Montessori Art Certification Online Course

You know visual art education is valuable, however you might not know where to even start. Traditional Montessori certification does not offer how-to create art curriculum or how children really learn visual arts cognitively. Nature of Art® the Science Art Method@ offers Montessori Art Certification with online courses and live professional development internationally.

Do you dream of having organized art lessons throughout the school year?
Do you want art projects to support your most important Great Lessons, within the Cosmic Education?
Do you want your students to have work that leads to innovative thinking and independence?
No prior art knowledge is required to get trained!
Do you want to do all this without any stress??

Montessori Options:

Get art certified to bring art literacy into the classroom in less than 7 weeks!

Choose from two online training options:

1. Self-paced video training (No certification included)

2. Video training, art certification, one-on-one coaching, and practicum

Montessori Art Certification Online Course video training center

7 Week Online Digital Course (3 year access!)

Who is This Program For

This training is for anyone who wants to learn how to teach children art lessons or take their art skills and learn how to apply them to teaching children in a Montessori setting.

All types of teachers

This course is designed for guides working with students in early childhood, ages 3-6 or 6-12. It’s a premium online training course that provides focused and up-to-date professional development. Teachers and parents with no Montessori certifications can also register. No prior art training is required.

Art Teaching Blueprint is comprehensive and broad in scope. It lays the foundation for understanding how children learn art, allowing you to start implementing art lessons into your classroom.

Improve your teaching skills with a focused visual arts teaching curriculum guided by an expert with 30 years of experience in art instruction.

International Art Teacher & Author Spramani Elaun

About Instructor:

Spramani Elaun is an author and art curriculum developer from San Diego California. She is a art teacher with a science art methodology. Her success is led by observations and real-life practice of how children cognitively and sensorially process art over thirty years. She is the founder of Nature of Art® Art school & Art supply company, Art Teaching Blueprint Montessori Certification Training.

Spramani holds degrees in Graphic Design, Digital Media Design, Visual Communications, Print Media, and Fine Arts. She has published several art education books and five sequential art curriculums for early childhood, lower, and upper elementary levels. AMS annual conference and frequently travels internationally for in-service training.

Get Montessori Art Training

Many international Montessori schools and training centers offering Montessori certification have utilized our art in-service personal development training, online course, art curriculums, and consultancy services. Some of our valued customers include The Montessori Accreditation Council on Teacher Education (M.I.T.E), The American Montessori Society (AMS), Association Montessori International (AMI).

Teaching art doesn’t have to be stressful (and you don’t have to be an artist to do it)!

“I train you over 7 weeks with my proprietary Science Art Method®“

“When you complete the Art Teaching Blueprint, you will have the confidence to start teaching and creating Montessori art curriculum for your school.”
Spramani Elaun

Montessori Art Certification Online Course

This training meets the national and international core arts standards for children. The Art Teaching Blueprint covers the Elements and Principles of Design, the artistic process, and Spramani Elaun’s proprietary Science Art Method® and her carefully crafted teaching system of sequences.

Nature of Art® Science Art Method uses 3 key components :

Visual Perception (the visual cortex)
Cognation (Cognitive Neural Network Model)
Phases of Art Development (gross – Fine-motor development)

Common Montessori struggles

“Learning how to motivate kids to explore art and understanding how to work with different age groups.”

I learned how to simplify my art lessons, and that sculpting and building adds to the young artists 3-dimensional understanding. I have also learned that the process is just as or more important than the masterpiece. I have implemented reflection times into my classes as well, which helps me observe how they create and learn more about my students.“

Kaelee R. – Montessori Guide

Here’s what we’ll cover in 7 weeks:

Lecture 1: Identifying what a quality visual art education is for children (8 videos totallying 40 minutes)

Introduction to visual arts
International art standards
Art language
Teaching Areas of Focus
Artist Techniques
Art Materials
The Artistic Process
Spatial & Dynamic Art Understanding

Lecture 2: How children learn visual arts, Proprietary Science Art Method® (10 videos, total 54 minutes)

I share the important patterns I recognized in my 20+ years of teaching visual arts to children. This lecture is all about connecting the science to how kids use their senses to evolve into artists.

3 key components parts to learning visual arts:

Visual Perception
Cognative Art Processing
Gross to Fine-motor
Phases of Art Development

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Lecture 3: How to teach children visual arts (11 videos totalling 45 minutes)

I explain what art skills and teaching methods help make children become successful artists. This includes my proprietary system of sequences to help nurture creative development.

