Elementary Fine Arts Core Curriculum Resources

Learning Goals in the Fine Arts

Study in the arts is an essential means---not an end---to acquiring thinking skills, creativity, the ability to change, and the facility to teach oneself. In a safe, nurturing environment, the arts enable students to express their feelings, communicate thoughts, explore their creativity, solve problems, communicate ideas, develop a sense of community, and appreciate themselves as participants in history, tradition, and culture. Learning in art, dance, drama, film, and music advances and strengthens motor skills, promotes considerate behavior, ability to work well with others, self-discipline, perception, and sensitivity. Fine Arts experiences contribute to the developmental process of understanding one another and naturally motivate students in all their learning.

Goals have been developed to guide learning and instruction in each of the Fine Arts areas of study. Parents are provided with copies of these goals to familiarize themselves with their child’s learning and progress. Students are encouraged to use them to evaluate their own advancement. Teachers use them as tools to lead, monitor, and document development in the art form.

• Kindergarten Core Resources
• First Grade Core Resources
• Second Grade Core Resources
• Third Grade Core Resources
• Fourth Grade Core Resources
• Fifth Grade Core Resources
• Sixth Grade Core Resources
• Approved Textbooks
• Life Skills
• General Resources
• Fine Arts Instructional Requirements
• Yellow Songbook