BOOKS
WRITING AND READING
Art
Raid your child’s bookshelves to find any books that may about art, making art, or artists. Take a field trip to the library as a family find some books for this Theme Day. Find books from both fiction and nonfiction to have already on hand for your theme day. Many libraries allow you to go online and search for titles based on subject (search for “art” or “museums” under “children’s books). Reserve them if you can to save time.
Here is a list of some books to try to find: Art Book Recommendations
JOURNALING Question Prompt:
Write out one or more of the following questions in your Family Theme Day Scrapbook or on a piece of paper to glue in your scrapbook: What type of art do you like to make the best? What type of art do you like to look at? Can you name any famous artists? Have you seen any famous paintings/ what did you see? What form of art would you like to learn more about or try yourself? Which artists do you like?
Street art in California
How to encourage your child to write:
Choose the level of your child:
Toddler/Preschool – discuss the answer(s) out loud first and have your child draw a picture of the answer
Preschool/Kindergarten – discuss the answer(s) out loud first and write the answer down for him/her leaving one word for him/her to write out himself/herself with your help. You could also encourage him/her to draw a picture as well.
Early Grade School – have your child either write out the answer himself/herself (encourage phonetic spelling) without your help, or offer to help with spelling each word out loud one word at a time.
Grade School – have your child write a sentence or two on his/her own and then read over and discuss the response. (You decide whether to correct the spelling or not)
Older Child – have your child write a longer response (paragraph).
As A Challenge – instead of a question ask your older child to write a story or poem about art or artists.
Photos by: C. Wright
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