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1 Claude Monet Artist Study Helper

2 Table of Contents Lesson plans...3 Biography of the Artist..5 Montessori Cards...6 Picture Study 10 Notebook Pages...17 Coloring pages..36 Art Lessons..40

3 Lesson Plans This helper includes enough ideas and resources to spend as little or as much time on this artist as you want or as the skills of your young artist allow. You will need to pick and choose what you want from it. No matter what amount you do, your child will be enriched by art he/she is exposed to. Every child should leave school with at least a couple of hundred pictures by great masters hanging permanently in the halls of his imagination... At any rate he should go forth well furnished because imagination has the property of magical expansion, the more it holds the more it will hold - Charlotte Mason (Vol. 6, p. 43). To introduce this artist to your child you may use the following ideas: Read one of the story books about this artist (page 10). Many can be found at your local library. Read one of the story books about this artist and later in another lesson fill out the biography page. (page 17-20) You can play concentration or go fish with the Montessori cards. (page 7-9). There are instructions on page 6 explaining how to use them and games you can play with them. You can begin by reading the biography and looking at the pictures set aside for picture study and have each student pick which one he/she likes best. Frame it and put it somewhere it can be seen regularly. Pictures for doing a picture study are on page Remember to keep this lesson short maybe 20 minutes to 30 minutes long. Once you have introduced the artist you can proceed with the following activities to continue to expose your students to great art work. These lesson ideas below will most likely take your student longer than minutes. Watch to see if they are getting tired out and stop the lesson if they do. Continue on with it another day. Once a week do a picture study of one of the works of art. There are six so you can plan to spend at least six weeks with this artist. (your entire study of this artist may take 8-9 weeks if you use a week or two to introduce the artist)

4 In the same week do one or two of the following activities. It doesn t really matter what order they go in. 1. Color one of the pictures using the same colors that the artist used. Coloring pages are on page Do one of the art lessons on pages Write about one of the works of art. Notebook pages for this activity are on pages Copy one of the works of art using the notebook pages on page Play concentration with the Montessori cards. Aim to have them say the name of the art work to gain a pair. 6. Play go fish. Aim to have them use the name of the art work when asking for a card from another player. 7. Set up a game board using the Montessori cards and have them name the work of art to be able to land on the card. 8. Fill out one of the artist biography notebook pages on pages Below is a sample plan. As you can see there are allot more resources here than you could ever use in 7 weeks. Whatever little bit you do, it will benefit your student. Have fun! If you like this artist take weeks on it and do everything. No one is counting. Week 1 Week 2 Introduce the artist by reading on of the story books. Talk about it/narrate. Do a picture study of The Walk Fill out one of the Artist Biography pages Play concentration or go fish with the Montessori cards. Week 3 Do a picture study of Field of Poppies Color the coloring page trying to copy the colors the artist used. Week 4 Do a picture study of Luncheon Copy the painting water Lilies and place your work on the notebook page. Week 5 Do a picture study of The terrace at Sainte Adresse Do one of the art lessons Week 6 Do a picture study of The Highway Bridge Write about Monet s Self Portrait Week 7 Do a picture study of Water Lily Pond Play concentration or go fish.

5 Claude Monet Born: 1840 Died: 1926 Country: France Claude Oscar Monet was born in Paris on November 14, Soon after, his family moved to Le Havre, where he spent his youth. His acquaintance with Eugène Boudin lead to Monet seriously pursuing his education as a painter in Boudin and Jongkind taught Monet to always work in the field in front of his motif. The following year Monet went to Paris anyway to begin academic training. He joined the "Akademie Suisse" and joined his later fellow painters from the Impressionist group, especially when painting together "en plen air" in the forest of Fontainebleau. Their constant struggle was to have their pictures exhibited at the official "Salon de Paris", where the conservative jury mostly declined their paintings. Because of the lack of acceptance of his artwork, Claude Monet and his small family had to live in dire poverty for many years. In 1879 his first wife Camille, with whom he had two children, died. Monet's art had meanwhile developed from withdrawn color paintings to form an independent Impressionist style. With his famous painting "Impression: soleil levant", Claude Monet named one of the most important genres of Avant-garde art. Some art lovers, especially the art dealer Durand-Ruel, supported him financially. Very gradually, a market developed for his pictures. In 1883 Claude Monet managed to earn enough money to move to Giverny, west of Paris, where he managed to buy the house he had been renting in He now had a place to return to after his frequent travels and the garden of his property, which he later managed to extend, provided constant inspiration for his work at home. In 1891 Monet painted the first of his famous series: the "meules" (haystacks) were followed by pictures of poplars and the river Seine, the cathedral of Rouen, the river Thames in London and many more. His exhibitions were great successes and Monet became a celebrated artist. In 1892 he married Alice Hoschedé, who brought more children into the family. From the turn of the century, the water lilies on the specially designed pond in Giverny and the picturesque wooden bridge in Japanese style became Monet's favorite motifs. In 1911 Alice died. In 1916, at the age of 76, Monet started his largest project: the creation of the famous wall decoration depicting the pond with the water lilies (now in Paris). In the 1920s his eyesight deteriorated and he had to have surgery, but he still did his utmost to continue painting. Shortly before his death on December 5, 1926 Claude Monet finished his water lily paintings. Today Claude Monet is regarded as the most well known Impressionist artist. His late work is increasingly considered to be the precursor for the abstraction of the 20th century.

