A Christ-centered art curriculum for Pre-K (PK4) students that develops creativity, fine motor skills, and artistic expression through controlled exploration of various media. Students learn that creativity is a gift from God and explore basic art elements (line, shape, color) while creating representational art that tells stories and expresses ideas.
Draw recognizable shapes and people with increasing control
Use various art materials (paint, clay, collage) with intentional purpose
Mix colors and create simple patterns
Express ideas and tell stories through artwork
Recognize that creativity is a gift from God and art can show His beauty
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Introduction to art time, materials, and the idea that God made us creative like Him.
Exploring art materials and understanding art time routinesdiscussion and explorationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Free drawing with crayons, exploring different colors and marks we can make.
Making various marks and lines with crayonshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Identifying and naming colors while drawing favorite things God created.
Color recognition and naminghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Tracing hands and decorating them, celebrating that God gave us hands to create.
Tracing and decorating within a shapehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a picture and telling someone about it, practicing sharing our creative work.
Verbal expression about artworkhands-on and discussionClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing straight lines in different directions (up, down, across).
Creating straight lines with controlhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing curved and wavy lines like snakes, rivers, and rainbows.
Creating curved lineshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making zigzag lines like lightning, mountains, and teeth.
Creating zigzag lineshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making dots and learning that dots are tiny circles we can stamp or draw.
Creating dots with controlhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Combining all types of lines in one creative picture.
Using various line types togetherhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Finding circles around us and drawing circle pictures (sun, balls, faces).
Drawing circleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing squares and rectangles, making houses, windows, and presents.
Drawing squares and rectangleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating triangles and using them to make trees, mountains, and roofs.
Drawing triangleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Combining different shapes to create a picture (house with triangle roof, circle sun, etc.).
Combining shapes purposefullyhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing shapes we see in our home and talking about where we find them.
Observing and drawing shapes from lifehands-on and observationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Learning how to hold a brush, dip in paint, and make marks on paper.
Proper brush holding and basic techniquehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting with primary colors, learning their names, and exploring each one.
Using primary colors with controlhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making different kinds of brush strokes (long, short, dots, swirls).
Varied brush stroke techniqueshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using a brush to paint circles, squares, and triangles.
Brush control for shapeshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a complete painted picture using shapes and colors learned this week.
Completing a planned paintinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Mixing yellow and red paint to discover orange, painting orange things (pumpkins, oranges).
Color mixing: orangehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Mixing blue and yellow to create green, painting grass, trees, and frogs.
Color mixing: greenhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Mixing red and blue to make purple, painting grapes, flowers, and butterflies.
Color mixing: purplehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting a simple rainbow using all six colors we know (primary and secondary).
Using all six colors in orderhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Reviewing color mixing by creating a picture using colors we mixed ourselves.
Independent color mixinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Learning proper scissor hold and cutting simple straight lines.
Scissor safety and basic cuttinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Cutting paper strips and creating a collage by gluing them on paper.
Cutting strips and gluinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Cutting out simple pre-drawn shapes (circles, squares) and arranging them.
Cutting on lineshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Tearing and gluing tissue paper to create a colorful garden picture.
Tearing and layering paperhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Finding and cutting pictures from magazines to create a collage about things we like.
Cutting irregular shapes and composinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Exploring clay by squishing, rolling, and flattening it with our hands.
Clay manipulation basicshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Rolling clay into long snake shapes and creating designs with them.
Rolling clay into coilshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Rolling clay into balls of different sizes and stacking them (snowmen, caterpillars).
Rolling balls and connecting pieceshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Flattening clay and using tools or hands to cut out shapes.
Flattening and shaping clayhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a simple sculpture (animal, person, or object) using clay techniques learned.
Combining clay techniqueshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing circle faces and adding eyes, nose, and mouth.
Drawing basic faceshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing faces showing different emotions and talking about feelings.
Drawing expressive faceshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing simple stick figures with circle heads, line bodies, and line arms and legs.
Drawing basic human figureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing pictures of family members using faces and stick figures.
Drawing multiple figureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Looking in a mirror and drawing ourselves, noticing hair color, eye color, etc.
Observational drawing of selfhands-on and observationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Learning that patterns repeat and finding patterns around us (stripes, dots, etc.).
Pattern recognitiondiscussion and observationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing simple AB patterns with two colors (red-blue-red-blue).
Creating AB color patternshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating patterns using different shapes (circle-square-circle-square).
Creating shape patternshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using stamps or stickers to create repeating patterns.
Pattern creation with toolshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a picture with a patterned border around the edge.
Applying patterns decorativelyhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Observing flowers and drawing them with petals, stems, and leaves.
Drawing flowers from observationhands-on and observationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing different kinds of trees God made (evergreen, deciduous, palm).
Drawing trees with detailhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Placing leaves under paper and rubbing with crayons to see their shapes and veins.
Creating texture rubbingshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing symmetrical butterflies with patterns on their wings.
Drawing symmetrical designshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our favorite things from nature in one picture (garden scene, forest, etc.).
Composing a nature scenehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing animals using circles and ovals for bodies (cats, dogs, bears).
