ARTS, CRAFTS & MUSIC

How To Teach Art To Children (P1-6)
ISBN 1557998116 EAN: 9781557998118 Evan-Moor Paperback WB Price: $38.95
This beautiful full-color resource book makes teaching art to young students a joy, not a hassle. Easy-to-teach, easy-to-follow lessons cover the seven elements of art: line, shape, color, value, texture, form, and space. Also, 25 experiences designed to learn about the styles of famous artists.27.64 cms L x 21.64 cms W (0.44 kgs) 160 pages 

101 Drama Games for Children
ISBN 0897932110 EAN: 9780897932110 Hunter Paperback WB Price: $25.95
Everybody enjoys the chance to escape from reality from time to time, to climb inside the skin of another character. This book encourages children and adults to explore their dramatic sides and has playful ideas everyone can get involved with and enjoy. Throughout drama games, children get more in touch with themselves, what they want to be, and what they can do. The games are improvisational, framed to encourage total involvement and cooperation - the participants gain as much as they contribute. Each drama game contains an age guideline, an estimate time of play, and suggestions for the most appropriate type of music. The games can be played by children and adults of all ages, and are flexible enough to be used by parents, teachers, camp leaders, daycare providers, or other group leaders in a variety of settings. 22.89 cms L x 15.37 cms W (0.27 kgs)

12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays (P2-4)
ISBN 0439153891 EAN: 9780439153898 Instructor Paperback 
WB Price: $19.95
Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers won't be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales-- Spiderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs, The Popsicle Boy, Little Late Riding Hood, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Cheetah and the Sloth, Rafunzel and many more! Plus: Each play comes complete with instant discussion starters, vocabulary boosters, imaginative writing prompts, and a brief history of the fairy tale. 27.18 cms L x 21.39 cms W (0.15 kgs) 64 pages

Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays (P3-5)
ISBN 0439271681 EAN: 9780439271684 Scholastic Paperback 
WB Price: $19.95
What happens when Cinderella wears shoes she's made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students' sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots, characters, and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads! Includes character parts written at a variety of reading levels, book links, and writing activities that help students build on traditional fairy tale structures and write in different genres. and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays.27.43 cms L x 21.39 cms W (0.19 kgs) 72 pages

Storybook Art
ISBN 093560703X EAN: 9780935607031 Bright Ring Paperback
WB Price: $32.95
Children can enjoy their favorite storybook illustrators in a new way by imitating their art with the 100 engaging and simple art projects included in this celebration of children's book illustrators. Featured are famous and award-winning storybook illustrators from the 1930s to present. Award: Parents' Choice Award (Fall) | Winner | Silver | 2003 ; 21.64 cms L x 28.07 cms W (0.42 kgs) 144 pages

First Art Experience For Toddlers & Twos
ISBN 0876592221 EAN: 9780876592229 Gryphon Paperback WB Price: $26.95
Jump right in-doing art with toddlers and twos is fun, rewarding, and a wonderful learning experience. Children discover their world as they explore the 75 fun-filled art adventures in "First Art. "They will joyfully squeeze a rainbow, make their own (safe) beads to string, and create their very own art baggie book. "First Art "starts children on a lifelong journey full of exploration and creativity. 21.69 cms L x 27.89 cms W (0.46 kgs) 155 pages

Preschool Art
ISBN 0876591683 EAN: 9780876591680 Gryphon Paperback 
WB Price: $43.95
Over 200 activities encourage children to explore and understand their world through art experiences that emphasize the process of art, not the product. The first chapter introduces basic art activities appropriate for all children, while the subsequent chapters, which build on the basic activities in the first chapter, are divided by seasons. Activities are included for painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, and construction. Indexes organized by art medium and project name help teachers plan. 260 pages. Benjamin Franklin Award Early Childhood News Director's Award."Preschool Art" is a lifesaver . . . All the activities are easy, all are fun-the emphasis here is on the process, rather than specific results-and none require any elaborate materials . . . a real find.-"Sesame Street Parents," "Picks for Parents"""Preschool Art" offers help to parents of preschoolers struggling to meet the challenge of their children's creative impulses. Prodigies aside, most kids this age aren't interested in the final product; they are into the doing of art . . . . There is no right or wrong way, only their way. Kohl understands. She explains how to make and use many kinds of art materials based on the concept that the process not the product, is important. From old standbys like play dough to new craft discoveries like liquid crayons and frozen balloons, she provides hundreds of ways to enjoy and explore the creative process."-"MetroParent," Milwaukee, Wisconsin"Kohl offers 250 projects complete with materials, processes and illustrated variations. She also adds practical hints that troubleshoot anticipated problems. The recipes are valuable well beyond the preschool years."-"21.51 cms L x 28.07 cms W (0.73 kgs) 260 pages

Primary Art
ISBN 0876592833 EAN: 9780876592830 Gryphon Paperback WB Price: $34.95
In "Primary Art, award-winning author MaryAnn F. Kohl offers children ages five to eight over 100 art experiences that value the process of art more than the final product. Budding artists get their feet wet with preliminary art experiences and then progress to more complex creativity within each art medium. Encourage artistic expression at every level, from beginning to advanced, with hard-to-resist activities such as Shimmer Paint, Squeezy Batik, Sunbright Collage, Crinkle Scruncher and Jellie Dangles.21.23 cms L x 27.48 cms W (0.54 kgs) 191 pages

The Art of Teaching Art To Children
ISBN 0374527709 EAN: 9780374527709 Farrar Paperback WB Price: $27.95
An inspiring and comprehensive guide to art education. 
In this accessibly written guide for classroom and art teachers as well as parents, Nancy Beal shows how to release children's marvelous gifts of expression. Beal believes that children must first of all be comfortable with their materials. She focuses on six basic media: collage, drawing, painting, clay, printmaking, and construction. She gives practical consideration to all facets of a teacher's responsibility: how each material should be introduced; what supplies are best; how a classroom may be set up to support children's explorations; and how teachers may ask open-ed questions to stimulate personal and meaningful expression. Beal also discusses how to integrate art into social studies and how to make museum visits productive and fun. Each chapter includes a section specifically for parents on helping their children create art at home. 23.52 cms L x 17.88 cms W (0.43 kgs) 214 pages 

How To Talk To Children About Art
ISBN 155652580X EAN: 9781556525803 Chicago Review Paperback WB Price: $30.95
Anticipating how kids react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall, and Pollack, this resource for adults who want children to love and understand art prepares them for the types of questions kids ask. Providing parents and teachers with valuable tips for making any visit to a museum with children a success, this guide offers a great primer or refresher course on art history, allowing adults to confidently answer common questions, such as why some paintings are signed and others are not, some pictures are small and others are very large, and why the Dutch paint so much fruit. Questions and answers about 30 well-known paintings provide historical background, explain genres such as still life and portrait, and demystify religious and mythological themes. Color-coded tabs let adults flip to sections appropriate to the ages of their children (5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-13+ years).21.03 cms L x 14.12 cms W (0.37 kgs) 182 pages