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This beautiful, full-color book is a compilation of art activities to inspire students to communicate through visual arts and to explore their artistic interests and ability!
This beautiful, full-color book is a compilation of art activities to inspire students to communicate through visual arts and to explore their artistic interests and ability!
Exploring visual arts is a series three books designed to provide teachers with a range of art lessons for a variety of age groups. This series offers effective teaching and activites providing skills, techniques and ideas that satisfy curriculum requirements with classroom-tested art projects.
Bring out your child’s creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening their fine motor skills and developing self-confidence. The Artful Parent has all the tools and information you need to encourage creative activities for ages one to eight. From setting up a studio space in your home to finding the best art materials for children, this book gives you all the information you need to get started. You’ll learn how to: * Pick the best materials for your child’s age and learn to make your very own * Prepare art activities to ease children through transitions, engage the most energetic of kids, entertain small groups, and more * Encourage artful living through everyday activities * Foster a love of creativity in your family
This beautiful, full-color book is a compilation of art activities to inspire students to communicate through visual arts and to explore their artistic interests and ability!
Create a wow factor in your classroom with fantastic displays of children's art. * Cover all aspects of the art and design curriculum. * See how it's done with colour photos of children's work. * A range of ideas that fit into any time slot. * Save time with clear, simple, concise instructions. * Ideal for the non-artist with templates and patterns to photocopy.
Book 1 is a compilation of craft activities ...based upon elementary concepts and promote the use of basic language to sort, compare, direct and comprehend. Consolidation of these early concepts through fun, memorable craft experiences will equip students with the early concepts required to participate in school based learning.
The outdoor area is now an integral part of many early years settings and schools, but is it being used to its full potential? This book clearly explains the learning potential of the outdoor environment and practically demonstrates how the ‘Outdoor Classroom’ can be developed in early years settings and schools. Drawing on the Forest School approach, it aims to inspire practitioners to think creatively about their outside area and how they can provide rich play opportunities for children that will further their learning regardless of any time, space or financial restraints. Emphasising the importance of continuity for young children, the book shows how good practice in the early years can be built on in Reception and Key Stage 1 and covers: What is the outdoor classroom and how does it enhance children’s learning? How experiences in the Outdoor Classroom can support the early years and Key Stage 1 curricula The implications for schools using the outdoor classroom including resources, timetabling, space, parental and staff opposition Guidance on planning Activities and ideas for using the Outdoor Classroom Including practical examples and detailed case studies taken from a wide range of settings and schools, this handy text will help you to get the most out of your outside area.
