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: Smacking * Squeezing * Tapping Rolling * Spinning * Swinging Blowing * Exploding * Smooshing Tools * Toys * Utensils 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

 

This is volume 9 in Bright Ideas For Learning .

This book has been graded for interest at 2-12 years.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Bright Ring Publishing, U. S. .

Award-winning author MaryAnn Kohl has written 14 books for Gryphon House. Her philosophy, "It's the process, not the product," guides her writing as she provides open-ended art activities for young children. MaryAnn's activities focus on the experience of art, not the final product a child creates. 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, WashingtonBarbara 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