For those of you who’ve never taken an art class I may have the curriculum to equip you to teach your kids.  For those of you who don’t think you have time to teach art, I think I’ve received the answer from ARTistic Pursuits.  Personally, I have no art experience.  I never took an art class in high school or in the few years I attended college.  I think this may have been a good thing, because if I had taken “art appreciation” taught in that boring way, I would still be hating art today!

Fast forward to homeschooling my kids.  Art was mentioned in unit studies, especially in our history unit study, which I was falling in love with, so I pursued some of the suggested materials.  Then we acquired some fictional movies based on the lives of famous artists, which even the youngest kids here enjoyed, and I became interested in art history.  So, when I was offered the chance to review a book from ARTistic Pursuits, I chose Stories of Artists and Their Art, which is book 2 of the Grade K-3 books. 

Written by a homeschooling family, this book is set up to help us succeed.  There are sample pictures from various students, so our kids aren’t trying to reproduce something an adult did.  A list of art supplies and which project needs what are provided at the beginning, along with information of where to buy at good prices.  These aren’t cutesy craft projects but real learning by doing a variety of art projects that I use even with my older kids, so we can all participate.  I even feel artistic!

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