Kindergarten Fine Arts Kentucky Standards

Recognize and name an emotion that is experienced when watching, improvising, or performing dance and relate it to a personal experience.

Observe a work of visual art. Describe and then express through movement something of interest about the artwork, and ask questions for discussion concerning the artwork.

Describe or demonstrate the movements in a dance that was watched or performed.

Respond in movement to a variety of stimuli (for example, music/sound, text, objects, images, symbols, observed dance).

Explore different ways to do basic locomotor and nonlocomotor movements by changing at least one of the elements of dance.

Improvise dance that has a beginning, middle, and end.

Express an idea, feeling, or image, through improvised movement moving alone or with a partner

Apply suggestions for changing movement through guided improvisational experiences.

Depict a dance movement by drawing a picture or using a symbol.

Make still and moving body shapes that show lines (for example, straight, bent, and curved), changes levels, and vary in size (large/small). Join with others to make a circle formation and work with others to change its dimensions.

Demonstrate tempo contrasts with movements that match to tempo of sound stimuli.

Identify and apply different characteristics to movements (for example, slow, smooth, or wavy).

Demonstrate same-side and crossbody locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body patterning movements, and body shapes.

Move safely in general space and start and stop on cue during activities, group formations, and creative explorations while maintaining personal space.

Move body parts in relation to other body parts and repeat and recall movements upon request.

Dance for and with others in a designated space.

Select a prop to use as part of a dance.

Find a movement that repeats in a dance.

Demonstrate or describe observed or performed dance movements.

Observe movement and describe it using simple dance terminology.

Find a movement that was noticed in a dance. Demonstrate the movement that was noticed and explain why it attracted attention.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

CONNECTING

CREATING

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Recognize and name an emotion that is experienced when watching or performing a dance.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Demonstrate the movements in a social, cultural or historical dance that was observed.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Respond in movement to a variety of stimuli.

Explore different ways to do basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements by changing at least one of the Elements of Dance.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Improvise dance that has a beginning, middle and end.

Express an idea, feeling or image through improvised movement, moving alone or with a partner.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Apply suggestions for changing movement through guided improvisational experiences.

Depict a dance movement by drawing a picture or using a symbol.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Make still and moving body shapes that show lines.

Demonstrate tempo contrasts with movements that match to tempo of sound stimuli.

Identify and apply different characteristics to movements.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Demonstrate same-side and crossbody locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body patterning movements, body shapes and directionality.

Move safely in general space and start and stop on cue during activities, group formations and creative explorations while maintaining personal space.

Move parts of the body in relation to other parts of the body and repeat and recall movements.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Dance for and with others in a designated space. Identify appropriate etiquette in dance class.

Select a prop to use as part of a dance.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Find a movement that repeats in a dance.

Demonstrate or describe observed or performed dance movements.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Observe movement and describe it.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Find a movement that was interesting in a dance.

PERFORMING

RESPONDING

Use personal experiences and choices in making media artworks.

Share memorable experiences of media artworks.

With guidance, share ideas in relating media artworks and everyday life, such as daily activities.

With guidance, interact safely and appropriately with media arts tools and environments.

Discover and share ideas for media artworks using play and experimentation.

With guidance, use ideas to form plans or models for media arts productions.

Form and capture media arts content for expression and meaning in media arts productions.

Make changes to the content, form, or presentation of media artworks and share results.

With guidance, combine arts forms and media content, such as dance and video, to form media artworks.

Identify and demonstrate basic skills, such as handling tools, making choices, and cooperating in creating media artworks.

Identify and demonstrate creative skills, such as performing, within media arts productions.

Practice, discover, and share how media arts creation tools work.

With guidance, identify and share roles and the situation in presenting media artworks.

With guidance, identify and share reactions to the presentation of media artworks.

Recognize and share components and messages in media artworks.

Recognize and share how a variety of media artworks create different experiences.

With guidance, share observations regarding a variety of media artworks.

Share appealing qualities and possible changes in media artworks.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

CONNECTING

CREATING

Use personal experiences and choices in making media artworks.

Share memorable experiences of media artworks.