Process-based
Choice-based
Copy-Mode
Creative-Mode
Art Teaching Practices

Lecture 4: Complete art supply & materials list, seasoned practical tips (7 videos total 56 minutes)

Here’s where we get practical! You will learn about the best art supplies to use for teaching each area of visual arts.

Medium
Materials
Demonstrations
Shopping List
Art Supply Prompts

Lecture 5: Art environment (9 videos, totallying 40 minutes)

Set-up
Art Environment
Managing mess
Storage
Staging

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Staging a Montessori art shelf

Lecture 6: Staging a Montessori art shelf (10 videos, total 50 minutes)

A well-staged art shelf can be super powerful! You’ll learn how to set up your art supplies and art shelf to support on-going art literacy and active, engaged, self-learning.

Staging
Material Themes
Focused Group
Independent work
Guided Lessons
Presentation & Demonstration Tip

Lecture 7: Art lessons & planning formulas

This final lecture will help get you in the right mindset to start teaching your students with confidence!

Art Lesson Framework
Art Lesson Development
Scheduling Formula
Art Observation
Making it Montessori
Art Albums
Art Assessment Guides

New trainings added this summer!

Lecture 8: Making it Montessori (1 video)

How to make visual art literacy integrate with the Montessori Pedagogy. Topics:

Sensitive periods
Sensory
Environment
Staging
Montessori Curriculum

Lecture 9: Art Observing (1 video)

Learn what we observe in visual art development, how to use the observation cycle to observe, take notes , assess, and modify art lessons.

READY TO REGISTER / PAYMENT DETAILS HERE!

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February 25, 2023November 10, 2024

Montessori Art Routines & Expectations– Part 1

I have been getting some good questions from parents and teachers about art routines. So I will be doing a 3 part series explaining my most successful Montessori art routines and expectations.

Art Routines

Art routines can help you not worry about prepping daily, plus stop classroom chaos! When students understand routines they know how to encounter the art space. When you design art routines there’s less guess work for the student. Plus children actually thrive and succeed with routines in place. Outlining routines lays the foundation for actions and expectations from your students.

Montessori art routines can be simple and last only minutes. While others may be complex with students working up to an hour. Children already have routines that start the minute they get out of bed each morning. Like brushing their teeth, dressing, eating, and getting to school. In most cases you usually have your students in routines at the start of the day. So why not set them up for art.

Today I will share what some of these routines look like. I’ll share two key important routines to start with, and the others in part 2 and 3 in this series:

Art Smocks
Art Material Set-up
Art Language
Process-Based
Creative Flow

Art Smock Routine

These routines have worked with tens of thousands of children I’ve worked with. The first expectation is that art is messy and I have a system in place to ensure messes don’t spread around the room. This system keeps wet mediums from spreading around the room or on clothes. I have this conversation before children touch any mediums. Here’s how that might sound.

“Today I thought I would introduce you to the art space I’ve designed to work in, and how to manage the artist materials. The art space is available to those who agree to follow my simple rules.”

With that agreement, then you can move into the smock demonstration.

I explain how messes accrue from spills, hands and splatters. I further explain how the space is designed to manage that type of mess. The first thing I do is introduce the artist’s smock (apron). I explain how artists wear a smock when working on art projects. Then I explain the function of a smock is to keep their clothes and hands clean. I explain when their hands become spoiled, they will use their smock to wipe them, kind of like a big napkin. I explain that artists do not go back and forth cleaning their hands while working. This helps to keep mediums from spreading around. They stay in their work space and use their smock to manage that type of mess.

I don’t have rags or napkins nearby to wipe with. This eliminates paint, glue or pigmented mediums from smearing around the space. Cleaning hands happens after everything is put away, and they are ready to transition out of art. Then I show them what this action looks like by wiping my hands on my smock. I also show them where to find their smock, how to put it on, and where to return it.

I recommend you have your students always wear a smock or art tee-shirt when working in these spaces. If they are working like an artist, they should dress like an artist. It may take time to implement. But if you keep reminding them, everyone in the class starts to behave artfully.

Material Set-up Routines

Set-up presentations are key and can support your students in many ways. By introducing these routines children will be able to set-up independently. This helps with getting into creative flow states. They will be able to construct and use the materials in artful ways. And be able to clean-up the materials on their own. They will also take on the responsibility of leaving the materials ready for the next student to use.

