Harmony Fine Arts Grade 3 Sample Week

Harmony Fine Arts Grade 3 plans feature Late Renaissance to Early Modern period art and music. These plans are organized by week and by option. There are three different options for art appreciation and you can do one, two, or all three options depending on your available time and interest. Many families have successfully used these plans with children in grades K-5. I wrote the options so you can pick and choose which activities are appropriate for your particular family.

HFA Grade 3 Sample Week 
Week 3: Diego Velazquez and George Handel
(Print out the Sample Pages and follow along.)
Note that your study of Velazquez and Handel stretch out between weeks 1 and 6. 


Option 1: Picture Study

• Use the link provided to view the painting of the week: Las Meninas.
• Apply the suggestions to view the painting that are given on page 9 of the plans. (There are also instructions for making this your computer's desktop image. There are additional questions you can use to prompt your child to see more in the painting if you wish to go a little deeper.)

Option 2: Art Appreciation with Follow-Up Activities 
(2 short periods or one longer period of time each week)

• Use the link provided to view the painting of the week: Las Meninas.
• Review pages 28-29 in Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artist: Velazquez.
• View Las Meninas closer by watching this YouTube video: Exploring Art-Las Meninas.
• Optional activity: Complete this coloring page with colored pencils for Las Meninas. (Print at 150%)
• Add to your artist notebook page for Diego Velazquez. (There are notebook pages provided with the plans and links to additional free notebook pages.)

Option 3: Artistic Pursuits with Picture Study Suggestions
Note: These lessons do not directly correspond with the artist from Option 1 or 2. 
In this year of Harmony Fine Arts you will finish the second half of the Artistic Pursuits Book (started in Year 1). 
(2 short periods or one longer period of time each week)

• Read Lesson 17 (pages 44-45) in Artistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Book Two on Albrecht Durer .
• Visit the Garden of Praise page for Durer.
• For the Parent: Read page 46 on printmaking.
• Complete Project 17 on page 47 which is a monoprint with ink.

Your family can choose to do just one option or combine options together to get a richer art appreciation experience. Many families combine Option 1 with either Option 2 or 3. You can choose from week to week how much to include in your lesson.


Week 3 Music Appreciation
George Handel

• Listen to More Famous Composers CD 1 Track 4: A Musical Duel and a Bad Temper
• Listen to Water Music Suite 3 in G Major on YouTube.
• Click and print the Instruments of the Baroque Orchestra. 
• Listen to the Harpsichord.
• View Baroque Dancers with Handel's Minuet on YouTube.

The plans give you specific music to listen to for Handel but you can always substitute any Handel CD you already own if you want to keep your expenses down.

See my Harmony Fine Arts Grade 3 page for more specifics for this plan for art and music appreciation. You can print out the sample for a list of artists and composers included in this ebook, a list of materials and resources needed, supplies list, and six weeks of plans to examine.

If you have older children, there are also middle school level art and music appreciation plans for Late Renaissance and Early Modern times and you can read about them here: Harmony Fine Arts Grade 7 Late Renaissance to Early Modern Art. Please note that Grade 3 and Grade 7 have different artists and composers so they will not "match" except in covering the same time period.

If you are interested in studying a different period of art, you can check my Overview Chart for more information about which grade to purchase.  There is also a chart for Grades 1-4 listing specific artists and composers included in each year. Please feel free to email me with any questions: harmonyfinearts@yahoo.com.


You can click over to purchase the Harmony Fine Arts Grade 3 ebook or print version plans HERE.