Parent and Carer Information:

KS1 Art and Design (Ages 5 - 7)

This guide helps you to track the progress of your child as they develop through the subject of art and design.
In years 1 and 2, children learn the key skills that form the basis of their art and design education. Practising
these skills at home can be a great way to boost your child’s confidence and complement what they learn in
the classroom. This guide outlines how you, as parents and carers, can best support your child’s educational
art and design journey, with an easy-to-follow flowchart of what they will learn and clear goals for you to work
on together.

Click on each topic to head to the relevant category on the Twinkl website to find super resources to support
your child.

Artists
and
Designers

Alternatively, you can follow the web url www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents to get to the Twinkl Parents Hub.

We have also included handy tick boxes, so you can easily check off when you have covered each topic, and
you can keep on track with your child’s studies. You can also use the ‘traffic light’ system to record your child’s
confidence, and how they feel about the topic you have covered together.

Stick the other pages together to create a display poster for both you and your child to fill in. Complete with
handy tick boxes, this chart is ideal for helping to support your child’s studies from home.

KS1 Art and Design (Ages 5 - 7)

Start wherever you feel most comfortable!
There is no set order for how these topics are taught.

I feel unsure about this. Sewing

Henri
Matisse

Printing

Using a Range Artists Leonardo

of Materials and Designers da Vinci
Creatively
Frida Kahlo
KS1
I feel okay about this. Painting Art and Design
(Ages 5 - 7) Shape
Drawing
Techniques
Natural
Textures
Clay
Sculptures Drawing, Art and
Painting and Design
Sculpture Techniques
Colour
Mixing Patterns

I feel confident about this!

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We hope you find the information on our website and resources useful. The contents of this resource are for general, informational
purposes only. This guide is intended to offer parents general guidance on what subject areas tend to be covered in their child’s year
group and where they could support their children at home. However, please be aware that every child is different and information can
quickly become out of date. There are some subject areas that we have intentionally not covered due to the nature of how they are taught
or because a trained professional needs to teach these areas. We try to ensure that the information in our resources is correct but every
school teaches the national curriculum in its own way. If you would like further guidance or are unsure in any way, we recommend that
you speak to your child’s teacher or another suitably qualified professional.

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Using a Range Your child will learn how to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
of Materials
Creatively

Your child can learn all about printing materials and methods with this informative
Printing presentation. By following the instructions, they can try creating their own foam
board print.

Painting Your child can try using paints to create bright and colourful artwork based on Russian
artist Wassily Kandinsky’s famous circles.

Using different fabrics and textiles, your child can create simple accessories or items of
Sewing clothing with these information posters about different sewing stitches.

Drawing,
Your child will learn to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their
Painting and
ideas, experiences and imagination.
Sculpture

Clay Thinking of trying out sculpture using clay? Your child can discover different clay
techniques with these fantastic posters to help them create sculptures independently.
Sculptures

Drawing Your child can practise drawing techniques with this step-by-step guide which teaches
Techniques your child how to draw jungle animals.

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Colour This poster is a great way to introduce budding painters to the concept of combining
Mixing different colours to create a new one.

Artists
Your child will learn about the work of various artists and designers, describing the
and differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines and making links
Designers to their own work.

Find out about the life and work of the French artist, Henri Matisse. As well as giving
Henri information about the artist, there are examples of his work along with interesting facts
Matisse and questions for your child to consider.

Frida Discover the world of the Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, with our artist fact file. Encourage
Kahlo your child to be inspired by her work to create their own self-portrait.

Leonardo Find out more about the life and work of Italian renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci,
with this interactive activity from Twinkl Go! Click on the buttons to reveal key fact
da Vinci about him.

Art and
Design Your child will learn to develop a wide range of art and design techniques using colour,
pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
Techniques

Your child can use shape to create stunning images such as these fish made out of
Shape triangles. A great introduction to tessellation.

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Natural You can use these beautiful images of natural textures to discuss how they look and
Textures might feel with your child before using them to create an eye-catching collage.

Introduce your child to the concept of pattern by looking at patterns in the real world.
Patterns This presentation includes questions at the end to assess their understanding.

Conversations

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Twinkl Go! is a digital platform, hosting interactive content such as

videos, games, audiobooks and more. Twinkl Go! enables digital
content to be streamed to your computer or mobile device.

Twinkl Book Club is our book subscription service. Enjoy our

original works of fiction in beautiful printed form, delivered to
you each half-term and yours to keep!

Twinkl Boost is a range of intervention resources, created to

support and lift learning with children at every level. These
include our easy-to-use SATs and Phonics Screening resources.

Imagine resources are designed to help your children to think

creatively, question and imagine. Every week, a new topic
consisting of five photos, each with related activities, is created.

Twinkl Originals are engaging stories written to inspire pupils from

EYFS to KS2. Designed to encourage a love of reading and help
curriculum-wide learning through accompanying resources.

Twinkl Kids’ TV is our wonderful YouTube channel dedicated

to fun and informative video-style resources full of new and
creative activities you can try at home!

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Start wherever you feel most comfortable!
There is no set order for how these topics are taught.

Sewing
Printing

Using a Range
of Materials
Creatively

KS1
Painting Art and De
(Ages 5
Drawing
Techniques

Clay
Sculptures Drawing,
Painting and
Sculpture
Colour
Mixing
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Henri
Matisse

Artists Leonardo
and Designers da Vinci

Frida Kahlo
KS1
nd Design
es 5 - 7) Shape

Natural
Textures
Art and
Design
Techniques
Patterns

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