How young children, even kindergarteners, can use media equipment to produce their own creations. (HB)

Rejecting packaged crafts and kits, author urges teachers of crafts to provide for each child only the means to discover and interact with the materials he finds interesting and useful in his project. (Author/MB)

A teacher discusses the educational advantages of having young children participate in the preparation of a filmstrip. (LS)

"Mexico as Seen by Her Children," a book authored by Mexican children, and the educational project built around it is an example of bicultural cooperation between the Mexican and United States governments. (CJ)

This book provides easy-to-follow procedures for producing a play in an elementary school classroom. The book discusses choosing a play, casting, coaching, costumes, sets, and props. The process described in the book begins with simple creative dramatics that can be done easily in class, and then moves on to small group activities that continue to…

Prescribes six simple ways for changing the teacher's use of mimeograph stencils in elementary school art activities. Notes the importance of giving children freedom to creatively express themselves. (RL)

At the Yellow Ball Workshop, children and teenagers make animated films using simple art materials and camera equipment. Based on the animation techniques developed at the workshop, complete instructions for constructing backgrounds and characters and for animating the figures are provided. Setting up and using the camera, splicing film,…

This paper describes the expertise that teachers need to acquire in order to facilitate pupils' self-expression with multimedia. The central idea behind the argument is that multimedia is a creative tool for children and that multimedia learning in the near future is expected to be "Learning by Producing." In such a context of creative…