The author describes the aesthetic education curriculum developed by CEMREL (Central Midwestern Region Educational Laboratory), which encompasses six areas: aesthetics in the physical world, aesthetics and arts elements, aesthetics and the creative process, aesthetics and the artist, aesthetics and the culture, and aesthetics and the environment.…

Reviews St. Philip Neri Elementary School's (Omaha, Nebraska) use of an art education approach incorporating aesthetics and art history, criticism, and production. Describes lessons on Matisse and Mondrian (kindergarten), Rouault's "Portrait of a Clown" (fifth grade) and da Vinci's "Last Supper" (second grade). Recommends the approach for…

Describes the Living in a Changing World program, a series of half-day classes offered by the Saint Louis archdiocesan schools at a zoo, historical museum, botanical garden, archaeological center, science center, and arboretum. Through letter writing, social events, and field trips, the program pairs and provides interaction between fourth-…