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My Art Is Special

Kindergartners learn that their art is special — it shows things they like and how they feel, everyone’s art is different, and art is about trying and having fun, not being perfect.

KindergartenMeaning25 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know art shows my ideas.
  • ✓Know everyone’s art is different.
  • ✓Know art is about fun.
  • ✓Feel proud of my art.
Essential Question

Your art is all your own! It shows what YOU like and feel. Why is your art so special?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

My Art Is Special Check

Project each item and have children answer about their special art.

🖼️ Understand why your art is specialTry it
Answer each question about your special art.
The Lesson · Artistic Process (Look · Explore · Create · Share · Reflect)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Look — All My Own

3 min

Your art shows what YOU like and feel — why is it special?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show different art.
  • Ask what it shows.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Think.
  • Get ready.
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Explore — My Special Art

7 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to My Art Is Special Check.
  • Note art shows feelings.
  • Note everyone is different.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Name.
3

Create — Create

7 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Draw something you like.
  • Use colors for a feeling.
  • Make it your own.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Draw it.
  • Color it.
  • Make it.
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Share — Share

5 min

Children share.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show your art.
  • Tell what it shows.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Show it.
  • Tell it.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say what art can show.
  • Say your art is special.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Visual Arts).

NCAS
VA:Cr1.1.K

Show ideas and feelings in art.

NCAS
VA:Cn10.1.K

Connect art to yourself.

NCAS
VA:Re8.1.K

Find meaning in art.

NCAS
VA:Re7.2.K

Describe a picture’s feeling.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Feeling art cards.
  • Sentence frame: “My art shows ___.”
  • Show art examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with “art shows feelings.”
  • Use pictures.
  • Draw one thing.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Draw a happy picture.
  • Tell about your art.
  • See friends’ art.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🖼️Art examples
  • 💻My Art Is Special Check
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 📄Paper
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

artsomething you makespecialone of a kindideaa thought you havefeelinghow you feeldifferentnot the samefunsomething you enjoyproudglad about what you didcreateto make something
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What can your art show?
Things you like and how you feel.
QUESTION 2
Is it good that everyone’s art is different?
Yes — it’s special!
QUESTION 3
Does your art have to be perfect?
No — art is about trying and having fun.

Reflect: my special art.

Have children draw a picture and tell a family member what special thing it shows. A printable my-art sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ My Art Is SpecialPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: art, create, different, feeling, fun, idea, proud, special
  1. how you feel
  2. glad about what you did
  3. one of a kind
  4. something you enjoy
  5. something you make
  6. to make something
  7. not the same
  8. a thought you have

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What can your art show?
  2. Is it good that everyone’s art is different?
  3. Does your art have to be perfect?
Answer key — Part A: 1) feeling · 2) proud · 3) special · 4) fun · 5) art · 6) create · 7) different · 8) idea
Part B: 1) Things you like and how you feel. 2) Yes — it’s special! 3) No — art is about trying and having fun.