Lower School Visual Arts
Visual and performing arts courses at the Lower School are taught by instructors
who are practicing artists in their individual disciplines. Projects are often
integrated with the social studies curriculum, and may incorporate visits to the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lower School visual arts program aims to offer
children opportunities for self-expression, creativity, innovating thinking, and the
development of confidence and pleasure in the creative process.
During the Beginners and Kindergarten years, students work with their homeroom
teachers using a variety of creative materials. In grades 1 through 6, students
work more formally with art teachers to develop basic skills in visualization,
observation from nature, design, painting and three-dimensional construction.
The woodworking program begins in Grade 1, where work with paper-making, origami
and cardboard helps children learn to visualize three dimensional forms and to
understand how different parts fit together to become a whole. In woodworking shop,
students learn to use a variety of tools in safe and effective ways.
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