Monart: 1st Steps Art Program

Want to improve your child's fine motor skills and pencil grip?  Join us and have fun creating art projects based on children's literature which is read during class.  Children experiment with different media while improving hand-eye coordination, problem solving skills, and sequencing.  Each week a different animal from a classic children's book will be introduced and discussed at group time.  Students will then work with collage materials and participate in a short drawing session each week.

Kate Pepper and Tarah Spencer
Mondays, 11:20-12:05*
Ages 3-5
EC 1

*This class is scheduled to accommodate half-day students either after or before their regular classroom time.  Great Beginnings students may enroll during the fall semester only with approval of the CEA director and the Monart teacher.  They may enroll during the winter and spring sessions without limitation.

Monart follows an altered schedule.  See the descriptions below:

THEME FOR THE YEAR: OUR FAVORITE AUTORS AND ILLUSTRATORS

FALL SESSION (12 weeks: Sep 14-Nov 30)
Focus: Norman Bridwell, Leo Lionni, Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, others
We will practice scissor, drawing, and coloring skills to reproduce the animals from these classic pieces of literature.  These will be treasured pieces of art!
#101F (fall) First enrollee, $290
#102F (fall) Additional enroll, $145

WINTER SESSION (10 weeks: Dec 7-Feb 29)
Focus: Karma Wilson, Tomie dePaola, Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond, Jan Brett  (All new lessons!)
Fun animals from these creative authors include a hedgehog, a bear in hibernation, cardinals, gingerbread people, and snowmen.
#101W (fall), $245

SPRING SESSION (11 weeks: Mar 7-May 23)
Focus: Lois Ehlert, Eric Carle, Kevin Henkes, Charles Shaw, II Sung Na  (All new lessons!)
Some authors will be revisited but with new projects.
#101S (spring), $265


Please feel free to call the Art Park with any questions regarding the program at 683-2500 or visit www.TheArtParkWichita.com.

Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist when they grow up. --Pablo Picasso