Synopsis
Action Art: Hands-On Active Art Adventures is A Collection of Over 100 Active Hands-On Art Experiences for Children 2-12, Full of Adventure, Movement, and Discovery.
FOR SCHOOLS • HOMESCHOOLS • MUSEUMS• LIBRARIES • CHILDCARE • HOME
Shelving: ART ACTIVITIES • EDUCATION • PARENTING
Over 100 action-packed art activities bring discovery and adventurous creativity to children’s art experiences that will delight and challenge kids of all ages. Each child-tested art activity is grouped into engaging action categories including:
1.) Smacking • Squeezing • Tapping
2.) Rolling • Spinning • Swinging
3.) Blowing • Exploding • Smooshing
4.) Tools • Toys • Utensils
5.) Up • Down • All Around
Full color photographs highlight all activities including painting, photography, collage and sculpture, each with helpful icons indicating levels for both children and adults. Action Art experiences are built on the knowledge that art for children is a creative process and not just a finished product. MaryAnn Kohl is famous around the world for encouraging children to experience creative art exploration best known as “process art”.
Action Art offers 5 chapters of exciting and adventurous creative art activities, all with surprise outcomes, including –
Blowing Glitter
Dancing Blottos
Bubble Wrap Boot Walk
Clear Color Squish
FOR SCHOOLS • HOMESCHOOLS • MUSEUMS• LIBRARIES • CHILDCARE • HOME
Shelving: ART ACTIVITIES • EDUCATION • PARENTING
Over 100 action-packed art activities bring discovery and adventurous creativity to children’s art experiences that will delight and challenge kids of all ages. Each child-tested art activity is grouped into engaging action categories including:
1.) Smacking • Squeezing • Tapping
2.) Rolling • Spinning • Swinging
3.) Blowing • Exploding • Smooshing
4.) Tools • Toys • Utensils
5.) Up • Down • All Around
Full color photographs highlight all activities including painting, photography, collage and sculpture, each with helpful icons indicating levels for both children and adults. Action Art experiences are built on the knowledge that art for children is a creative process and not just a finished product. MaryAnn Kohl is famous around the world for encouraging children to experience creative art exploration best known as “process art”.
Action Art offers 5 chapters of exciting and adventurous creative art activities, all with surprise outcomes, including –
Blowing Glitter
Dancing Blottos
Bubble Wrap Boot Walk
Clear Color Squish
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
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
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
From the Back Cover
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.
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.
From the Inside Flap
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.
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.
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An Activity from Chapter 3: Blowing • Exploding • Smooshing
Clear Color Squish
Get into the action of squishing colorful pieces of non-hardening modeling clay between two clear acrylic frames or panels of Plexiglas to see the flattening and mixing of colors.
Materials
• Non-hardening modeling clay, or play clay
• Two pieces of clear acrylic plastic or Plexiglas, about 8” x 10” or smaller
Safety Note: Cheap low quality acrylic frames that are too thin might break during the pressing step, so be cautious. Thicker acrylic frames or Plexiglas are best.
Process Action
1. Soften the play clay by hand. Make a ball of each color.
2. Pull a small pinch from one of the colors, and stick it on one of the clear plastic panels. The clay should not be overly thick. A quarter inch is thick enough. Add more small balls and pinches of clay. Some artists place the clay randomly, and other will create a scene or picture. All efforts are acceptable.
3. Take the second sheet of clear plastic and place it over the first, lining up the edges slightly.
4. Now for the action and seeing the fascinating way the clay will change! Leaving the clay panel flat on the table, press the top panel down with strong even pressure, using both hands to cover the top piece. Press and press downward to flatten the clay balls. The clay will squish and flatten slowly and surely.
5. For more action, rock the plastic with both hands pressing down, just a little, to achieve even more flattening and mixing of the balls of play clay. Try a twisting motion to further spread color in a new way.
6. When the squishing is complete, the art is complete as well. The play clay will not harden, so it may be displayed for a very long time. However, it’s usually best to let the artists know in advance that this is a temporary art activity, and the sheets will be pulled apart at some point, and the clay peeled away, and most likely used again. Some art is like that!
7. Continue exploring the squishing technique, and removing clay for yet another try.
Note on Cleaning the Plastic: The clear plastic will get smeared and cloudy after awhile, so when ready, wash with soapy hot water to remove residue.
Variations
• The same squishing activity can be done with tempera paints. Paint on one plastic panel and then press the second panel down over the painting.
• Squish pieces of play clay between two sheets of clear plastic wrap (saran wrap) or in a plastic baggie. A rolling pin is fun to try.
Observation:
Ava is a child who usually watches and thinks before deciding if she will participate. Today she was watching closely, and before the artist next to her fully realized the action of blending colors in his clay, Ava's eyes widened, and she reached for the materials that awaited her. She took no time in getting into the action. All she needed was a moment to see what was going on around her. Ava takes less and less time to start exploring art than she did several weeks ago when preschool started. Her confidence level is much higher the more she explores and enjoys creativity in art. Today was evidence of a split second of decision making and full confidence of exploration.
Clear Color Squish
Get into the action of squishing colorful pieces of non-hardening modeling clay between two clear acrylic frames or panels of Plexiglas to see the flattening and mixing of colors.
Materials
• Non-hardening modeling clay, or play clay
• Two pieces of clear acrylic plastic or Plexiglas, about 8” x 10” or smaller
Safety Note: Cheap low quality acrylic frames that are too thin might break during the pressing step, so be cautious. Thicker acrylic frames or Plexiglas are best.
Process Action
1. Soften the play clay by hand. Make a ball of each color.
2. Pull a small pinch from one of the colors, and stick it on one of the clear plastic panels. The clay should not be overly thick. A quarter inch is thick enough. Add more small balls and pinches of clay. Some artists place the clay randomly, and other will create a scene or picture. All efforts are acceptable.
3. Take the second sheet of clear plastic and place it over the first, lining up the edges slightly.
4. Now for the action and seeing the fascinating way the clay will change! Leaving the clay panel flat on the table, press the top panel down with strong even pressure, using both hands to cover the top piece. Press and press downward to flatten the clay balls. The clay will squish and flatten slowly and surely.
5. For more action, rock the plastic with both hands pressing down, just a little, to achieve even more flattening and mixing of the balls of play clay. Try a twisting motion to further spread color in a new way.
6. When the squishing is complete, the art is complete as well. The play clay will not harden, so it may be displayed for a very long time. However, it’s usually best to let the artists know in advance that this is a temporary art activity, and the sheets will be pulled apart at some point, and the clay peeled away, and most likely used again. Some art is like that!
7. Continue exploring the squishing technique, and removing clay for yet another try.
Note on Cleaning the Plastic: The clear plastic will get smeared and cloudy after awhile, so when ready, wash with soapy hot water to remove residue.
Variations
• The same squishing activity can be done with tempera paints. Paint on one plastic panel and then press the second panel down over the painting.
• Squish pieces of play clay between two sheets of clear plastic wrap (saran wrap) or in a plastic baggie. A rolling pin is fun to try.
Observation:
Ava is a child who usually watches and thinks before deciding if she will participate. Today she was watching closely, and before the artist next to her fully realized the action of blending colors in his clay, Ava's eyes widened, and she reached for the materials that awaited her. She took no time in getting into the action. All she needed was a moment to see what was going on around her. Ava takes less and less time to start exploring art than she did several weeks ago when preschool started. Her confidence level is much higher the more she explores and enjoys creativity in art. Today was evidence of a split second of decision making and full confidence of exploration.
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