Introducing: ME! Self Portraits
Self-portrait art projects are designed to help students begin to answer the important question, “Who Am I?”
Resources
- Basic Art Supplies
- Faces by Zoe Miller & David Goodman
- I Believe in Myself (Mindful Mantra book) by Laurie Wright
- If I had a Giant Toe: A Children’s Book About Self-Esteem by Jill D. Clark
- Big Hair, Don’t Care by Crystal Swain-Bates
- Reading Picture Books With Children How to Shake up Storytime and get Kids Talking About What They See by Megan Dowd Lambert (in association with The Eric Carle Musem of Picture Book Art)
- Picture Books Are Relevant For Students Of All Ages Feb. 5, 2018 by Gail Cochrane
Fine Art Standards
- VISUAL ART STRAND: CREATE (3.V.CR.2) Create a personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.
- VISUAL ART STRAND: CONNECT (3.V.CO.1-2) Students will relate artistic skills, ideas, and work with personal meaning and external context
Integrated Standards
K-2: Social Studies Core Curriculum
- Kindergarten: Self, Family and Classroom
- 1st: Self, School and Neighborhood
- 2nd: Self, School, and Community
- People, Places, and Environments
- Individual Development and Identity
Objectives
Self-portrait art projects are designed to help students begin to answer the important question, “Who Am I?” Students will create their own self-portraits that say something about themselves using a variety of art materials and processes.