The art playroom Make a home art space for kids : spark exploration, independence, and joyful learning with invitations to create

Megan Schiller

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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Published
Beverly, MA, USA : Quarry 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Megan Schiller (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