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Amundson, Kristen J. – 1985
This booklet, written for parents and other citizens concerned about education, discusses some of the reasons why the arts are--and should be--a part of every student's basic education. Seven reasons are listed and discussed: arts as communication; arts and creativity; arts and understanding human civilization; arts and learning other subjects;…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Wolf, Aline D. – 1996
This handbook presents activities for teaching art appreciation to pre-school children. Based on the premise that young children learn primarily through the experience of handling and manipulating materials, child-size art postcards are indicated as a teaching tool. These postcards are readily adaptable to many different methods of displaying,…
Descriptors: Art, Art Appreciation, Art History, Artists
Kinghorn, Harriet; Lewis-Spicer, Lisa – 1993
By studying the lives, important achievements, and works of famous artists, students may come to understand what those artists hoped to communicate to the world. By participating in art activities that are related to these artists' styles, students practice skills of observing, analyzing, and creating. This instructional guide provides…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism
Kinghorn, Harriet; And Others – 1991
By studying the lives, important achievements, and works of famous artists, students may come to understand what those artists hoped to communicate to the world. By participating in art activities that are related to these artists' styles, students practice skills of observing, analyzing, and creating. This instructional guide provides…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism
Brooks, Patricia R. – 1976
Activities and books which parents can use to enhance the art education of their gifted children are recommended. The following topics are included: (1) developing an appreciation of art; (2) developing an understanding of art principles and the ways that great artists used those principles; (3) creating original art; (4) constructing collages;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Architecture, Art Activities, Art Appreciation
Download full textWisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1997
Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, in collaboration with Wisconsin citizens, developed academic standards in 12 curricular areas. The dance education standards go beyond emphasizing mastery of individual student areas--they weave five essential characteristics of literate individuals throughout: application of the basics, ability to…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Dance Education
Rosenthal, Marilynn, Ed.; And Others – Offspring, 1996
These two 1996 issues of the journal "Offspring," a publication of the Michigan Council of Cooperative Nursery Schools, cover a variety of topics familiar to nursery school and day care providers and pertinent to the mission of the publication. Articles are short pieces useful to parents, teachers, and others and aim to provide a forum…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Art, Art Appreciation, Child Health
