Description
Action Art: Hands-On Active Art Adventures
The newest title from the creative mind of MaryAnn F. Kohl and co-author Barbara Zabarowski is a collection of over 100 active hands-on art experiences for children 2-12, full of adventure, movement, and discovery!
Try these Action Art activities:
Read Accolades for Action Art
from Artful Parent
from Fun at Home With Kids
from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
from Buggy and Buddy
from PreSchool Inspirations
Watch Action Art – in action!
Over 100 action-packed art activities bring discovery and adventurous creativity to children’s art experiences that will delight and challenge kids of all ages. Each child-tested art activity is grouped into engaging action categories including:
1.) Smacking • Squeezing • Tapping
2.) Rolling • Spinning • Swinging
3.) Blowing • Exploding • Smooshing
4.) Tools • Toys • Utensils
5.) Up • Down • All Around
Full color photographs highlight all activities including painting, photography, collage and sculpture, each with helpful icons indicating levels for both children and adults. Action Art experiences are built on the knowledge that art for children is a creative process and not just a finished product.
Action Art offers 5 chapters of exciting and adventurous creative art activities, all with surprise outcomes, including –
Blowing Glitter
Dancing Blottos
Bubble Wrap Boot Walk
Clear Color Squish
Marti Brae –
Thank you for the PDF version of the book. I love having it on my computer because I can take the book to my childcare center on my laptop and set it up on a counter as I prepare the art for the day. This book is going to be so fun. First thing I’m trying is “spinning CDs”.