Using basic shapes to draw animalshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing fish with scales, fins, and tails, adding underwater plants.
Drawing fish with detailshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing birds with wings, beaks, and feathers in flight or on branches.
Drawing birdshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing farm animals (cows, pigs, chickens, horses) with simple shapes.
Drawing farm animalshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Choosing and drawing our favorite animal God created, adding its habitat.
Drawing animals in environmenthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Learning how watercolors work, adding water to make colors light or dark.
Basic watercolor techniquehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting on wet paper and watching colors blend together.
Wet-on-wet watercolor techniquehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting a rainbow with watercolors, letting colors touch and blend.
Color blending with watercolorhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting a sky scene with clouds using light and dark blues.
Creating value changeshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting simple flowers with watercolors, using light washes for petals.
Watercolor control for shapeshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making handprints with paint and turning them into pictures (flowers, turkeys, etc.).
Printmaking with handshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using sponges to stamp shapes and create textured pictures.
Stamping techniquehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using potato halves with simple shapes cut in them to make prints.
Repeated printinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Printing with objects from around the house (forks, bottle caps, leaves).
Experimental printinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a pattern design using prints from different objects.
Combining prints in patternshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making paper chains by connecting loops of colored paper.
Connecting paper in 3Dhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Folding paper to make it stand up and creating simple sculptures.
Folding and standing paperhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using paper tubes and boxes to build towers and structures.
Stacking and connecting 3D formshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Transforming a small box into an animal by adding paper features.
Constructing 3D figureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using various recyclables to build a creative 3D sculpture.
Independent 3D constructionhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing three pictures to show the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Sequential illustrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing pictures of things we do during our day (wake up, eat, play, sleep).
Personal narrative through arthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our favorite scene from a favorite book or Bible story.
Illustrating from memoryhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a simple 3-panel comic strip with pictures and simple words.
Sequential art with panelshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Folding paper to make a small book and illustrating a simple story.
Book making and illustrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Finding textures around us (smooth, rough, bumpy, soft) and talking about them.
Texture observation and vocabularyobservation and discussionClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making crayon rubbings of different textured surfaces.
Creating texture through rubbingshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing patterns to show different textures (dots for bumpy, lines for furry, etc.).
Drawing visual texturehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a sheep picture using cotton balls for fluffy texture.
Adding real texture to arthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making a collage using materials with different textures (fabric, sandpaper, foil).
Combining textures in compositionhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a spring scene with flowers, baby animals, and rain showers.
Drawing spring imageryhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a summer picture with bright sun, beach, or outdoor fun.
Drawing summer sceneshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing autumn trees with colorful falling leaves and pumpkins.
Drawing fall imageryhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a winter scene with snow, snowmen, and bare trees.
Drawing winter sceneshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a detailed picture of our favorite season with reasons why we love it.
Personal expression through seasonal arthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing pictures from the creation story (light, sky, land, animals).
Illustrating creation narrativehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing Noah's ark with animals going in two by two.
Drawing ark and animalshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Illustrating baby Moses floating in a basket among the reeds.
Drawing narrative scenehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing brave David facing the giant Goliath.
Drawing figures in actionhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing Jesus with children around Him, showing His love.
Drawing group scene with Jesushands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Looking at a simple famous painting and describing what we see (colors, shapes, subject).
Art observation and descriptiondiscussion and observationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Looking at flower paintings and creating our own inspired by what we saw.
Art-inspired creationobservation and hands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Viewing paintings of animals and discussing how artists show different animals.
Comparing artistic approachesobservation and discussionClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating our own painting inspired by a famous artist's style or subject.
Creating in response to arthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Choosing our best artwork and displaying it like a gallery, talking about it.
Presentation and discussion of own workdiscussion and displayClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating happy pictures using lots of yellow and bright colors.
Expressing happiness through colorhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting peaceful, calm scenes using blue and other cool colors.
Expressing calmness through colorhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making energetic art with red and warm colors to show excitement.
Expressing energy through colorhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing faces showing different feelings and coloring them with matching colors.
Connecting emotions and colorshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating abstract art with colors that show how we feel today.
Personal emotional expression through colorhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our own house with windows, doors, and roof.
Drawing familiar architecturehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our dream house with special features we would love.
Imaginative architectural drawinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing several houses in a row to create a neighborhood scene.
Drawing multiple buildingshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing tall buildings, castles, and towers reaching to the sky.
Drawing vertical structureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing the inside of a room with furniture and decorations.
Drawing interior spaceshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing cars and trucks using rectangles and circles for wheels.
Drawing land vehicleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a train with multiple cars connected together on tracks.
Drawing connected vehicleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing boats floating on water with sails or motors.
Drawing water vehicleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing airplanes flying through clouds in the sky.
Drawing air vehicleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a picture showing a journey using our favorite vehicle.
Narrative drawing with vehicleshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a bowl filled with different fruits God created.
Drawing fruit from observationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing vegetables with different shapes and colors.
Drawing vegetableshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a decorated birthday cake with candles and frosting.
Drawing decorated foodhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our favorite picnic foods on a paper plate.
