Artist Studies For Children

-art books from garage sales, library sales, clearances, over stocks, were ever you can get them. If you are unable to buy any at least get some from the library.
-art prints (this could be post cards)
-art calendars these are especially nice if you get them on clearance.
-Computer is a great source for learning about the artist or printing out copies of their prints.
-art card games
-art stickers

Make sure you scroll down for lots of Art Study activities.

-art concentration
-art go fish
-artist scrapbook
-art puzzles
-art lapbook
-art interactive notebook

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Artwork jigsaw puzzles are good for older children when learning about a paining, but they may be too hard for a younger child. Here is a simple way to make an artwork puzzle for a younger child:

Take an artist calender and tear out the painting you want to use. Cover the page with clear Contact paper and cut around the edges leaving just a tiny bit of the clear showing. Then cut the picture into pieces. Do not make them too small. For a real young child 4-6 pieces is best. For a little older child, you could try 10- 20 pieces. The point is not to make it too hard, it's just to make them have to study the pieces to see where they fit.

To play concentration, you will need two copies of the same print. Postcards or stickers work well for this. If you plan on using the game a lot, cover them with clear contact paper. The postcards can be used as is if there is nothing on the back of them to identify the card. For the stickers, they would need to be stuck to some sort of card. Blank index cards work well with this. Another way to obtain matching pictures is to print them out on the computer.

To play concentration, just turn the cards all so the painting is facing down. Take turns turning over two cards. When you get a match, the player gets to keep those cards and go again. If they don't get a match, the player turns them back over and the next player gets a turn. When all the cards have been collected, the player with the most matches at the end of the game is the winner. For variations of this game, you can have the players collect different paintings by the same artist or match the painting with the artist.

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