Busy Teacher's Guide: Art Lessons

Teaching art has never been easier! Each project has a lesson objective, a bit of art history, a list of materials, complete directions, suggested variations, and illustrations of the finished work. Includes over 30 projects.

Early Childhood Themes Using Art Masterpieces

Eight themes serve as the basis for a year-long curriculum that introduces young children to fine art and incorporates it into math, science, language arts, and snack time! Colors, Shapes, Lines, Numbers, Animals, People, Places, and Stories provide opportunities to learn about famous artists and their works as well as basic curriculum concepts.

Building Literacy Skills Through Art

Develop letter recognition, vocabulary, rhyming skills,
story event recollection, math skills, and fine and gross
motor coordination creating and using easy art projects.

Creative Kids: Art for All Seasons

Spanning seasons and holidays throughout the year, Art for All Seasons is a complete resource book for parents, teachers, and anyone who works with children. Using readily obtainable materials and easy-to-follow directions, the art projects in this book are the ideal choice when searching for a seasonal project.

• Celebrate fall with projects featuring sponge-painted trees, candy buckets, and hand-print turkeys.
• Create cozy winter crafts like a lacy angel, a pop-up card, and pencil toppers.
• Greet spring breezes with a bunny wind sock, pressed flowers suncatchers, and a paper bag piñata.
• Welcome summer's sun with melted-crayon flowers, sun X-rays, and a fireworks hat.

Art & Artists of 20th Century America

Through biographies, art lessons, and extended activities, students learn about the artists and artistic styles of the 20th Century. The relationship between art and historical events is explored decade by decade.

Multicultural Art Activities

Illustrated directions and patterns are provided for more than 40 art projects from cultures around the world.

Creative Kids: Snack Art

Use food just as you would other craft material, and then eat what you create!