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How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool

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We love to dabble in art in our homeschool. From in-person or online courses to museum visits to art appreciation -we love it all!

Art appreciation is a huge part of our homeschool routine.

Today, I am sharing some of our family’s absolute favorite resources for adding more art- and art appreciation- to your homeschool routine.

How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool

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Super easy ways to add more art to your homeschool routine

Adding in more art can be easy, I promise! Here are some simple tips:

  • Keep art supplies accessible – Make sure your children can reach those supplies and teach them to clean up after themselves. In our home, kids can reach everything except for glitter.
  • When you read aloud, let the kids doodle!
  • Participate with them! Monkey see, monkey do! If your children see you drawing, they will want to join in.
  • Add in a mandatory doodle time. We love our Doodle Diaries!
  • Coffee table books– When you go to the library, pick up an oversized art-themed coffee table book and leave it on your coffee table. Your kids won’t be able to resist!
  • Pack a journal on your nature hikes. 
  • Surround yourself with great art books for children – Keep reading to find out our favorites.

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Art picture books for children

If you know me well, you know how hard it is for me to pick favorite books. There are so many fabulous children’s books on the market today. And, when you are looking for art books, there are even more! Are you looking for a picture book? Books for an artist study? Curriculum? How-to-draw books?

Today, I am sharing our favorites in all of these categories.

Here are some of our favorite art picture books. We love anything by Peter Reynolds. His books are fantastic for the little perfectionist in your life. Art is messy and fluid and there are no mistakes! We also adore the new Patrick McDonald book, Art. But the truth is, there are just too many fantastic picture books to choose from.

Here are our favorites:

How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool | My Little Poppies

Children’s books about famous artists

There are three artist study series that our family loves:

  1. Anholt’s Artist Books
  2. Getting to Know the World’s Great Artists
  3. Smart About Art series

Here are some other favorite resources:

How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool | My Little Poppies

Art books for your homeschool

Art is calming, not just for children but also for adults. I highly recommend picking up a few drawing books, playing some soothing music, and drawing together. Last year, we started daily Doodle Diaries and it has had such a tremendous impact on our homeschool routine. It never fails to help us all feel calm!

Here are some of our favorite how-to art books:

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Art curriculum for your homeschool

If you are looking to incorporate more art into your homeschool curriculum, here are some fantastic choices. In particular, I think the Great Artists book is one that every homeschool family should have!

Do you love art?

Our homeschool art curriculum

My oldest two kiddos take an art course and we will continue our outdoor art. In addition, everyone will dabble in:

Our homeschool curriculum choices, by year

I get a lot of questions about our curriculum choices. You can read more here:

Games to inspire art appreciation and creativity

Games and activities are an excellent way to build upon and expand knowledge… all while having fun! And that’s why we play so many games in our homeschool!

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There is something really special about outdoor art!

Art supplies for homeschool families

So simple! Just travel watercolors, a sketchpad, and a good book! We also love our portable easels. Each child has one and I let them decorate them with sharpies.

Here are some other favorites:

Online art courses for your homeschool

Does art overwhelm you? Do you hate it, but you want your children to feel otherwise? Outsource! Find a class in your community or online. Let someone else do the work for you!

Today, I’d like to share two of our family’s favorite online art resources. If you’ve followed our site for any length of time, you’ve heard me gush about both of these resources before… and with good reason!

1. Masterpiece Society Studio

I’m not at all surprised, but my kiddos are *loving* this membership site.

My oldest was sick as a dog on Valentine’s Day. Everyone was grouchy (self-included) and feeling a little crummy that our day didn’t go as planned.

Thankfully, we had access to amazing art lessons and they saved the day.

How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool | My Little Poppies

2. The You Are An Artist Clubhouse Annual Membership

We *love* Nana and her Chalk Pastel tutorials. Now, Nana has created an entire clubhouse for artists!

The Clubhouse annual membership includes:

  • Instant access to oodles of video art tutorials 
  • A new art course added monthly
  • A new art lesson each week
  • … and Chalk Pastels at the Movies

You can read more or sign-up here.

How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool | My Little Poppies

If your family loves art, be sure to check out these related posts:

The Best Art Resources for Your Homeschool | My Little Poppies

Now, it’s your turn. Tell me: Do you have a favorite art resource for children? Share here!

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    • It is!! What I could not accomplish Ina whole days worth of searching… thank you! I am so looking forward to a refresh for next years routine even though we’ve started making some tweaks immediately!😊This was our first year Homeschooling and it’s been mostly good but I am looking to make it extraordinary and look forward to following along with you, especially your play based math posts as I have a math dislike-er (I know that’s not technically a word) on my hands.😉 Where would be the best place to follow along? Instagram or right here?

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