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Myers, Robert E.; Torrance, E. Paul – 2003
This book contains 52 units designed to assist teachers in helping their students improve their creative writing and communication skills, improve their skills in creative problem solving, and enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their images of the future. Each unit begins with an overview of the activity, an explanation of the creative…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Britsch, Barbara M.; Dennison-Tansey, Amy – 1995
This book offers teachers a practical and theoretical classroom guide to the many ways music and stories may be explored, both independently and in tandem, to give students a better understanding and appreciation of each art form separately and of their power together. The crucial aspect of activities described in the book is original productions…
Descriptors: Books, Class Activities, Creative Activities, Elementary Education
Walsh, Natalie – 1996
Developed to be easy and require minimum preparation time, yet give high-impact results, this book offers tried-and-true teacher-tested book projects for primary grades K-3. The book's topics connect curriculum areas: creative writing, science, social studies, and math. Projects outlined in the book require few materials and can be done at…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Integrated Curriculum
Junemann, Margit; Weitmann, Fritz – 1994
This book gives an overview of the Waldorf School teaching plan and art curriculum. The book thoroughly investigates many aspects of art that Rudolf Steiner spoke of in lectures, notes, and demonstrations. Particular emphasis is placed upon his work on color. Specific lessons are given for the elementary classes, and discussions of principles and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Color Planning, Creative Activities
Shapiro, Stephen R., Ed.; Place, Richard, Ed. – 1973
Since 1970, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts has sponsored educational programs in which artists participate actively in the classroom with students and teachers. This book contains eight case studies showing the effects of visiting artists in eight Connecticut schools. Topics of these studies are song writing, dance movement in suburbia,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Artists, Case Studies, Class Activities
Spann, Mary Beth – 1997
This book offers a collection of 30 fun-filled book-writing and book-making projects guaranteed to engage beginning writers of every ability level. Intended for teachers of kindergarten through grade 2, the book provides an easy-to-implement approach to bookmaking. Each of the books is thematic in content and shape and use rhyming poetry as a…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Writing, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation
Dudley, Lillian L.; Kinghorn, Harriet R. – 1996
This resource, designed for both experienced music teachers and educators with limited background in music, combines 50 simple songs with related learning activities and reading suggestions to develop creativity in students and to reinforce learning in a variety of subjects. Each original composition has chord symbols for guitar and autoharp, with…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Creative Activities, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Sharman, Rod – 1988
The making of a book is an effective way to instill pride in authorship and to emphasize the importance of writing to children. This guide finds that the finished product (the book) capitalizes on the language background of each child, becomes an extension of the natural language of children, and teaches children to value their work and to take…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Elementary Education
Schlachter, Gail Ann; Weber, R. David – 1992
This reference book offers information about nearly 1,200 funding opportunities open to Americans interested in research, creative, professional, or related activities abroad. The directory is divided into three separate sections: a descriptive list of financial aid programs established to support research and creative activities abroad; an…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Students, Creative Activities, Graduate Students
Mietus, Walter S. – 1982
A human systems approach that emphasizes knowing the parts of a phenomenon, their order, and particularly their interactions needs to be adopted by industrial arts. A student-based theoretical framework that incorporates systems and subsystems in industrial arts has been presented by Donald Maley. The theoretical base includes 10 organismic…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Godbey, Geoffrey; Parker, Stanley – 1976
This book is an overview of leisure in modern society and the various kinds of organizations that provide leisure services. The attitudes and behaviors of people engaged in leisure and recreation are examined. In twelve chapters the following topics are explored: (1) the concepts of leisure in historical perspective; (2) various lines of reasoning…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Behavior Patterns, Community Recreation Programs, Creative Activities
Kelly, Marguerite; Parsons, Elia – 1975
This book is a compilation of practical suggestions for mothers on caring for children from birth through age 6. Everyday problems are discussed in an easy-to-read anecdotal style. The first section of the book deals with family life, including discussions of birth, breast feeding, basic child care (e.g., how to diaper a squirming baby),…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Creative Activities, Cultural Opportunities
Cooper, Cathie Hilterbran – 1996
Intended primarily for librarians and media specialists, this book offers an in-depth analysis of alphabet books from their serious, religious beginnings to their "funny," instructive, and artistic present. The book lists 542 titles with short annotations, suggested activities, and essays on each type of book. Following an introduction,…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Annotated Bibliographies, Creative Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Hearn, Emily; Thurman, Mark – 1990
The eight stages of storyboarding described in this book will help children design original picture books with illustrations and creative stories. The 24-frame storyboarding technique described in the book forces the young author/illustrator to jump right into the story, select only the most essential aspects of the plot, and describe the actions…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Foreign Countries, Illustrations
Morgan, John D., Ed. – 2000
This book integrates traditional understandings of care of the dying and bereaved with the use of arts and other forms of cultural creativity in therapy and funeralization. Authors provide insights into the practical aspects of caring for the dying and bereaved as well as new understandings of creativity. Chapters include: (1) "The Knowledge…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Bereavement, Caregivers, Counseling
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