6 How To Use Montessori Picture Cards The Montessori picture cards are a great way to teach children about the basics of reading, through the use of self-correcting cards that match particular words with particular images. Basics. Basics. First of all, you need to give the children information on when to use the Montessori picture cards, and where these cards can be found. If you are a teacher who handles a group of children, place the cards in an accessible place such as the library, or in the classroom. Teaching the children the mechanics. Now, tell the children about how they can use the cards. Basically, there are two sets of cards in the Montessori system. One set of cards has pictures, while the other set of cards has words. Each word corresponds to one picture. Pronunciation. Pronunciation. Give emphasis on not just recognizing the words, but knowing how to pronounce the letters in the words. Make sure that you instruct the children to read out loud each word. Reading out loud reinforces the words that the children are learning, and helps them make reading a more concrete activity. Show examples. During the first time that the children will use the Montessori picture cards, it is best that you demonstrate first with a couple of the cards. Take the word card, and then pronounce the words. Afterwards, find the corresponding picture card and hook it to the word card, to show the children how to check whether they were correct or not. Step back. After you have demonstrated, let the children do the rest of the exercises. Remember, supervision is at a bare minimum when the children are using Montessori picture cards. The whole philosophy behind Montessori teaching is that the children should have the initiative and opportunity to learn by themselves, after all. Other ways you can use them. Print two copies of the control cards (the ones without a separating line between the picture and the name) and play concentration and/or go fish. (they last longer when laminated; otherwise try printing onto cardstock) Print multiple copies and cut off the top half of the cards with only the pictures and lay them out on the floor like a board game. Roll a dice and move that number of spaces. If you know the name of that

7 The Walk Luncheon The Terrace at Sainte Adresse Highway Bridge

8 Field of Poppies Impression Sunrise Self-Portrait The Beach at Trouville

9 Sainte Lazare the Railway Station Water Lily Pond Water Lilies The Studio Boat

10 Picture Study Picture study gives us a simple yet powerful tool to influence our children s sense of beauty, to cultivate within them a taste for what is good. -Sonya Schaffer from Simply Charlotte Mason website How To Begin: 1. Select one artist and six or so of his pictures to study. Do one picture a week. 2. When you begin to study a new artist, Charlotte suggested that you read a short story of that artist s life. (there is a bio of the artist at the front of the e-book and a book list for Matisse below) 3. Let the children study one picture, silently taking it all in, noticing every detail until they know it and see it in their mind s eye. 4. Turn the reproduction over or hide it from sight, and have the children describe it in as much detail as they can remember. 5. When the narrations are complete, invite a short discussion about the picture. Keep in mind that you do not have to know all the answers, you simply tell the name of the piece and ask the children s response to it. Did you like this painting? What did this picture make you think of? How does this painting make you feel? Did it remind you of anything you ve read about? These simple questions further the children s interaction with the piece, helping them connect the new painting to what they already know. The next week, select another picture by the same artist and repeat the process. Over several weeks you will have covered all six pictures, one picture every week or two. Then choose a new artist and go again. Books for kids about Claude Monet... Linnea in Monet s Garden by Christina Bjork The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Lawrence Anholt Claude Monet: Getting to know the world s Famous Artists by Mike Venezia Who Was Claude Monet? by Ann Waldron Claude Monet: Sunshine and Water Lilies (smart about art series) Katie and the Water lily Pond by James Mayhew Monet Paints a Day by Julie Danneberg Monet Eyewitness book

11 The Walk

12 Field of Poppies

13 Luncheon

14 The Terrace at Sainte Adresse

15 The Highway Bridge

16 The Lily Pond

17 Claude Monet Birth: Death: Nationality:

18 Claude Monet Birth: Death: Nationality:

19 Claude Monet Birth: Death: Nationality: Cut out your favorite pain ngs on the following page(s) and glue them here. The Lily Pond The Walk

20 The Walk Field of Poppies Self Portrait Impression Sunrise The Beach at Trouville Sainte Lazare: The Railway Station The Lily Pond

21 Water Lilies The Studio Boat The Highway Bridge Luncheon The Terrace at Sainte Adresse

22 Claude Monet Name : Date : Choose one of the pain ngs from the pages before and paste them here. Have your child copy the piece and place it in the space below. Write in the name of the Pain ng you chose and the date it was painted. Place your art work here

23 Claude Monet Name : Date :

24 Field of Poppies by Claude Monet

25 Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet

26 Self Portrait by Claude Monet

27 The Beach at Trouville by Claude Monet

28 Sainte Lazare: The Railway Station by Claude Monet

29 The Lily Pond by Claude Monet

30 Water Lilies by Claude Monet