher’s lives easier and I truly hope this product does that for you. Any questions, queries or constructive feedback are welcome. Your suggestions will help me continue to create products that will save you time in your busy art teacher life, while enriching the art experiences of your students. Have fun creating!