The Arts · Foundation
40 interactive lessons to explore
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📚 Term 1 · Lessons 1–10
›Lesson 1
Lines and Shapes in Art
Spot the lines and shapes that artists use to draw the whole world.
⏱ 12 min · 11 questions
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Lesson 2
Colours and the Rainbow
Name colours, spot them around you, and learn the colours of the rainbow.
⏱ 11 min · 9 questions
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Lesson 3
Singing and Using Our Voices
Sing songs and explore the loud, soft, high and low sounds your voice can make.
⏱ 10 min · 8 questions
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Lesson 4
Moving Our Bodies in Space
Explore how your body can move and the space all around you when you dance.
⏱ 11 min · 8 questions
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Lesson 5
Pretend Play and Make-Believe
Use your imagination to pretend to be people, animals and things.
⏱ 11 min · 8 questions
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Lesson 6
Drawing and Making on a Screen
Explore how we can draw and make pictures using a screen and buttons.
⏱ 10 min · 8 questions
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Lesson 7
Loud, Soft, Fast and Slow Sounds
Explore how music and sounds can be loud or soft, and fast or slow.
⏱ 10 min · 8 questions
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Lesson 8
Touch and Texture
Feel rough, smooth, soft and bumpy things and learn what texture means.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 9
Tap a Steady Beat
Feel and keep a steady beat by tapping, clapping and stepping along.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 10
Hand Shadow Puppets
Make shadow shapes with your hands and pretend they are characters.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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📚 Term 2 · Lessons 11–20
›Lesson 11
Light and Dark in Art
Press hard or soft to make colours light or dark when you draw.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 12
High and Low Sounds
Listen for sounds that go up high or down low to hear a melody.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 13
Freeze Like a Statue
Make a frozen picture with your body to show a moment in a story.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 14
Dancing With a Partner
Dance near, far, together and apart to show relationships in dance.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 15
Making a Nature Collage
Glue leaves, petals and twigs to make a picture from things you find outside.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 16
Sounds All Around Us
Listen for the everyday sounds of the world and make them with your voice.
⏱ 10 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 17
Playing with Puppets
Make a sock or paper puppet talk and move to tell a tiny story.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 18
Ways to Travel in Dance
Walk, jump, hop and skip to travel across the space when you dance.
⏱ 10 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 19
Handprint Printing
Press your painted hand onto paper to make a print and turn it into a picture.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 20
Fast and Slow in Music
Move and clap to music that speeds up and slows down.
⏱ 11 min · 6 questions
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📚 Term 3 · Lessons 21–30
›Lesson 21
Using Props in Pretend Play
Use simple objects to help tell a make-believe story.
⏱ 11 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 22
Copy the Leader Dance
Watch a leader and copy their moves to dance together.
⏱ 10 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 23
Making Pictures with Dots
Use little dots to fill in pictures, just like some artists do.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 24
Clap It Back
Listen to a clapping pattern and copy it right back.
⏱ 10 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 25
Happy and Sad Faces
Show feelings on your face like an actor in a play.
⏱ 10 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 26
Jump, Skip and Hop
Try different ways of moving your whole body in a dance.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 27
Stamping Shapes to Print
Dip simple objects in paint to stamp shapes and make a repeating print.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 28
Clapping Our Names
Clap the parts of your name to feel that words are made of beats.
⏱ 10 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 29
Becoming Animals in Drama
Use your body and voice to pretend to be different animals.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 30
Stretch and Curl Shapes
Make your body big and stretched, then small and curled, in a dance.
⏱ 11 min · 6 questions
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📚 Term 4 · Lessons 31–40
›Lesson 31
Where We Stand to Perform
Learn about a performing space and how to face the audience.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 32
Drawing a Face
Find the parts of a face and draw them in the right places.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 33
Making Instruments from Things
Discover that everyday objects can make music when we shake or tap them.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 34
Dancing When the Music Plays
Move when the music starts and freeze when it stops.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 35
Tearing Paper for Collage
Use your fingers to tear paper into pieces and stick them down to make a picture.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 36
Marching to a Steady Beat
Stamp your feet and march in time to feel the steady beat in music.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 37
Puppet Says Hello
Use a puppet to say hello and have a little pretend chat with a friend.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 38
Spinning and Turning Safely
Explore spinning and turning your body, then stop in a balanced shape.
⏱ 10 min · 7 questions
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Lesson 39
Loud and Soft on Instruments
Explore making loud and soft sounds with simple classroom instruments.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Lesson 40
Colours and How They Feel
Discover that some colours feel warm and sunny while others feel cool and calm.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions