Visual & Performing Arts Online Lessons

Visual and performing arts teachers created videos and lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are in music, theatre, and visual arts and are still useful. Students can do them independently or with someone else. The lessons use materials that you can find at home.

In addition, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture created an online video series with teaching artists through our joint initiative, The Creative Advantage. To see the full series, visit Creative Advantage Online Arts.

How much art should I do?

• Students should engage in 60 minutes of any arts discipline per week to meet elementary standards in the arts. You can always do more!
• Making art doesn’t have to happen all at once as students can create in small 10-minute sections or stay with it for as long as they like. 

Explore. Engage. Have fun!

Singing and General Music

Songs, Games, and Reading:

• Videos: Grades K-2 – Lesson 1 Songs, Games & Books • Lesson 2 Songs, Games & Books
• Videos:  Grades 3-5 – Exploring Black Women’s History

Patterns in Music:

• Video: Grades K-2 Animal Rhythms
  • Lesson PDFS: Grades  K-1 Patterns – Let’s Make a Word Chain • Grades  2-3 Patterns
• Video: Grades 3-5 Body Percussion
  • Lesson PDFS:Grades  2-3 Patterns – Let’s Make a Word Chain• Grades  4-5 Patterns 

Make a Musical Instrument:

• Video: Grades K-2 Found Instruments
  • Lesson PDF: Grades K-1 Make a Musical Instrument • Grades 2-3 Make a Musical Instrument
• Video: Grades 3-5 Body Percussion
  • Lesson PDF: Grades 2-3 Make a Musical Instrument • Grades 4-5 Make a Musical Instrument

Composing:

• Video: Grades K-2: Rhythm Patterns
  • Lesson PDF:  Grades K-1 Composing •  Grades 2-3  Composing
• Video: Grades 3-5: Your Voice Matters
  • Lesson PDF:  Grades 2-3 Composing •  Grades 4-5  Composing

Elementary Instrumental Music

Select your instrument and find video lessons (and have fun)!

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Theatre and Movement

• Video:  Theatre, Grades K-2 – Interactive Story 1
• Video:  Theatre, Grades 3-5 – Shadow Puppets

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Visual Art

Concept: Shape, Line, and Texture

• Video: Art K-2, Shape Art with Shading
• Video: Art K-2, Line
• Video: Art K-2, Texture and Corresponding Lesson:  Art K-1 Line Shape Texture (Window Heart)
• Video:  Art 3-5, Shape Art Collage
• Video:  Art 3-5, Line
• Video:  Art 3-5, Texture
• Video:  Art 3-5, Imagination and Details and Corresponding Lesson:  Art 4-5 Line Shape Texture

Concept: Balance and Symmetry

• Video: Art K-2, Symmetry and Corresponding Lesson: Art K-1 Symmetry – Land Art
• Video: Art 3-5, Radial Symmetry and Corresponding Lessons: Art 2-3 Radial Symmetry – Land Art and  Art 4-5, Asymmetry – Land Art

Online Learning by Creative Advantage Partners

During the COVID-19 pandemic, our partner, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, created videos and lessons with arts partners from The Creative Advantage Arts Partner Roster. They can be found here.