Both a practitioner's guide and a school reform model, the new edition of this popular book shares exemplary arts-integration practices across the K-8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, each chapter carefully describes how the arts offer an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn to assist…

The author discusses the role of the visual arts in helping people deal creatively with their struggles while enhancing their creative abilities. Lists of media, materials, techniques, events, names of artists, art careers, and modes of expression are included. (CL)

Primary students designed dragons for a billboard advertising activity to promote Youth Art Month. After selecting head, midsection, and tail designs, the students enlarged the drawings for a billboard image. (AM)

Defining montage, the author then sets forth several suggestions for the use and emphases that may serve as guidelines for students engaged in the activity. This is followed with a discussion of materials that may be used and procedures that may be followed. (Editor)

The construction of a peep-box satisfies the objectives for art education in Denmark. Ten-year-old students select a theme for their boxes and construct them with a variety of materials. (AM)

Describes a ten-week high school visual arts program. Five incremental drawing assignments dealing with line quality, shapes, conversion from three-dimensional perception to two-, and perspective and distortion of shape are presented. (AM)

Reports research on providing communication skills through art activities in the primary grades. (RL)

This book collects the thoughts of some of the world's most astute observers of child art. Essays in the book include: (1) "Art as a Unifying Principle in Education" (Sir Herbert Read); (2) "Stages of Development in Preschool Art" (Rhoda Kellogg); (3) "Child Art and Visual Thinking" (Rudolf Arnheim); (4) "The Mental Foundation of Art Education in…

Letterforms provide a natural and useful medium for teaching visual awareness, creativity, and many basic art education ideas to young children. (HOD)

Described is a demonstration to illustrate the storytelling qualities of "clayscapes" and to suggest just one of the innumerable sculptured environments that are possible with clay. Clayscapes are sculptures which are minilandscapes made of clay. (KC)

The guide suggests ways to incorporate arts activities into the curriculum for severely and profoundly handicapped students. The guide was developed through the work of visiting art teams consisting of artists in music, visual arts, dance/movement, and drama. The resulting guide was field tested at five sites. Activities are aimed at three levels…

The manual presents nine workshop formats in dance, music, visual arts, and drama designed to introduce special education teachers to the value of arts for the handicapped. Each workshop begins with a brief introduction, describes activities that may be adapted to the classroom and to special populations, and explains the activities' purposes and…

A series of charts depicts a sequenced curriculum for elementary visual arts education in Arizona. Following an open letter to elementary classroom teachers and an overview of the art education requirements in Arizona schools, charts are presented for grades 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6. Each chart is subdivided into sections on general art learning…

This handbook, designed for use with preschool and elementary age children, is based on the premise that the focus of the art program should be upon encouraging children to create art as a way of expressing feelings and communicating ideas. The value of art activities for young children lies in the process of creation rather than in the finished…

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…