Students draw a series of pictures that tell a simple story that includes character action, problem and solution. They "read" their story to others, transcribe it into writing, and create an accordion book with the drawings and writing. The activity supports the transition from oral to written storytelling. During the four 30- to 40-minute…

This book provides guidance for using nature journaling as a way to explore nature. Nature journaling involves the recording of observations, perceptions, and feelings regarding the natural world. This book targets all ages and develops a broad understanding of nature. Contents include: (1) "Discovering Nature Journaling"; (2)…

The Blue Planet program aims to develop an understanding of and insight into the environment among students by introducing environmental problems such as pollution. This paper presents a study investigating junior high school students' previous knowledge and understanding of environmental issues and perceptions on the nature of the water cycle.…

Discusses how creative elementary teachers can recognize things that would be exciting for the people they are trying to guide. (GB)

Describes art education as a political force when arousing to consciousness a fundamental shift in the personal awareness of the individual as the conjunctive arbitrator of his own existence. (Author)

Study sought to measure the relationship between the preference for complexity-asymmetry on the Welsh Figure Preference Tests and the degree of differentiation of form on a figure drawing task. Data indicated that passive appreciative behaviors were quite distinct from active manipulative behaviors in art learning experiences. (Author)

Two parents explain the practical use of a daily journal to help their deaf son learn language from the ages of 2 to 5 years primarily. (Author/CB)

Using Dramatics students as subjects, high-school art students drew caricatures showing a variety of emotions. Caricature artists and techniques throughout history were also studied, as well as differences between caricatures and cartoons, which pupils also developed. (PD)

In exploring the possibilities of visual expression the author discussed techniques for wax etching. (RK)

Basic drawing skills which will help elementary teachers help their students are described. Skills regarding proportion, composition, shading, perspective, and finished drawings are included. (RM)

Many students find it difficult to draw complex subjects. Suggested to help elementary students is a method in which they draw eyes from the center out. Observing detail, breaking an area down into small parts, and then connecting them to complete the whole also facilitates reproduction of a variety of objects. (IS)

Describes the Advanced Drawing Studio for talented students at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY. The program's purpose is to improve students' drawing skills and increase their ability to look at and appreciate abstract art. (AM)

Contour drawing, the art of drawing an object--in this case hands--without looking at the paper, or lifting pencil or pen from paper, is described. (KC)

Ninety-seven children between 5 and 8 years of age drew two arrays, four times each, in different orientations vis-a-vis the child. Younger children's drawings contained much array-specific information but often no indication at all of the child's viewing position. Older children's drawings were predominantly view-specific, often containing little…