Drawing with Children

Drawing with Children
Author: Mona Brookes
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 1996-06-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0874778271

The definitive guide to encouraging drawing and creativity, for parents and teachers alike Mona Brookes's clear and practical approach to drawing has yielded astounding results with children of all ages and beginning adults. Her unique drawing program has created a revolution in the field of education and a sense of delight and pride among the thousands of students who have learned to draw through her "Monart Method." This revised and expanded edition includes: • Information on multiple intelligence and the seven ways to learn • An inspirational chapter on helping children with learning differences • An integrated-studies chapter with projects geared for reading, math, science, ESL, multicultural studies, and environmental awareness • A sixteen-page color insert and hundreds of sample illustrations This invaluable teaching tool not only guides readers through the basics, but also gives important advice on creating a nurturing environment in which self-expression and creativity can flourish. Both practical and enlightening, Drawing With Children inspires educators and parents to bring out the artist in each of us.


Drawing for Older Children and Teens

Drawing for Older Children and Teens
Author: Mona Brookes
Publisher: TarcherPerigee
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9780874776614

The internationally acclaimed approach that teaches you to draw for yourself.


Drawing with Children

Drawing with Children
Author: Mona Brookes
Publisher: Tarcher
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1986
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This book provides teachers and librarians a way to integrate art into the content area curriculum using the Monart Drawing method. Teachers and librarians do not need to have art training to use this method to teach students how to draw to express themselves.


Children and Painting

Children and Painting
Author: Cathy Weisman Topal
Publisher: Davis
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780871922410

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, k, p, e, i, t.


Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, & Incredible Experiments

Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, & Incredible Experiments
Author: Janice VanCleave
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1994-05-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0471310115

How do honeybees find their way home? Why is Venus so hot? How can you measure the speed of the wind? What makes a sound loud or soft? Discover the awesome answers to these and other fascinating mysteries in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and astronomy. Just try these 201 fun, safe, low-cost experiments at home or in the classroom. You'll look through a drop of water to find out how a magnifying lens works. Using a Styrofoam ball, a pencil, and a lamp, you'll learn why the Moon appears and disappears. With just a jar and some ice cubes, you can demonstrate how rain is formed. Each experiment includes an illustration and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. This companion volume to the enormously popular 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments brings together magical projects from Janice VanCleave's Science for Every Kid and Spectacular Science Projects series--plus 40 all-new experiments that make science come to life. Children Ages 8-12


Harding's Lessons on Drawing

Harding's Lessons on Drawing
Author: J. D. Harding
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 048613783X

One of 19th-century England's most respected artists and teachers presents 127 lessons that train both hand and mind in fundamentals of lines and circles, light and shade, perspective, and much more.


Discovering Great Artists

Discovering Great Artists
Author: MaryAnn F. Kohl
Publisher: Bright Ring Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 1997-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0935607285

"Discovering Great Artists" has 75 great artists featured in 110 amazingly fun and unique quality art appreciation activities for children. They will experience the styles and techniques of the great masters, from the Renaissance to the Present. A brief biography of each artist is included with a fully illustrated, child-tested art activity, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more. Includes such greats as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, Picasso, Van Gogh, Dali, Matisse, Pollock, and O'Keeffe. 1998 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, 2002 Practical Homeschooling Reader Award. Full "click-to" resource guide at Bright Ring's website to show each artist's most famous works. Some activity examples are: Da Vinci - Invention Art Michelangelo - Fresco Plaque Rembrandt - Shadowy Faces Monet - Dabble in Paint Degas - Resist in Motion Picasso- Fractured Friend Van Gogh - Starry Night Pollock - Action Splatter 1997 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, Education 2003 Practical Homeschooling Award, 3rd Place 2007 Practical Homeschooling Reader Award in the art appreciation category, 3rd place. 2009 Practical Homeschooling Reader Award in the art appreciation category,1st Place


The Artful Parent

The Artful Parent
Author: Jean Van't Hul
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1611807204

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


Painting the Spirit of Nature

Painting the Spirit of Nature
Author: Maxine Masterfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780823038671

This best-seller reveals the secrets of capturing the essence of a scene using abstract techniques, from pouring inks and adding opaque lines to using crinkled wax paper as resists and collaging paintings together.