The art curriculum is based on the Minnesota Visual Art Standards The following are the essential skills learned in second grade based on the standards:
Collage: cutting and gluing shapes
Drawing with pattern and repetition
Balance: line of symmetry and radial symmetry
Clay construction: hand building and glazing
Metal tooling
Warm and cool colors
Painting techniques: watercolor and tempera
Math: fractions
Art History: Native American art, Wayne Thiebaud and Pop Art , Vincent Van Gogh, Fauve Art