This book summarizes the experiences of those involved in the development and construction of the Parkview Creative Playground, Bellingham, Washington, in the form of a step-by-step guide outlining their activities and strategies. Areas discussed include: definition of a creative playground; determining the need for a creative playground; ideas…

Drama and movement bring delight, happiness, increased learning into every aspect of the English program. (JH)

Four panels hang in the Junior Gallery at the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Conceived by Matthew Monks, an experienced artist and teacher, and students from his Saturday morning class at the art museum the college is the result of a mixture of art materials and a combination of creative ideas. (Author/RK)

Examines motives that can serve as the framework for a creative composition course and suggests some specific creative writing procedures. (DD)

The work described and shown in this article was produced by Elementary and Special Education majors participating in an art course for college credit prior to entering the teaching profession. They combined creative concepts with the use of papier-mache. (Author/RK)

Stage almost any story or subject with characters that children fabricate, decorate and manipulate. (Editor)

Instructions are given for creating earth dyes in the classroom. These dyes be used in the teaching of social studies, science, and art. A chart listing sources of natural dyes is offered. (DF)

Examines the ways in which Jane Addams affected the field of creative drama. (PD)

Identifies six major techniques used to evaluate the creative work of theatre faculty. Explores major problems associated with each technique. (PD)

Warns about the phenomenon of reactivity: faculty members will change behavior to accommodate evaluative criteria for promotion. Cautions that evaluative criteria must be developed that do not produce unexpected and unwanted side effects. (PD)

Points out the merits of the model that assesses creative activities as analogous to scholarship in evaluating teachers for promotion. (PD)

Considers the model to validate the creative activities of theatre artists as limited, unworkable, and unacceptable. (PD)

Attempts to distinguish between two major categories of creativity and draws from the fields of music and art for examples showing how these two types merge compatibly to produce a tangible outcome. (Author/RK)

Author proposed a different way of thinking about art in the curriculum, an aesthetic view of life that begins with affection, care and attention. (Author/RK)

A window transparency is made from black paper strips and colored tissue papers. The three visual elements of line, shape and color are emphasized for this project. (Author)