Drawing multiple food itemshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a poster showing foods we're thankful God provides.
Composition with food themehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a bright sunny day with sun rays and warm colors.
Drawing sun and sunny sceneshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating clouds using cotton balls or painting fluffy cloud shapes.
Creating cloud textureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing rain falling from clouds and puddles on the ground.
Drawing rain and waterhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Painting a rainbow appearing after rain with clouds parting.
Drawing weather sequencehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating falling snow using white on dark paper.
Drawing snow and winter weatherhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing many colorful fish swimming together underwater.
Drawing multiple fishhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing an octopus with eight curvy arms and a round body.
Drawing octopushands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a colorful coral reef scene with plants and sea creatures.
Drawing underwater plantshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing large sea animals like turtles, whales, or dolphins.
Drawing large sea creatureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating an underwater scene using torn paper, paint, and drawing.
Mixed media ocean scenehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing symmetrical butterflies with patterned wings.
Drawing symmetrical insectshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing bees with stripes, wings, and flowers to visit.
Drawing bees and movementhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing red ladybugs with black spots on leaves.
Drawing patterned insectshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.
Sequential transformation drawinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a complete garden scene with flowers, insects, and sunshine.
Complex garden compositionhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing firefighters with helmets, coats, and fire trucks.
Drawing uniformed figureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing doctors and nurses helping people feel better.
Drawing medical helpershands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing police officers with badges and police cars.
Drawing police helpershands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a teacher with students in a classroom.
Drawing classroom scenehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a thank-you card for a community helper with a drawing.
Purpose-driven illustrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a night sky filled with stars on dark paper.
Drawing on dark paperhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing different phases of the moon God created.
Drawing moon shapeshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing houses at night with lit windows and a moon above.
Drawing night scenes with lighthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing an owl perched on a branch under the moon.
Drawing nocturnal animalshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a camping scene with tent, campfire, and starry sky.
Night scene compositionhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a birthday celebration with cake, balloons, and presents.
Drawing celebration elementshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing and decorating balloons of many colors floating in the sky.
Drawing and decorating balloonshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing wrapped presents with bows and decorative paper patterns.
Drawing patterns and decorationshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Designing and decorating a party hat with patterns and colors.
3D decorationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a decorative banner with flags, letters, and designs.
Sequential decorative designhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating art with quick, energetic movements while listening to fast music.
Kinetic response to musichands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making calm, flowing paintings while listening to slow, peaceful music.
Calm response to musichands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing musical instruments like drums, guitars, and trumpets.
Drawing instrumentshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Using colors that match how music makes us feel.
Emotional color responsehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating art while listening to praise songs, showing joy in worship.
Worship expression through arthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a friendly monster with silly features we imagine.
Imaginative creature designhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a dragon with scales, wings, and fire breath.
Drawing fantasy creatureshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a unicorn with a horn, flowing mane, and magical surroundings.
Drawing mythical animalshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a new animal by combining parts from different animals.
Creative combinationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Inventing and drawing an imaginary pet we wish we could have.
Personal imaginative creationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Learning about symmetry by drawing one side and mirroring it.
Understanding symmetryhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Folding paper, painting one side, and pressing to create symmetrical butterflies.
Symmetrical printinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing faces and making sure both sides match.
Symmetry in portraitshands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating simple circular designs with symmetrical patterns.
Radial symmetryhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating art where both sides feel balanced and even.
Visual balancehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating art using our very favorite color in many ways.
Personal color preference expressionhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our favorite animal in its habitat with details.
Detailed favorite subjecthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our favorite food looking delicious and yummy.
Appetizing illustrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing our favorite place to be (home, park, grandma's house, etc.).
Place illustrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a picture of a favorite happy memory.
Memory illustrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a detailed drawing using all the drawing skills we've learned.
Comprehensive drawinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making our best painting using color mixing and brush techniques.
Comprehensive paintinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating a collage using cutting, tearing, and gluing skills.
Comprehensive collagehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making a clay sculpture using all the techniques we practiced.
Comprehensive sculpturehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Combining drawing, painting, and collage in one artwork.
Mixed media integrationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making a thank you card with a drawing for someone special.
Card design and messagehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Designing and decorating a bookmark to give as a gift.
Functional art designhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Decorating a frame for a special photo or drawing.
Decorative designhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making a small book of helpful things we can do for family.
Sequential book creationhands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Drawing a portrait of someone we love to give them as a gift.
Portrait for giftinghands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Looking at all the art we made this year and talking about favorites.
Reflection and appreciationdiscussion and displayClick to view this day's Art lesson →Choosing our very best artwork from the year for a portfolio.
Self-assessment and curationselection and discussionClick to view this day's Art lesson →Creating any kind of art we want using our favorite materials and skills.
Independent creative choicehands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Making art that shows thankfulness to God for making us creative.
Worship through arthands-onClick to view this day's Art lesson →Sharing our favorite artwork with family and celebrating all we learned.
Presentation and celebrationsharing and celebrationClick to view this day's Art lesson →Start with Day 1 and work through at your own pace. Each lesson builds on the last!