Action ART: HANDS-ON ACTIVE ART ADVENTURES (Bright Ideas for Learning (TM)) - Tapa blanda

MaryAnn F. Kohl:
MaryAnn has been writing children's process art books since 1985 and speaking around the world on nurturing creativity in children. She has been a guest on numerous TV shows and has consulted for Fisher-Price, Blue's Clues, Young Einsteins, and Jim Henson Company. She writes for many blogs and magazines including Family Fun. Before becoming an award-winning author, MaryAnn taught primary grades and preschool in her hometown, Bellingham, Washington. She also taught college level courses for early childhood education degree programs. She speaks extensively around the country throughout the year.
Bellingham, Washington

Barbara Zaborowski:
Barbara teaches preschool in Phoenix, AZ and is a strong proponent of process art for young children. Most of the photographs in "Action Art" are from Barbara's own photography of classroom art activities.
Phoenix, Arizona

Action Art
A Collection of Over 100 Active Hands-On
Art Experiences for Children 2-12
Full of Adventure, Movement, and Discovery

50+ action-packed art activities with over 100 additional variations bring discovery and adventurous creativity to children s art experiences to delight and challenge kids of all ages. Each child-tested art activity is grouped into engaging action categories including Smacking Squeezing Tapping, Rolling Spinning Swinging, Blowing Exploding Smooshing, Tools Toys Utensils, and Up Down All Around. Full color photographs highlight all activities including painting, collage and sculpture, each with helpful icons indicating levels for both children and adults. Action Art experiences support art for children as a creative process, better known as process art .

HANDS-ON ART EXPLORATION FOR
SCHOOLS HOMESCHOOLS MUSEUMS
LIBRARIES CHILDCARE HOME

AGES 2-12
ART ACTIVITIES EDUCATION PARENTING

Action Art offers 5 chapters of exciting and adventurous creative art activities like

Blowing Glitter
Bubble Wrap Boots
Clear Color Squish
Dot Splots
Eggbeater Art
Electric Toothbrush Paint
Helmet Painting
Paint Explosion
Party Blower Prints
Pounded Paint
RC Car Tracks
Rolling Tire Mural
Smoosh Surprise
Sparkle Spray Foam
Spin Art Bicycle Wheel
Spray Tissue
Squeeze Bottle Jump Paint
Tricycle Circle Painting
Wind-Up Toy Painting

About the Authors

MaryAnn Faubion Kohl is the award-winning author of over twenty art books for children, including Discovering Great Artists, Mudworks, Preschool Art and First Art. She is a national presenter, educator, consultant, and publisher. MaryAnns focus on creativity is driven by her passion for children s process art experiences and explorations. MaryAnn enjoys playing outside rain or shine, reading, writing, friends, and most of all, her family. MaryAnn resides in Bellingham, Washington.

Barbara Zaborowski once wished her own children s preschool years would never end, so she began teaching preschool in 1987. Now she has the best of both worlds: two grown children, a new granddaughter, and wonderful years of working with 4 and 5 year olds. Process art has become an important part of her curriculum. She also enjoys friends, reading, the theater, great conversations, and treasure hunts. Despite her best efforts at avoiding extra work, she seems to have become a writer. This is her first book. Barbara lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.

Action Art
A Collection of Over 100 Active Hands-On
Art Experiences for Children 2-12
Full of Adventure, Movement, and Discovery

50+ action-packed art activities – with over 100 additional variations – bring discovery and adventurous creativity to children’s art experiences to delight and challenge kids of all ages. Each child-tested art activity is grouped into engaging action categories including Smacking • Squeezing • Tapping, Rolling • Spinning • Swinging, Blowing • Exploding • Smooshing, Tools • Toys • Utensils, and Up • Down • All Around. Full color photographs highlight all activities including painting, collage and sculpture, each with helpful icons indicating levels for both children and adults. Action Art experiences support art for children as a creative process, better known as “process art”.

HANDS-ON ART EXPLORATION FOR
SCHOOLS • HOMESCHOOLS • MUSEUMS
LIBRARIES • CHILDCARE • HOME

AGES 2-12
ART ACTIVITIES • EDUCATION • PARENTING

Action Art offers 5 chapters of exciting and adventurous creative art activities like –

Blowing Glitter
Bubble Wrap Boots
Clear Color Squish
Dot Splots
Eggbeater Art
Electric Toothbrush Paint
Helmet Painting
Paint Explosion
Party Blower Prints
Pounded Paint
RC Car Tracks
Rolling Tire Mural
Smoosh Surprise
Sparkle Spray Foam
Spin Art Bicycle Wheel
Spray Tissue
Squeeze Bottle Jump Paint
Tricycle Circle Painting
Wind-Up Toy Painting

About the Authors

MaryAnn Faubion Kohl is the award-winning author of over twenty art books for children, including Discovering Great Artists, Mudworks, Preschool Art and First Art. She is a national presenter, educator, consultant, and publisher. MaryAnn‘s focus on creativity is driven by her passion for children’s process art experiences and explorations. MaryAnn enjoys playing outside rain or shine, reading, writing, friends, and most of all, her family. MaryAnn resides in Bellingham, Washington.

Barbara Zaborowski once wished her own children’s preschool years would never end, so she began teaching preschool in 1987. Now she has the best of both worlds: two grown children, a new granddaughter, and wonderful years of working with 4 and 5 year olds. Process art has become an important part of her curriculum. She also enjoys friends, reading, the theater, great conversations, and treasure hunts. Despite her best efforts at avoiding extra work, she seems to have become a writer. This is her first book. Barbara lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.