Discusses Picasso's freestanding sculpture Baboon and Young, and art activities for using the sculpture with elementary and secondary students are suggested. A listing of resources is also included. (RM)

An art curriculum for students (6-16 years old) with moderate learning difficulties begins with color and moves through such topics as line, shape, texture, and pattern. Information is provided for junior children (5-9 years), middle school children (9-14 years), and senior children (14 and over). (CL)

Techniques to help art students in grades 3-12 make soap sculptures are described. From a series of wild doodles students choose a single striking shape to render in soap. (RM)

By making and playing with marionettes, children who have special needs can improve body awareness. Materials needed include oak tag, scissors, and pencil or crayon for drawing. (RM)

Plastic drinking straws can be used, with students of all ages, to weave a belt. (AM)

Perceptual motor dysfunctions may not allow children with learning and behavior problems to perform as most children do. A successful art activity for these children is construction using wood scraps. (SR)

Describes the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Awards in Arts Education which awards up to $10,000 to public schools that operate effective, high-quality arts programs. (JOW)

Describes an eight-week program in which 8- to 14-year-olds learned to spin raw wool into yarn. Students observed wool shearing at a sheep farm, learned to prepare wool for spinning, and spun their own yarn. Detail directions for carding and use of hand spindles are included. (AM)

Suggests art and visual awareness activities appropriate to different subject areas. (SJL)

Describes a sculpture project for emotionally disturbed children conducted by a New York artist. (SJL)

Discusses the usefulness of instant cameras with all ages of students and in all subject areas. (SJL)

The author outlines the procedures for paper lithography and suggests it as a worthwhile project for all grade levels. This article is one of several in this issue on graphic arts projects. (SJL)

Presented is a clay sculpture exercise which has proven to be a quick, successful warm-up and exploratory lesson in using clay to look at and learn about sculpture. The directions are written for children. (KC)

Raku is an ancient Japanese process of firing pottery in which the bisqued piece is glazed and placed in a preheated kiln. Described are the benefits of substituting sawdust and charcoal for firing pottery by those people who do not have access to a kiln. (KC)

Described is the process of making four pottery items: a planter with drainage dish, a bird feeder, a square pot, and an oil lamp. (KC)