KID LIT
KID LIT is an integrated Visual Art and English Language Arts tour that engages students in active inquiry, exploration and hands-on creativity. During this 90-minute tour, students create their own book addressing state standards as well as 21st Century Learning Skills.
Dates: Year round
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Curriculum connections: Visual Art, English Language Arts
Art Parts
This general tour highlights art from the Museum’s permanent collection as well as traveling exhibitions. As students tour through the Museum, they will become familiar with and begin to recognize the “parts of art”: elements of art and principles of design.
Dates: Year round
Grade Level: All grades
Curriculum connections: Visual Art, Reading and Language Arts
Look, Listen, Move – Arts Integrated
This tour integrates three areas of art, and is offered to Cabell County fourth-grade classes. Marshall University Professor Steve Hall and the Jeslyn Performing Arts Center partner with the Museum to provide this immersion into live music, dance, and visual art.
Dates: September and October
Grade Level: Cabell County fourth grades
Curriculum connections: Visual Art, Music, Dance, Reading and Language Arts
Holiday
Celebrate the season with your students at the Huntington Museum of Art! During this festive tour, children will view holiday art, enjoy storytelling, sing and make colorful art to take home.
Dates: December
Grade Level: Pre-K through first grade
Curriculum connections: Visual Art, Reading and Language Arts
Add It Up
This is an integrated art and math tour which utilizes the Museum’s permanent collections and tropical conservatory. It is an activity-filled tour that demonstrates to students how art and math merge in real life. Students enjoy counting, estimating, graphing, recording and tessellating during their tour.
Dates: Year round
Grade Level: Third grade
Curriculum connections: Visual Art, Math, Reading and Language Arts, Social Studies
This program is presented with support from the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts.
A Picture’s Worth 1,000 Words
Designed in cooperation with area Advanced Placement Literature teachers, this tour creates opportunities for high school students to recognize connections between literature and visual art. Includes studio-based art making.
Dates: Flexible during school year
Grade Level: High school – AP Literature students
Curriculum connections: Visual art, Reading and Language Arts
This program is presented with support from the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts.
Walk in the Woods - Nature Trail Tour
This 90 minute tour is on a trail located in over 40 acres of land retained in its natural woodland state. The trail is well marked and maintained, with a variety of inclines from nearly flat to gently sloping to steep. Nature docents will lead your class on a guided tour, pointing out woodland flora and fauna. Be sure to wear closed-toe shoes – no flip-flops, clogs or sandals allowed!
Dates: flexible during the school year
Grade Level: All grades/ages
Curriculum connections: Physical Education, Science
The Museum welcomes your students for tours any time during the year. Tours are available for all ages and grade levels. Tours are cross-curricular, integrating visual art with other core content such as math, language arts, social studies, and science. All tours support West Virginia educational standards in these subjects.