With guidance, share ideas in relating media artworks and everyday life, such as daily activities.

With guidance, interact safely and appropriately with media arts tools and environments.

Discover and share ideas for media artworks using play and experimentation.

With guidance, explore ideas to form plans or models for media arts productions.

With guidance, capture media arts content for expression and meaning.

With guidance, make changes to the media arts content and share results.

With guidance, combine arts disciplines and media content to form a media artwork.

Identify and demonstrate basic skills and creative skills within media arts productions.

Discover how media arts creation tools work.

With guidance, identify and share roles and the situation in presenting media artworks.

With guidance, identify and share reactions to the presentation of media artworks.

Recognize and share components and messages in media artworks.

Recognize and share how a variety of media artworks create different experiences.

With guidance, share observations regarding a variety of media artworks.

Share appealing qualities and possible changes in media artworks.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

With guidance, explore and experience music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour).

With guidance, generate musical ideas (such as movements or motives).

With guidance, demonstrate and choose favorite musical ideas.

With guidance, organize personal musical ideas using iconic notation and/or recording technology.

With guidance, apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback in refining personal musical ideas.

With guidance, demonstrate a final version of personal musical ideas to peers.

With guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections.

With guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness of music contrasts (such as high/low, loud/soft, same/different) in a variety of music selected for performance.

With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics, and tempo) that support the creators' expressive intent.

With guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.

With guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to improve the expressive qualities of music.

With guidance, perform music with expression.

Perform appropriately for the audience.

With guidance, list personal interests and experiences and demonstrate why they prefer some music selections over others.

With guidance, demonstrate how a specific music concept (such as beat or melodic direction) is used in music.

With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators'/performers' expressive intent.

With guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

CONNECTING

CREATING

Recognize an experience and/or emotion that is conveyed when listening to, improvising or performing music.

With guidance, describe and demonstrate the sounds in a piece of music from various cultures.

With guidance, explore and experience music concepts.

With guidance, generate musical ideas.

With guidance, explore and choose favorite musical ideas.

With guidance, organize personal musical ideas using iconic notation and/or recording technology.

With guidance, apply various feedback to refine personal musical ideas.

With guidance, present a version of personal musical ideas.

With guidance, explore the intent of various musical selections and state personal interests.

With guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness of music contrasts in a variety of music selected for performance.

With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities that support the creators’ expressive intent.

With guidance, use feedback and suggested strategies in rehearsal to improve the expressive qualities of music.

With guidance, perform music with expression.

Perform appropriately for the audience.

With guidance, list personal interests and experiences and demonstrate why some music selections are preferred over others.

With guidance, demonstrate how a specific music concept is used in music.

With guidance, explore expressive qualities that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent.

With guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

PERFORMING

RESPONDING

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

With prompting and support, identify similarities between characters and oneself in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, identify skills and knowledge from other areas in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, tell a short story in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, invent and inhabit an imaginary elsewhere in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, use nonrepresentational materials to create props, puppets, and costume pieces for dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, interact with peers and contribute to dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, express original ideas in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., creative drama, process drama, story drama).

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, identify characters and setting in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, understand that voice and sound are fundamental to dramatic play and guided drama experiences (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, explore and experiment with various technical elements in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, use voice and sound in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, express an emotional response to characters in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, identify preferences in dramatic play, a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama), or ageappropriate theatre performance.

With prompting and support, name and describe settings in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With prompting and support, actively engage with others in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Create art that tells a story about a life experience.

Identify a purpose of an artwork.

Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials.

Engage collaboratively in creative art-making in response to an artistic problem.

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

Identify safe and nontoxic art materials, tools, and equipment.

Create art that represents natural and constructed environments.

Explain the process of making art while creating.

Select art objects for personal portfolio and display, explaining why they were chosen.

Explain the purpose of a portfolio or collection.

Explain what an art museum is and distinguish how an art museum is different from other buildings.

Identify uses of art within one's personal environment.

Describe what an image represents.

Interpret art by identifying subject matter and describing relevant details.

Explain reasons for selecting a preferred artwork.