So what type of material set-up routines should you introduce to your students:

How to gather art materials
The expectations of how they will work in the art space
How to use tools & mediums properly
Where to store artworks
How to clean up the materials
How to return them for the next student
How to transition out of the art space

Most art activities require students to get everything they need to construct. So beforehand you will need to decide which materials to stage for easy access. Group work is where you set-up stations for students to pick up their materials, or you pass them out. Independent work is when you stage the materials for students to collect on their own. Either way you will have to be sure everything is ready to access. For both you still want to explain the expectations and procedures and order of work flow.

Example: You will gather around the circle so I can discuss the art mediums, how they work, and show art technique. And even share some artist samples. Then direct when it’s their turn to get their materials. How long they work, and where to store completed artworks. How-to return the materials back to their station, how-to be dismissed to put their smock away and wash up.

After you have presented a few times, your students will understand these routines.

Diverse Learners

Chaos happens when students don’t understand their individual role. You might have diverse learners in your classroom. Some might be good at art, but not good at following the linear work flow. In this case you may need to group your diverse learners into a smaller group. To process the instructions slower giving them more time to go through the flow of the activity.

Some might get distracted or confused in larger group commotion. In this case I would recommend you set aside time to work with them in a slower smaller paced group.

You or an assistant can work throughout the work cycle showing them the steps. You may have to slow down every step. Showing them how each step looks like. Picking up the materials, working along side them, and how to store finished artworks. Even how-to gather and clean and return materials. Make time to answer their individual questions. You will eliminate the chaos and your studwents will fall into routines.

If you would like to know more about my art method, check out my books, curriculum and teacher professional development [PD] HERE.

Warmly,

Spramani Elaun – Art Instructor

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10 Back To School Art Tips

Start With 10 Art Tips

I’m excited to share my 10 back to school art tips for the Montessori classroom in this blog! Getting ideas for back to school art lessons might seem challenging if you have no art background. You might wonder which art tip should come first and where to draw inspiration from.

Let me show you how you don’t have to go far to find ideas for your back to school planning and scheduling. Art lesson ideas can come directly from the concepts you’re already teaching in the classroom, from the great lessons to other Montessori books you already own. By simply opening your favorite storybook, you and your students can discover wonderful ideas to create.

Be sure to watch the video ( 10 Back To School Art Tips – For The Montessori Classroom) to understand how you can follow up with art activities after reading your favorite Montessori books.

10 Montessori Back-to-school Art Environment Readiness Tips

If you want to learn more about art literacy, be sure to check out my books. You can further gain knowledge on the basic elements to focus on in each art lesson. Visit my book page for my Early Childhood Montessori Art Guide or Elementary Art Guide, which is filled with plenty of art lesson tips and ideas.

10 tips video highlights

Art Shelf: Plan to stage an art shelf in your classroom this year.
New Medium: Try out a new medium you didn’t have a chance to explore last year (e.g., oil pastels).
Great Lessons: Leverage key lessons as sources of inspiration.
Use Story Books: Go through the books you read annually to extract art-making inspiration.
Supply List Request: Send out an art supply wish list to parents!
Art Planning: Plan ahead with all your other subjects before school starts.
Art Helper & Artist Guest: Ask parents if they can volunteer to share a fun cultural art-making idea.
Where to Find New Projects: Ask other Montessori teachers for ideas, or check out online resources.
Art Album: Plan this year to make an art album where you can quickly add pictures of projects and your observation notes.
Inspiration Gallery: Create a space where your students can reflect on their projects and their classmates’ projects.

Implementing the 10 major tips

Make your back to school art experience fun this year! First, set up a special art shelf in your classroom. Try using new art tools and mediums like oil pastels and watercolor. Get some cool ideas from your favorite stories and lessons you are already teaching. Ask parents for art supplies by sending them a wish list, or create an Amazon list. It’s smart to plan your art projects along with the Great Lessons before the year starts. Invite parents to share their interesting cultural art projects too! You can also find new art ideas by talking to your colleagues or looking online on Pinterest. Make an art album to save pictures of your projects, and finally, create a space where you and your students can show off their work. These tips will make art time super fun and creative for you with less stress.

Happy new school year!

Warmly,
Spramani

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