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Brigham, Don L. – 1989
Basic arts education must give students the essence of their civilization, the civilizations that contributed to it, and the more distant civilizations that enriched world civilizations as a whole. All students are potentially capable of experiencing and analyzing the fundamental qualitativeness of art; therefore, it is realistic to propose…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Duffy, Bernadette – Open University Press, 2006
Learning through the arts has the potential to stimulate open ended activity that encourages discovery, exploration, experimentation and invention, thus contributing to children's development in all areas of learning and helping to make the curriculum meaningful to them. In this book, the author draws on her extensive experience of promoting young…
Descriptors: Young Children, Imagination, Creativity, Early Childhood Education
Cantlay, Lynne – 1996
This guidebook is designed to help parents, teachers, day care professionals, nannies, and others in the childcare arena recognize signs of distress in children's drawings. The handbook is intended for those with little or no knowledge of art therapy. Information the book provides is a compilation of indicators that commonly appear in the drawings…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Products, Art Therapy, At Risk Persons
Dudley, Lillian L.; Kinghorn, Harriet R. – 1996
This resource, designed for both experienced music teachers and educators with limited background in music, combines 50 simple songs with related learning activities and reading suggestions to develop creativity in students and to reinforce learning in a variety of subjects. Each original composition has chord symbols for guitar and autoharp, with…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Creative Activities, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Blatt, Gloria T.; Cunningham, Jean – 1981
Noting that children can best respond to literature through the arts--drawing, acting, writing, or dancing--this book provides teachers with a variety of activities for developing and using physical movement in the context of the language arts and literature curricula in the elementary school. Following a brief introduction examining expressive…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Expression
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