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Brooks, Margaret – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2005
Using examples from children drawing in a year one classroom, this article examines firstly, how drawing operates as a unique mental tool, and secondly, the role of drawing in the construction and development of knowledge. Young children utilize prior knowledge and experience to negotiate and construct meaning through their interactions with…
Descriptors: Young Children, Interpersonal Communication, Childrens Art, Freehand Drawing

Lowenfield, Viktor – American Journal of Art Therapy, 1987
Recognition of the handicapped child's isolation from the environment is the basis for creative art therapy across handicapping conditions (physical disabilities, mental retardation, emotional disturbance, deafness, Blindness, speech impairment, cerebral palsy). Detachment may be overcome by self expression through drawings, paintings, and…
Descriptors: Alienation, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
Cornia, Ivan E.; Stubbs, Charles B.; Winters, Nathan B. – 1994
This book describes an art program that combines the knowledge, imagination, and evaluative factors of creativity for a productive pattern of student growth in perception, thinking, valuing, and art skills. Over 200 basic concepts have been arranged in logical, developmental order to give students a valuable body of knowledge. Instruction focuses…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression

Cox, Maureen V.; Ralph, Matt Lambon – Educational Psychology, 1996
Presents the results of a study where five-, seven-, and nine-year olds were asked to draw three figures: one standing still and facing them, one standing still in profile, and one running in profile. Half drew from imagination and half drew from models. Discusses the differences between the efforts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Body Image

Gutwirth, Valerie – Young Children, 1997
Suggests that teachers can work with children's families to study likenesses and differences in their respective cultures. Details a class project for 7- to 8-year-olds whereby children start with self-portraits and construct masks of their faces. Provides sample mask project timeline and steps for making masks out of paper molds and a…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Art Materials, Childrens Art

Donnelly, Nora – Studies in Art Education, 1990
Describes how an elementary classroom teacher discovers and explores the power of aesthetic experience in an educational context. Discusses how the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh helps an exceptionally difficult class of 11-year-old female students in suburban Dublin, Ireland, become interested in their education. (KM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education

London, Peter; Geisser, Peter – School Arts, 1990
States that art is a primary means of communication at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf and that it plays a central role in the school's K-12 curriculum. Community involvement is a fundamental idea and the school has produced many murals for the community and state. Art is used to enhance learning in all subjects. (GG)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art

Rosiene, Alan I. – School Arts, 1990
Depicts a high school art activity in which students create imaginative compositions by selecting, cutting out, and aesthetically arranging various styles of lettering. These letters then dictate the style and content of the composition. Tracing paper is used to transfer the desired composition creating a border for another page which is then…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism

Henley, David R. – Art Education, 1991
Argues that encouraging creative self-expression should remain a vital part of the art curriculum. Provides a case study and explains how the art teacher can intervene to engage affective concerns by using appropriate works of art. Concludes that increased resources or recognition in the field should not be reasons to replace a child-centered…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Spencer, Liz – Multicultural Teaching to Combat Racism in School and Community, 1993
Presents the author's personal experiences teaching art to Australian children of Vietnamese background. Most Vietnamese art students feel most comfortable with a formal approach to schooling and to artwork. Understanding students' culture assists the teacher in planning projects that affirm their skills and talents. (SLD)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Art Teachers
Mayo, Jeanne Pilgrim – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Suggests activities for library media specialists or teachers that use food to encourage students to interact with literature. Includes researching recipes or food items that appear in the book, incorporating Internet searching skills if desired; planning meals, either real or imaginary; edible art projects, including fortune cookies; and creating…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1987
This resource book is intended to assist special education teachers in planning art lessons to meet specific goals. It is divided into sections covering mild and moderately handicapped students, severely and profoundly handicapped students, and student with specific sensory handicaps. Each section discusses definitions and characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy
Buxton, Amity – 1982
Analysis and assessment of young children's spontaneous writing and drawing in daily journals may focus on three significant dimensions: what, who, and how: what stands for thought and meaning; who, for person; and how, for form. These categories may be further divided. Thought and meaning include theme(s), organization, and vocabulary; person…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Child Development, Childrens Art, Creative Thinking
Smith, Nancy R. – 1983
This book presents a philosophical and pragmatic approach to the teacher's active role in fostering a developing understanding of painting in 1-11 year-old children. Cognitive processes behind children's painting are explored; each phase of imagery is seen as emerging from and building on the thought processes of the previous phase. Tasks are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Materials, Childhood Interests
Henderson, Linda Levy; And Others – 1976
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of verbal experience on children's creative expression and to develop more precise means for interpreting and evaluating children's art. Two questions were of interest: (1) Does the experimental approach described here enable children to resist forces tending to cause stereotyped artistic…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Childrens Art, Cognitive Processes