Art Skills

Ever had a student complain they can’t draw?

Answer them with “Techniques for Drawing Trees”.

What about students who get into everything?

Go wild with “Animal Collage"or "Fingerprint Flowers"!

Need some ideas for classroom projects?

Try a "Tissue Paper Pond" or a "Starry Night" solar system.

Nutty about Math?

Go bonkers with “Geometric Prints” or "Transformations”!

Start out with the simple projects at the beginning of the book, or brave the use of advanced 3-D techniques at the end. Whether it’s for free time, an art class, or getting ideas for the classroom, this is THE book for the creative mind. Worried about materials? Just use what you have around the classroom: tissue paper, construction paper, pastel crayons and colored pencils. Or pave the way to collaboration and talk with the art teacher!

Also, Check out some of the other books in this series:

The Usborne Book of Art Ideas



The Usborne Art Treasury

Miller, A. Fearn, K. Goransky, N. & Leyhane, V. (2003). The Usborne Book of Art Skill. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing.

I'm Dead At Recess

Please visit the following link to view the book on the Tumblebooks Library Website:
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/full_book.asp?ProductID=2

Tumblebooks are online interactive storybooks. They feature narrated read alouds, an interactive story pad where you can follow along as the words are being read, as well as animated graphics and illustrations which bring your favorite characters to life.

If your kids act up like mine do, then here's the perfect story for them. Told in poetic verse, it's a terror-filled rhyme of how one boy's antics cause him to live in fear as he counts down the hours to his demise. Once your kids get a load of this, they may think twice about getting out of line.