Six Pre-K Art Room Routines Outlined in New The Art of Education Guide
The Art of Education has released a guide focused on routines for Pre-K art classrooms, which includes steps for Entering, Listening, Demonstrating, Exploring and Artmaking, Reflecting, and Cleaning. Upon entering, students are guided by arrows, designated carpet spots, and visual schedules. Consistent verbal prompts such as "Hands on top" and "All set" are used during the Listening phase. Demonstrations are brief, lasting two to three minutes, and follow a Follow, Show, Go format. The Artmaking process incorporates a Choose, Create, Share approach, emphasizing play as a key learning method. Reflection involves sentence starters like "I made…," while cleanup is organized through Hear, Home, Check, utilizing labeled bins. Teacher Mandy Culver shares a class mantra, and Lindsay Moss showcases scissor techniques in The Art of Ed's YouTube series. Additionally, the PRO Learning platform provides relevant professional development materials.
Key facts
- The Art of Education published a guide with six Pre-K art room routines: Entering, Listening, Demonstrating, Exploring and Artmaking, Reflecting, and Cleaning.
- The Entering routine uses Walk, Park, Look: follow floor arrows, sit on a carpet spot, and look at the visual schedule.
- Demonstrations should last two to three minutes and focus on one skill, using the Follow, Show, Go structure.
- Artmaking follows Choose, Create, Share, with play as the main learning mode and only one or two projects displayed.
- Reflection uses sentence stems including "I made…," "I tried…," and "I discovered…".
- Cleanup follows Hear, Home, Check, with clear bins and picture labels plus a familiar song or phrase.
- Teacher Mandy Culver shares a class mantra and the call and response "Class, class," "Yes, yes."
- Lindsay Moss demonstrates scissor use in The Art of Ed's YouTube mini-series 1-2-3 A-R-T, including the episode 6 Fun Tricks for How to Use Scissors.
Entities
Artists
- Mandy Culver
- Lindsay Moss
Institutions
- The Art of Education
- The Art of Ed
- PRO Learning
- The Art of Ed Community
- YouTube