Miss Forrest's Art Page: Sample Color Lesson

Enjoy an interactive color lesson from Creativity Express! It's a great resource for parents and teachers to teach kids about art and creativity.

Click on the free lesson section on the right side of the screen.

The Visual Arts...

* give students the tools to process an increasingly visual world.

* teach communication skills that are vitally needed in today's society.

*foster cross-cultural understand through knowledge of civilizations past and present.

*celebrate multiple perspective - there are many ways to see and interpret the world.

*teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than on answer.

*requires students to use both hemispheres of the brain and develop cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills.

*increase creative thinking, innovative, even visionary thinking, and promote the ability to solve visual and conceptual problems.

*teach students that small differences can have large effects.

*provide a safe place for students to explore their identities, take risks, and develop self-esteem -- the arts give students a voice.

(Michigan Art Education Association Talking Points)

Miss Forrest's Art Page