Julie B. Abels - Anyone Can Teach Art: How to Confidently Teach Art in Your Classical Homeschool

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Since Im so passionate about helping you teach art, Ive also put together an Art Teacher Kit. I sell the items in this kit separately for $24, but you can download it for free when you sign up for my email list. The Art Teacher Kit includes a set of six printable art posters to hang up in your homeschool room or classroom. The posters include:

• Elements of Art
• Principles of Design
• Color Wheel
• Common Compositional Structures
• Art History Overview
• Methods of Perspective

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Something great happened last year. My older sonthe one who used to refuse to draw, the one who scribbled over all his attempts to drawhe finally started enjoying art. He draws to help himself organize ideas, to entertain himself, to make others laugh, and to express himself. As an artist myself, this is more than just a thing that brings me joyits a relief!

I didnt think of myself as an artist when I was young and I didnt know much about teaching art to children when we started homeschooling. When I realized art was one of those subjects I would need to teach my children, I started reading more about art and working through some of my own misconceptions about art.

Early on, I realized that what I was doing for art education was mostly just colorful hands-on projects without any fundamental art principles. Dont get me wrongI enjoy coloring, cutting, and pasting (as long as its not too messy). However, I could see that this approach was selling our students short of what they could be learning in art.

As my own knowledge of the classical model of education grew, I started seeking out and teaching the basics (the grammar) of art education. I loved seeing the true growth that instruction in art principles provided our students.

Ive been teaching art in our homeschool community and to my own (sometimes reluctant) children at home for several years now. I started creating art lesson plans that combined three main components: art basics, an art project, and an integrated non-art subject matter (like history or science). Ive been selling these art lesson plans on my website for several years (theyre available to you too), and now Im excited to share with you what Ive learned and still am learning about teaching art.

Im writing this book to all my fellow homeschooling parents who are trying to teach all the subjects even though they dont know it all themselves. Every homeschooling parent Ive talked to seems to share similar struggles in knowing what and how to teach. None of us are professionals or experts in all the subjects, especially art. However, with good curriculum, we can teach anything! (Ill explain why I know this to be true later in the book.) I hope this book will become a key resource for you and the backbone of your art curriculum as you incorporate art into your students education.

I love hearing from parents who have used my art lesson plans with their own children and in their homeschool co-ops and communities. I hope youll use them as you teach your children art! Check out all the resources on our website, RidgeLightRanch.com, including our free podcast called Anyone Can Teach Art. You can also join us in our Anyone Can Teach Art Facebook group as we post photos of our projects, ask art-related questions, and encourage each other.