A trusted guide and companion for current and future art educators, CHILDREN AND THEIR ART presents a professional approach to teaching art consistent with national standards for student learning. The authors are experienced as art teachers in the public schools and have a broad knowledge about school art programs. The Eighth Edition provides an easy-to-use combination of theory, research, and practical knowledge about teaching art. The most comprehensive textbook available for teaching art education methods, CHILDREN AND THEIR ART covers all aspects of teaching art in the elementary classroom: the basic principles and goals of art education, the characteristics and needs of children as learners, the core principles of art as a subject?aesthetics, principles of design, art history, art media?and all aspects of instruction?curriculum planning, sample lessons, classroom management, and assessment. Among numerous updates throughout the text, the Eighth Edition features a brand-new chapter on visual culture. This new edition also includes more than 300 illustrations, with well over 100 new images added to provide examples of new media and better representation of post-modern artforms and works by women and minority artists.

Learn the art of wingshooting in a traditional Old South setting. Located just 30 minutes east of Tallahassee, these historic shotgun shooting grounds feature fully automated traps, a high tower, and a quail walk. The expert instructors at Mays Pond place particular emphasis on pass shooting instruction for quail, dove, and waterfowl hunting. Classes are held in a beautifully restored one-room Georgia schoolhouse where catered lunches are served daily.

This is the first book on teaching middle school language arts for multiple intelligences and related twenty-first-century literacies in technologically and ethnically diverse communities. Roseboro s concise book provides an entire academic year of inspiring theory and instruction in multimedia reading, writing, and speaking for the twenty-first-century literacies that are increasingly required in the United States and Canada.

The Kid Pix Deluxe 4 from Riverdeep combines realistic art tools and powerful graphic handling capability with simple design and ease-of-use. It includes a set of Teacher Tools that allow teachers to build and publish project templates to the Idea Machine with written and voice instruction. This software features visible menu bar, rollover descriptions, enhanced print and text content, and videos to speed up classroom adoption and project completion. The Kid Pix Deluxe 4 lets teachers control graphics and background libraries for individual projects to provide enhanced focus on completing assignments. Spanish language mode includes help, menu options, tool dialogues, and foreign language character support for ESL learners. With all these features and more, the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 is an ideal personal productivity and creative tool for every K-8 classroom.

Kids crafts projects: They're creative. They're fun. And Mom and Dad will even think these kids crafts are educational -- because they are! Rainy Day Art Projects, Volume 1, with nine easy kids crafts, is perfect for young people who enjoy having fun with arts and crafts. So get ready to stretch your creative muscles with this exciting and fun-packed craft projects program! In Volume 1 of this two-volume set, you'll get plenty of opportunity to express your artistic side with 9 specially selected crafts for kids. Your Rainy Day Art teachers: Vanessa Churco, Teri Grant, Melissa Hulsey and Dawn Pontillas, who just happen to be real-life school teachers -- will guide you step-by-step in creating a wide variety of extremely entertaining and eye-catching kids crafts creations using ordinary art supplies, while our young artists create their own masterpieces along with them in the studio. In Volume 1, you'll have fun creating a wide variety of decorative and useful kids crafts projects: Elegant paper bead necklaces.....that make great ideas for mothers day crafts, Stained glass candleholders.....to add a touch of magic to your room, Milk carton halloween masks.....dress up games or Halloween costumes, Textured confetti paper art.....a great fridge decoration, A fireworks display.....tailor made for the Fourth of July festivities, Decorated hats.....worn by the artist on the go, String art.....the perfect gift for that someone special, Treasure chests.....to hold your own special memories, and Clay pot animals.....to brighten up any windowsill. Just keep in mind our two most important rules and you'll do just fine: Be creative and have fun! Optional art lesson plans with 10, fun-packed teacher lesson plans is also available. Rainy Day Art Projects for Young People, Volume 1 for ages 6 to12 -- the perfect gift for every child who loves arts and craft projects. Program Synopsis: Children love arts and craft projects! These art instruction videos, availabl

Available as Laser Prints in average size of 14' x 11' or as fine art Giclee Prints on Canvas with average size of 20' x 16'. A portion of the profit supports Amaringo's Usko-Ayar School of Painting in Peru.