Article discussed children's use of buttons as a device for stimulating imaginative thinking in picture making activities. (Author/RK)

The R.P.C.S. Zoo is comprised of the papier-mache animals made by students of the Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, Maryland. Develops the student's imagination, ability to draw and his individuality as an artist. (Author/RK)

Urges need to create public school art programs to provide cultural enrichment for students. (DS)

An abstract "hand" sculpture is a good beginning project to help children understand the meaning of space and form. Here some elementary students learn what sculpture is and ways that it can be done. (Author/RK)

Students must be given a cognitive base and have a certain degree of familiarity with a design element in order to cope with materials during the creative process. During a recent outdoor education experience, art teachers found such concerns were minimized in terms of an art program. (Author/RK)

Presents suggestions for introducing children to collage. (RK)

Achievement in art gives the mentally handicapped a feeling of confidence that carries over into other activities. (CK)

Describes a project for fifth-grade students in which each student makes a very personalized creation. (Author/RK)

The individuality of the student is reflected in the art product. The artwork on these pages represents a varied range of student creative response to different personal experiences--from the spontaneous, less sophisticated expression of the child to highly skilled imagery of the young adult. (Editor)

Cites motivation as primary concern in elementary school art classes and suggests techniques and activities to stimulate pupils toward interest in art. Include photographs by Marjorie Pickens. (DS)

Suggests ways in which leather can be used as a creative medium in elementary school classroom. (DS)

Presents an art lesson that teaches students to look closer at a work of art and to utilize art vocabulary to describe a picture. Discusses a student project in which students use "Dippity Dye" to create the background on which to draw fish and other sea life. (CMK)

Describes an art lesson that was part of the Youth Art Month (YAM) in Georgia with the theme of "YAM: Piecing It Together." Explains that the students created self portraits using black outline pens and markers. Reports that all portraits were attached to ceramic tiles and placed on the "Millennium Wall of Fame." (CMK)

Describes an elementary art project in which students create a "mud cloth." States that the project was inspired by the clothing worn by teachers at the City School District (Rochester, New York). Includes a list of additional resources. (CMK)

Presents a project in which students used the modeling compound called Sculpey to create miniature creatures called "wee folk". States that the project students were required to learn two new techniques: (1) working in stages; and (2) using round wooden toothpicks as primary tools. (CMK)