The art playroom Make a home art space for kids : spark exploration, independence, and joyful learning with invitations to create
Book - 2023
"The Art Playroom is a guide for setting up at-home art spaces and introducing art prompts to promote innovative thinking, skill-building, collaboration, and independence"--
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Beverly, MA, USA :
Quarry
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 144 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780760381342
- Preface
- Part 1. The Art Space
- Chapter 1. Why an Art Playroom?
- Art as a Tool for Learning
- What Skills Do Kids Learn from Open-Ended Art?
- The Influence of Art Over the Years by Barbara Rucci
- Design Matters
- Chapter 2. Setting Up Your Art Playroom
- What Materials and Tools Should Be in an Art Playroom?
- Your Art Space is Not Just for Art
- Using an Art Space for Tinkering and Inventing
- Adding Tinkering and Maker Materials into Your Art Space
- Planning Your Art Space
- Choosing a Location by Jean Van't Hul
- Furniture, Storage, and Tips on Organizing Art Supplies for Different Ages
- Setting Up an Art Space for Older Children (Ages 8+)
- Art Storage and Display
- Adding the Art Supplies
- Chapter 3. Your Art Playroom is Ready to Go, Now What?
- Keeping Materials Visible and Fresh
- Introducing Your Child to the Materials
- Testing New Materials
- Questions to Ask Your Child When Testing Different Materials
- Part 2. Invitations to Create
- Chapter 4. Keeping Your Child Engaged Over Time with Invitations to Create
- What Are invitations to Create?
- 10 Tips on Setting Up an Invitation To Create
- Chapter 5. Starter Invitations to Create
- Easy Art Prompts (ages 2-7)
- Monochromatic Shape
- Foil Painting
- Playdough Sculpture
- Craft Tape Construction
- Peekaboo Drawing
- Rock Painting
- Dot Painting
- Produce Prints
- Dreamy Decoupage
- Grid Drawing
- Scrape-and-Roll Painting
- Fine Feathered Fabrication
- DIY Stickers
- Sticky Block Building
- Misplaced Mural
- Wet Chalk Drawing
- You've Got Mail
- Mirror, Mirror
- "Do It together" Starter Invitations to Create (ages 2-7)
- Oil Pastels and Oil
- Current Obsession Still Life
- Color Mixing
- Chapter 6. Skill-Building Invitations to Create
- Mastering Tools (ages 3-8, or 2+ where noted)
- First Scissor Practice
- Early Learning Scissor Practice
- Intermediate Scissor Practice
- Stapler
- Hole Puncher
- Glue Gun
- Hammer
- Fine Motor and Focus (ages 3-6, or 2+ where noted)
- Beading Pipe Cleaners
- Delicate Droppers
- Twisting from the Toolbox
- Doodad Mandala
- Labyrinth Pointillism
- Simple Sewing Skiffs
- Self-Sufficiency (ages 2-6)
- Slicing Practice
- Kitchen Tools
- Squeezing Practice
- Pouring Practice
- Art Cleanup
- Writing (ages 3-8)
- Greeting Card
- Book Making
- Comic Book Making
- Collaboration (ages 2-10)
- Shared Sticky Collage
- Tape Resist Canvas
- Collaborative Coloring
- Shared Street Construction
- Science and Investigation (ages 3-10)
- Eye-Catching Eruption
- Colorful Dripping Cream
- Swirling Separation
- Nature Stiff Life
- DIY Old-Fashioned Tempera Paint
- Magnetic Sculpture
- Making Toys and Accessories (ages 4-10)
- Modeling-Clay Creatures
- Habitat
- Sticky Sticks
- DIY Magnetic Puzzle
- DIY Musical Instrument
- Dancing Paper Dolls
- Conclusion
- Having a Designated Art Space in Our Home by Men Cherry
- Final Thoughts
- Printouts
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index