Describes a 10-week art unit for upper- and middle-elementary students based on the theme of the sky. Students watched movies, drew sky-scapes, depicted fanciful flying people in drawings and sculptures, made a class soft-sculpture banner of flying creatures, and did abstract paintings based on aerial perspectives. (AM)

Describes one summer offering of the Palo Alto schools which correlates productive activities with appreciation for art. (Author/RK)

Discusses the broad range of ideas and experiences contributed to class discussions by children of different ages in a multi-age group learning situation. (Author/RK)

Our ordinary view of relating to works of art is based on the assumption that they are objects occurring separate from us, detached and independent. Investigates what we need to know in order to appreciate and understand works of art, to bridge the gap between ourselves and the art work. (Author/RK)

Describes how the author, motivated by Esther Krichevsky's fishprints, introduced fishprinting to a middle school. Students explored the origin of fishprinting and other Japanese arts as well as learned about printmaking, collage, and painting. Maintains that, for children to grow creatively, they need freedom to experiment. (KM)

Examines the rationale and related research supporting inclusion of the arts in secondary English and history courses. Looks at examples from a classroom teacher's experience in including drama, painting, and music into the literature curriculum. (RS)

In this article, the author relates how she and other art teachers developed a "living painting" lesson, an art lesson that incorporates art history and painting. The lesson was developed also in part to help new student-teachers plan a memorable lesson. With the living painting lesson, students will have to choose and recreate famous paintings…

Author developed a program for handicapped children which enabled them to express themselves creatively and, at the same time, expand the psychological image they project upon other people. (RK)

Growth in painting ability is dependent on frequent painting experiences, on thoughtful motivation, and on proper guidance and evaluation of progress. This guide includes materials and equipment, motivation, guidance procedures, activities, and evaluation for each grade level. A working space with materials and equipment in the classroom needs to…

This discussion of a new computer-based medium describes microcomputer (MC) painting and its principal tool, the MC paintbrush, and explores their potential roles in mathematics, computer science, and art education in secondary schools. This paper describes the school computer, discusses capabilities of MC painting, explains how MC painting is…

THE OBJECTS OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AVERAGE ESTHETIC SENSITIVITY TO VISUAL ART THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL YEARS AND (2) TO DETERMINE IF APPROPRIATE TRAINING PROCEDURES WOULD LEAD CHILDREN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN WORKS CONSIDERED BETTER OR POORER BY EXPERTS. CHILDREN FROM GRADES 1 TO 12 WERE PRESENTED…

The Bicentennial year is a good time to discover and introduce to your students many of the excellent art history books written especially for children. Art history can be a tool to stimulate, clarify, and enrich the curriculum for the elementary schoolchild, especially in the social studies area. (Author)

Although painting is still recognized as an international language, few people are actually capable of "reading" the great works of art that have given depth to mankind's existence. Here is a lesson in "reading a painting". (Author/RK)