Teaching Art With Books Kids Love: Teaching Art Appreciation, Elements of Art, and Principles of Design With Award-Winning Children's Books

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Summary: Great resourse for Primary Grades
Review: A great resource for learning how art is put together and different types of is Teaching Art With Books Kids Love. It is an easy read for the educator. Each chapter has projects for helping children understand the concept as well as recommendations for children books to see the idea in action.

The book begins with the elements of art such as line, shapes, texture and so on, followed by the principles of art like harmony, balance, movement ... and finally to artistic styles such as realism, impressionism, etc.

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Summary: children's books LISTED, not pictured
Review: As far as teaching art concepts, principles, elements, style, this is a good book.

BUT...I thought this book would include picture examples from the "more than 20 Caldecott... books" mentioned. The way the synopsis on the back of the book reads "Using more then 100 illustrations and award winning children's books..." is technically correct. There are pictures & there are books, the pictures are just not OF or FROM the books. All the pictures were "created by the author"(p.xvi). The books are included in each chapter as "Children's Literature Examples" and given in a sort of bibliography type format. "Famous...books...are listed. Finding examples can be frustrating...Don't spend a lot of time on it..." (p.xv).

Perhaps this was meant to foster trips to the library, but I am still dissapointed.

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Summary: Art and Literacy at its best!!
Review: Great connections of art and literacy. I highly recommend this book for art educators!!

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Summary: This author walks her talk
Review: I am very impressed with this book! It explains clearly how to introduce the elements of art to children - and the choice of literature is wonderful! I am not an artist but I found this book very user friendly, providing success for the teacher and for the students. It is refreshing to find a high quality book on art for children, instead of the usual "cutsie sop" that passes for children's art instruction.

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Summary: I know what I like!
Review: I am very impressed with this book! It explains clearly how to introduce the elements of art to children - and the choice of literature is wonderful! I am not an artist but I found this book very user friendly, providing success for the teacher and for the students. It is refreshing to find a high quality book on art for children, instead of the usual "cutsie sop" that passes for children's art instruction.

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Summary: This author walks her talk
Review: Not only is this an excellent way to bring art and literature together in the classroom, but the author proves each day how well her strategies work. I am a colleague of Darcie Frohardt and see the amazing results she gets from children every day. This book is for "all" teachers (not just art teachers), and the books she teaches from are readily available in your school library. In fact, you'll probably own most of them yourself. In a time when the arts are being threatened by the standardization of education, Darcie's book is a shining light. Go ahead, give it a try. You will be glad you did.

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Summary: Art and Literacy at its best!!
Review: Teaching Art with Books Kids Love presents the elements of art in a way that engages students and is clear enough for the 'artistically challenged' classroom teacher to follow! The project directions and examples are excellent. This is a great find for teachers who want to present a quality art program.

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Summary: teaching kids art with style
Review: Teaching Art with Books Kids Love presents the elements of art in a way that engages students and is clear enough for the 'artistically challenged' classroom teacher to follow! The project directions and examples are excellent. This is a great find for teachers who want to present a quality art program.

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Summary: Great resourse for Primary Grades
Review: This book is a great resource for learning how art is put together as well as experiencing different types of 2-dimentional art. This book is an easy read for the educator. Each chapter has projects for helping children understand the concept as well as recommendations for children books that put the art idea into action.

The book begins with the elements of art such as line, shapes, texture and so on, this is followed by the principles of art like harmony, balance, movement ... and finally to artistic styles such as realism, impressionism, etc.

Example: Chapter 8, Variety and Contrast
explains why artists use variety and contrast and what methods they use, references to fine art and children's literature are given, apply technique by drawing flies in different sizes, facing different ways and with different patterns

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Summary: Highly recommended for classroom & homeschooling use.
Review: Using more than one hundred illustrations and award-wining children's books, Darcie Frohardt provides classroom teachers with all the tools necessary for teaching art. The information, examples, project directions, and variety of choices showcased in Teaching Art With Books Kids Love: Art Elements, Appreciation, And Design With Award-Winning Books provides everything necessary for a successful, student-involving, fine art curriculum that will engender and enhance student creativity, grades K-5. Teaching Art With Books Kids Love is highly recommended for both public school and home schooling fine art curriculum development and implementation.