Indiana State Standards for Arts Education: Kindergarten

IN.K.1. Dance: Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students demonstrate knowledge and skills of dance elements.

K.1.1. Identify elements of theatre in everyday life, such as relationships (characters), clothes (costumes), locations (setting).

K.1.2. Recognize and discuss theatre as an expression and record of the human experience told through stories, songs, and dances.

K.1.3. Identify the many types of live presentations (film, television, and electronic technology) through history and culture.

K.1.4. Explore the element of time through movement using tempo and rhythm.

IN.K.2. Dance: Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

K.2.1. Recognize and discuss cultural traditions in stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

K.2.2. Explore the difference between improvised and learned movement.

K.2.3. Understand and demonstrate that dance has a beginning, middle, and end.

IN.K.3. Dance: Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate dance as a way to create and communicate.

K.3.1. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in stories.

K.3.2. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in classroom dramatizations and/or formal productions.

K.3.3. Explore the different ways that humans move.

IN.K.4. Dance: Analysis, Culture, and History: Students reflect upon, evaluate, and analyze dance experiences.

K.4.1. Make use of age-appropriate theatre vocabulary to critique what they see, hear, and understand.

K.4.2. Speculate on the meaning of a performance.

K.4.3. Describe observed dance movement activities using one dance element.

IN.K.5. Dance: Analysis, Culture, and History: Students understand and demonstrate dance from diverse cultures and historical periods.

K.5.1. Respond to plays, stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

K.5.2. Explore dances from various cultures.

IN.K.6. Dance: Healthy Practices: Students demonstrate connections between dance and healthy living.

K.6.1. Dramatize stories by pretending (improvisation).

K.6.2. Create and present original stories.

IN.K.7. Dance: Integration: Students integrate dance with the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

K.7.1. Use classroom materials to create visual environments for creative play.

K.7.2. Use family, school, and community resources to gather information about the appearance of a specific environment.

IN.K.8. Dance: Community and Careers: Students value the role of dance in the life of the community and identify its associated careers.

K.8.1. Observe and discuss the appearance and characteristics of people, creatures, and things.

K.8.2. Imitate or create people, creatures, or things based on observation.

IN.K.1. Music: Singing alone and with others: Students sing in a group on pitch and with a steady tempo. Students sing a variety of songs from memory.

K.1.1. Match and echo a given pattern of a limited range of pitches.

K.1.2. Sing a short song accurately, from memory, and with a steady beat.

IN.K.2. Music: Playing an instrument alone and with others: Students play short rhythmic and melodic patterns with body sounds or on an instrument. Students maintain a steady tempo while playing in a group.

K.2.1. Echo a short rhythmic pattern played by the teacher.

K.2.2. Maintain a steady beat.

IN.K.3. Music: Reading, notating and interpreting music: Students begin to read basic rhythmic notation.

K.3.1. Read and perform a short pattern of quarter notes and eighth notes by clapping or by vocalizing using syllables.

IN.K.4. Music: Improvising melodies and accompaniments: Students improvise musical responses to rhythms and pitch patterns given by the teacher. They improvise using instruments, body sounds, or electronic sounds.

K.4.1. Create simple rhythms on an instrument or by using body sounds.

K.4.2. Respond to teacher-played phrases by playing back a similar phrase.

IN.K.5. Music: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines: Students create a short melodic or rhythmic pattern. They use several sound sources when composing.

K.5.1. Invent a short melodic or rhythmic pattern with the instructor's guidance.

K.5.2. Help arrange a piece using many kinds of sounds, including instruments, body sounds, sounds from everyday objects, or electronic sounds.

IN.K.6. Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music: Students distinguish between a speaking voice and a singing voice. They know the difference between the volume levels of loud and soft. They can also distinguish between fast and slow musical pace. Students in Kindergarten move to music and use movement to show what is heard in the music.

K.6.1. Identify a voice as a speaking voice or singing voice.

K.6.2. After hearing one song sung at a loud level and sung again at a soft level, identify each as being either loud or soft.

K.6.3. Explore the use of sound effects and the voice to express character, feelings, and mood.

K.6.4. Use hand motions to indicate a musical element or concept.

IN.K.7. Music: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts: Students begin to identify similarities and differences in the meanings of terms used in more than one art form. They identify differences between music activities and other classroom activities.

K.7.1. Use terms such as: plain or fancy, same or different, bright or dark, in music class and art class.

K.7.2. Talk about how music class is similar to or different from other classroom activities.

IN.K.8. Music: Understanding music in relation to history and culture: Students identify how music is used in daily life.

K.8.1. Name sources of music that can be heard in daily situations.

IN.K.9. Music: Evaluating music and music performances: Students understand the importance of proper concert behavior in a variety of settings.

K.9.1. Discover what actors do and find examples in the local community, film, or television.

IN.K.1. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: History: Students understand the significance of visual art in relation to historical, social, political, spiritual, environmental, technological, and economic issues.

K.1.1. Understand that art is a visual record of human ideas and has a history as old as humankind.

K.1.2. Speculate on the function of a work of art.

K.1.3. Identify simple icons and subject matter in works of art.

IN.K.2. Visual Arts: Responding to Art: History: Students recognize significant works of Western and non-Western art and understand the chronological development of art movements.

K.2.1. Recognize that art from one artist has a similar look or style.

K.2.2. Identify and distinguish between realistic and non-objective works of art.

IN.K.3. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students describe, research, and interpret works of art and artifacts.

K.3.1. Describe sensory, formal, technical, and expressive properties in works of art.

K.3.2. Speculate on meaning in a work of art based on personal response and properties in the work.

