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Rhythm Reading Exercises 12-8 Basic Rhythm Practice 12-8 Basic-Intermediate Rhythm Practice 12-8 Intermediate Rhythm Practice 12-8 Intermediate-Advanced Rhythm Practice 12-8 Advanced Rhythm Practice More rhythm exercises are available on the Percussion Exercises page. If you find these rhythm reading exercises useful, please consider making a donation to cover the costs of running this site ($5-10 suggested, any amount appreciated). Contact info:Samuel Stokes ● Samuelstokes@yahoo.com Play scripts online: ProPlay Elements and principles of design The elements and principles of design are the building blocks used to create a work of art. The elements of design can be thought of as the things that make up a painting, drawing, design etc. Good or bad - all paintings will contain most of if not all, the seven elements of design. The Principles of design can be thought of as what we do to the elements of design. note - the hyperlinks within the text of this page will open information in a new browser window. LINE Line can be considered in two ways. SHAPE A shape is a self contained defined area of geometric or organic form. DIRECTION All lines have direction - Horizontal, Vertical or Oblique. SIZE Size is simply the relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that of another. TEXTURE Texture is the surface quality of a shape - rough, smooth, soft hard glossy etc. COLOUR Also called Hue see notes on colour VALUE Value is the lightness or darkness of a colour. BALANCE Balance in design is similar to balance in physics
Polka Theatre - World-class theatre for children Teacher Resources Polka has a selection of teahcer resource packs based on our main house productions, available here to download for FREE! These packs focus primarily on creative, practical drama activities and literacy exercises that support the development of language and communication. New packs are regularly added with each new show that opens. Simply click on the resource pack that you would like to download from the list below: Current Shows: Minotaur KS2 and KS3, ages 8 - 14 Archive: EYFS and KS1, ages 3-5 and 5-7 All Join In - EYFS and KS1 Quentin Blake's beautiful picture books are brought to life with drama games and exercises that focus on simple rhythm and rhyme techniques. Charlie and Lola's Best Bestest Play - EYFS and KS1 This pack uses games and exercises to explore some of the themes from Polka's show. Charlie and Lola's Extremely New Play - EYFS and KS1 Activities and drama games that explore the four seasons and friendship. The Jolly Postman - EYFS and KS1 KS2, ages 7-11
Thinkfinity Browse Resources Verizon Foundation proudly partners with some of the country’s top educational organizations to provide you with the latest topics, tools and trends in education. Created by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ARTSEDGE provides resources and examples for teachers to teach in, through and about the arts. Visit ARTSEDGE Developed by the Council for Economic Education, EconEdLink provides teachers and students with lessons and classroom learning activities based on economics topics in the news and real-time economics data. Visit EconEdLink Presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment features lesson plans and additional classroom resources about art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign language, history and social studies. Visit EDSITEment Visit Illuminations Visit National Geographic Education Visit ReadWriteThink Visit Science NetLinks Visit Smithsonian's History Explorer Visit Wonderopolis
Arts Education Resources and Lesson Plans | CARE - Collaborative Arts Resources for Education Resources for looking at art The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers. — James Baldwin What essential questions may be considered when you learn to look at art? Build critical thinking skills while you build visual literacy with these art-related activities. ArtAccess Art Access encourages the examination of objects for style and in historical context. Objects are classified in the following categories: Ancient Indian Art of the Americas, African American Art, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Modern and Contemporary Art, American Art to 1900, and Art of India, Himalayas & Southeast Asia. The Artist’s Toolkit: visual elements and principles Explore the tools that artists use, such as line, color, shape, and balance, to build works of art. In Print Visit the library and look for Eye Spy: An Alphabet in Art or I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art by Lucy Micklethwait. Research Visual thinking strategies can be assessed and taught.
The Pixar Touch - history of Pixar - Blog - Pixar story rules (one version) Pixar story artist Emma Coats has tweeted a series of “story basics” over the past month and a half — guidelines that she learned from her more senior colleagues on how to create appealing stories: #1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. #2: You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to do as a writer. They can be v. different. #3: Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about til you’re at the end of it. Now rewrite. #4: Once upon a time there was ___. #5: Simplify. #6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? #7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. #8: Finish your story, let go even if it’s not perfect. #9: When you’re stuck, make a list of what WOULDN’T happen next. #10: Pull apart the stories you like. #11: Putting it on paper lets you start fixing it. #12: Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. #13: Give your characters opinions.
The Visual Elements of Art The Visual Elements - Pattern PAUL KLEE (1879-1940) Dream City, 1921 (warercolor and oil) Pattern is made by repeating or echoing the elements of an artwork to communicate a sense of balance, harmony, contrast, rhythm or movement. There are two basic types of pattern in art: Natural Pattern and Man-Made Pattern. Natural Pattern: Pattern in art is often based on the inspiration we get from observing the natural patterns that occur in nature. Man-Made Pattern: Pattern in art is used for both structural and decorative purposes. Examples of the use of Pattern in Art Pattern Click here for our selection of great artworks that have been chosen because they all use pattern in an inspirational manner.