LISTEN to a musical selection that will evoke FEELINGS. Ask the students how the artwork makes them FEEL. LOOK at one or more of Kandinsky's abstract artworks. Incorporate some of the cross-curricular suggestions above into your discussion. In my own practice, I really like to have the physical book in my hands, even if I choose to use a YouTube read aloud. READ the book aloud to your students or use one of the read aloud videos on YouTube. When he knew inside himself that there was more, he was not afraid to stand up and try new things. Self Confidence: As the story in the book goes, Kandinsky was respectful of his family and elders and learned the traditional school subjects and traditional painting styles.Emotions: "Art should make you FEEL, like music." This is a great way to discuss feelings, both how a painting or piece of music make us feel and how we can express our own feelings through art and music.Take the time to show the colors (even point to them in the book) and define or review the music terms. Most notably, the color words like vermillion, coral, cobalt and saffron, and the music terms like improvisation, composition, and accompaniment. Vocabulary: There are some words in the book that might not be familiar to elementary students.What can we learn about Kandinsky from this book? This book can demonstrate (without really lecturing about it) the concept of reading to learn. The fluency & expression that we model as we read is so important. Reading: There is a well-established value to reading books aloud to children.Because music also has line & shape, this is a great connection. Art: Several of my art teacher colleagues have used Kandinsky in their study of line & shape.In my school, this was a 5th grade topic of study. Social Studies: coordinate with the grade level that would be studying time period of Kandinsky's most famous works - the early 20th century.Here are some of the connections to explore through the book, The Noisy Paintbox. My favorite arts integration topics follow the natural connections between subjects. Here is a kid-friendly page with more facts on Kandinsky's life, including images of his most important paintings.
He was a Russian artist who experienced sounds as colors and colors as sounds. Have you already discovered the book The Noisy Paintbox by Barb Rosenstock? What potential for a marvelous cross-curricular lesson! Wassily Kandinsky was an important 20th century artist and is known as one of the first to create abstract art. I love arts integration! Today, I am sharing a lesson idea that can incorporate music, art, social studies, and reading.
Recently, I've seen many comments from music teachers whose administrators are asking them to incorporate other subjects into music lessons.
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