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Fine Art Bundles

Item No: aart/6
Sale price$74.95 USD Regular price$77.70 USD
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Fine Art Bundles group Maitri Learning's Montessori fine art card materials into convenient sets across all continents; in four formats to grow with your children — from large art display cards to matching cards and multi-part self-correcting reading cards. These materials pair famous artwork with vocabulary, art appreciation, and reading/comprehension practice.

Why fine art matters for reading

Scarborough's Reading Rope identifies background knowledge and vocabulary as two of the foundational strands that weave together to produce skilled reading comprehension (Scarborough, 2001). Exposure to real artwork and artists builds exactly this kind of background knowledge — the store of facts, concepts, and vocabulary a child draws on to understand what they later read. The progression across formats in this bundle, from simple visual engagement to matching through 3-part and 4-part reading cards, lets a child build that content knowledge first, then reinforces it through independent, self-correcting reading practice once decoding skills are in place (Gough & Tunmer, 1986).

What's included

Choose the format that fits your classroom, or bundle the complete Fine Art Card series together: 

  • Art Display cards Set/6
  • Matching Cards Set/6
  • 3-Part Art Cards Set/6
  • 3-Part Artist Cards Set/5*
  • 4-Part Art Cards/Set 6
  • Complete Bundle (all of the above)

*Note: Artist cards are not available for the world art set because some art is attributed to groups or unknown artists rather than a single named artist. 

All cards are eco-made in the USA, are laminated with a food-grade laminate, have rounded corners, and are ready to use right out of the box. CPSIA compliant.

What is the Science of Reading?
The Science of Reading is the interdisciplinary body of research — from cognitive psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience — explaining how children learn to read. It identifies two foundational components of skilled reading: language comprehension and word recognition (decoding), which combine to produce reading comprehension (Gough & Tunmer, 1986).
What is background knowledge, and why does it matter for reading?
Background knowledge is the store of facts, vocabulary, and concepts a reader already holds about a topic (Scarborough, 2001). Reading comprehension research consistently shows that readers understand and remember text far better when it connects to something they already know. This bundle builds background knowledge about real artists and artworks, giving children content to draw on across every stage of reading.
What ages is this bundle designed for?
This bundle spans several formats designed for different stages. Display and Matching Cards work well for children as young as three for language enrichment. The 3-Part, Artists, and 4-Part Cards are designed for children reading non-phonetic words independently, typically ages 5–9 (Kindergarten through Grade 3+), and are also effective for older students, art appreciation, or in intervention settings.
How is this bundle Montessori-aligned?
Each format in this bundle follows the traditional Montessori approach of beginning with great contrasts (World art) and moving to fine levels of distinction (European art). Then, we isolate the stimuli by first introducing the large format art display cards so we can focus just on the art itself. From there we work with the art in matching activities. When children begin reading, we use the 3-part and, ultimately, 4-part cards to weave content knowledge/art appreciation into literacy practice as a motivating, interest-driving force.
Fine Art Bundles
Fine Art Bundles Sale price$74.95 USD Regular price$77.70 USD

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