K.3.3. Use appropriate art vocabulary.

IN.K.4. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students identify and apply criteria to make informed judgments about art.

K.4.1. Know that critics are people who study the work of artists and share their ideas so we can see more in the work.

IN.K.5. Visual Arts: Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students reflect on and discuss the nature of art and aesthetic issues concerning the meaning and significance of art.

K.5.1. Demonstrate curiosity and personal insight through observing and reflecting on a work of art.

K.5.2. Identify art as visual objects made by humans and distinguish between human-made objects and objects from nature.

IN.K.6. Visual Arts: Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students theorize about art and make informed judgments.

K.6.1. Distinguish between realistic and non-objective works of art and recognize the identifying characteristics of both.

K.6.2. Reflect on personal response when determining preference.

IN.K.7. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students observe, select, and utilize a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas in their work.

K.7.1. Use objects or animals from real world as subject matter for artwork.

K.7.2. Create art that expresses personal ideas, interests, and feelings.

K.7.3. Develop personal symbols to express ideas.

IN.K.8. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students understand and apply elements and principles of design effectively in their work.

K.8.1. Recognize and use elements (such as shape, line, color, and texture) and principles (such as repetition) in their work.

K.8.2. Discriminate between types of shapes (geometric), colors (primary/secondary hues), lines (characteristics), and textures (tactile) in their work and the work of others.

IN.K.9. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional media, tools, and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning.

K.9.1. Distinguish between two dimensional and three dimensional works of art

K.9.2. Identify and use media and processes to express ideas, experiences, and stories including: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture/Architecture/Jewelry, Fibers, Mixed Media, and New Media.

K.9.3. Demonstrate safe and proper use, care, and storage of media, materials, and equipment.

IN.K.10. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.

K.10.1. Experience live theatre.

K.10.2. Manipulate a variety of media.

K.10.3. Respect their work and the work of others.

IN.K.11. Visual Arts: Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of art-related professions and careers in our society.

K.11.1. Use a dramatization to understand a concept from another discipline.

IN.K.12. Visual Arts: Careers and Community: Students understand how art experiences affect daily life and identify opportunities for involvement in the arts.

K.12.1. Find other art forms used in theatre pieces.

K.12.2. Visit local museums, exhibits, and experience visiting artists in the schools.

IN.K.13. Visual Arts: Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between knowledge and skill in art and all other subject areas such as humanities, sciences, and technology.

K.13.1. Begin to distinguish between products and processes of the visual arts and other disciplines.

K.13.2. Create a work of art using subject matter, concepts, or sign systems (such as words or numbers) of another discipline.

IN.K.14. Visual Arts: Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of art forms including dance, theater, music, visual art, and media art.

K.14.1. Begin to distinguish between products and processes of the visual arts and other art forms.

K.14.2. Create a work of art using subject matter, concepts, or sign systems (such as words or numbers) of two art forms.

IN.K.1. Theatre: History and Culture: Students understand the significance of theatre and its relationship to history and cultures.

K.1.1. Identify elements of theatre in everyday life, such as relationships (characters), clothes (costumes), locations (setting).

K.1.2. Recognize and discuss theatre as an expression and record of the human experience told through stories, songs, and dances.

K.1.3. Identify the many types of live presentations (film, television, and electronic technology) through history and culture.

IN.K.2. Theatre: History and Culture: Students recognize significant works of the theatre and comprehend various performance styles.

K.2.1. Recognize and discuss cultural traditions in stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

IN.K.3. Theatre: Analysis and Response: Students understand and analyze the dramatic structure of plays and performances.

K.3.1. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in stories.

K.3.2. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in classroom dramatizations and/or formal productions.

IN.K.4. Theatre: Analysis and Response: Students identify, develop, and apply criteria to make informed judgments about theatre.

K.4.1. Make use of age-appropriate theatre vocabulary to critique what they see, hear, and understand.

K.4.2. Speculate on the meaning of a performance.

IN.K.5. Theatre: Analysis and Response: Students reflect on and interpret the nature of the theatre experience and its personal and artistic significance.

K.5.1. Respond to plays, stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

IN.K.6. Theatre: Creative Process: Students create scripts and theatre pieces through collaboration, inquiry, and improvisation.

K.6.1. Dramatize stories by pretending (improvisation).

K.6.2. Create and present original stories.

K.6.3. Explore the use of sound effects and the voice to express character, feelings, and mood.

IN.K.7. Theatre: Creative Process: Students utilize imagination and research to design, and implement the elements of a visual environment.

K.7.1. Use classroom materials to create visual environments for creative play.

K.7.2. Use family, school, and community resources to gather information about the appearance of a specific environment.

IN.K.8. Theatre: Creative Process: Students develop acting skills through observation, improvisation, and script analysis.

K.8.1. Observe and discuss the appearance and characteristics of people, creatures, and things.

K.8.2. Imitate or create people, creatures, or things based on observation.

K.8.3. Discuss stories to understand character relationships.

IN.K.9. Theatre: Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of theatrical careers.

K.9.1. Discover what actors do and find examples in the local community, film, or television.

IN.K.10. Theatre: Careers and Community: Students develop a lifelong commitment to theatre arts and value their importance in the life of the community.

K.10.1. Experience live theatre.

IN.K.11. Theatre: Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between theatre and other disciplines, such as language arts, social studies, humanities, science, and technology.

K.11.1. Use a dramatization to understand a concept from another discipline.

IN.K.12. Theatre: Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of theatre that includes dance, music, visual art, and media arts.

K.12.1. Find other art forms used in theatre pieces.