Today gently nudge your children's creative abilities into motion. Invite their attention to the "Bright Discovery" of composing poetry - a fun and a rewarding experience for all. (Editor)

If your school district is like most school districts, money for supplies is an increasing problem. Art teachers are continually trying to develop meaningful art projects for which the cost is minimal. Here students learn to use discarded, large number 10 cans as planters for a macrame project. (Author/RK)

Seven easy projects to get you through the last of the winter blahs! (Editor)

The article describes the Teachers of the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program in Fremont, Nebraska, in which two itinerant TAG teachers visit each first- and second-grade classroom once a week for eight weeks to improve gifted identification in the primary grades and to demonstrate creative activities that can be useful to all students. (DLS)

A window transparency is made from black paper strips and colored tissue papers. The three visual elements of line, shape and color are emphasized for this project. (Author)

The author describes a learning center in which primary aged gifted students are encouraged to think creatively. Examples of three creative activities are given. (CL)

Touches upon an area where photography plays an integral role, its relationship to fine art. Demonstrates how photography can be creative, how the camera can be used to capture and record subject matter for the visual artist, and how photography can be used as a teaching tool. (Author/RK)

Secondary students join their art teacher in producing and parading giant puppets. Their creative expression and interest were highly stimulated by the project. (RK)

Describes one preschool teacher's art classes and her approach to creativity and esthetic growth in children 4 to 6 years old. (SB)

Over the past several years, expert craftspeople have been coming into the schools, working with kindergartners through high school students and conducting special workshops for teachers and parents. Describes a program developed in Bergen County, New Jersey and called "Craftsmen in the Schools" in which each person can use the same materials to…

Secondary students find that junk is an inspiration for a creative project in the final days of high school. (RK)

Describes language-arts activities in the "Gemini Project," a program designed to foster creative expression in a mixed group of senior high and elementary school students. (KS)

A teacher discovers the Teddy Bear as something common to her first graders' backgrounds and uses it as a motivator for a creative language arts program. (Author/RK)

Students at Madison High School, Madison, Ohio, their art teacher, and the school maintenance crew cooperate to create, finish, and erect a metal sculpture that makes everyone more satisfied with their school environment. (RK)

Describes a career education program for elementary school children which uses an interdisciplinary approach to integrate science with creative arts in developing career units in each class. Activities include writing and performing playlets which depict what people do in different careers. (MLH)