How Do I Teach Art at Home?
How do I teach art at home? As a parent or a homeschool parent you might be wondering how to teach art. It can be hard to find time to teach art. There is often a focus on math or reading and writing and I get it if you can teach your kids math and how to read and write are extremely important! As a teacher and a mom, I totally understand! But teaching art at home is also important art gives kids so many important skills that are transferable not only to a career in the art but beyond! Learn more about how to teach art at home below!
How Do I Teach Art at Home?
This past winter I had the pleasure of being on a podcast with Kami. Kami Has the podcast called the freedom collars her podcast is available where you listen to podcasts and also on YouTube you can watch the YouTube video of the podcast here!
In our podcast interview, we talk about how to teach art at home. I get a lot of practical ideas to homeschool Karen looking to incorporate more art and creativity into their child's life.
There are a lot of skills that teaching art at home brings your children including problem-solving skills critical thinking skills creativity and so much more. You can learn more about other skills art brings here!
Kami Offers homeschool curriculum for high school teens as well as younger grades. Feel free to message me and I will put you in touch with her curriculum.
I had the pleasure to create a special art education training inside of Kami’s curriculum for high school students. In this training I talk about the basics of creating art portfolio application for art school and what exactly parents should cover in an art curriculum when teaching their teens about art.
To access this curriculum click here and be sure to mention my name for a special offer!
If you are a homeschool parent make sure you subscribe to Kami’s podcast she puts out a new podcast episode weekly!
It’s called the Freedom Scholar and you can listen to it wherever you listen to your podcasts.
There are so many benefits to teaching art at home to your children and there are a lot of great ways to integrate art with your regular day today lessons.
Art is literally all around! Talk about colours you see when you go for a walk or the different textures you notice!
Check out my nature mandala resource here for an easy art lesson at home!
Remember that art doesn't need to be a separate class confined to a specific time during the day.
You can have art on the go like while you're waiting in a doctors office you can use my symmetry drawing animals book and purchase that here!
You can lay out different art materials and allow your child to create what they want you don't need to follow a specific craft or a certain tutorial.
At the same time tutorials can be great for learning specific skills like if your child is really interested in acrylic painting and make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel you can see close to 100 different YouTube acrylic painting tutorials that your child or teen can work on and improve and refine their acrylic painting skills. Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube channel I appreciate the support and subscribing to my YouTube channel or sharing my YouTube tutorials with a friend!
You can check out my teachers pay teachers store called Jackie Partridge by clicking the button below to follow me you will be able to see lots of different free beers and other art lessons and our resources that you can use at home when you are teaching art.
I hope you feel more confident but then being able to teach art at home. Remember I have a lot of different art resources to help support you in your teaching art at home journey.
Whether you do homeschool or just want to incorporate more art on the weekends or in the summer you can check out my art resources on my TPT store or my Acrylic painting YouTube channel and following me on social media -just click one of the icons below!
