Preschool Art: Painting : It's the Process, Not the Product

Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art , MaryAnn Kohl brings you 50 great ways to paint using vegetable dyes, corncobs, cornstarch, shoe polish, and more. Emphasizing the process, not the product, this series encourages children to feel successful, problem-solve, and experience the joy of exploration and discovery. Preschool Art: Painting makes art fun and accessible to children of all ages.

Paint your way to fun with these 50 creative art experiences for young children.

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Here are fifty nifty ways to encourage enjoyable art experiences, concentrating on the materials involved, leaving the subjects to the creative choices of the children. Each activity has a list of materials and equipment, a detailed description of the art process, suggested variations, and helpful hints for the adult supervisors. Icons indicate the age level, difficulty of planning and preparation, and possible hazards (occurring in only four of the activities). Tempera in powdered or liquid form, watercolors, liquid starch, food coloring, colored chalk, dishwasher detergent, Epsom salts, cornstarch and egg yolks are among the wide variety of substances with which to create paints. Most of the equipment is simple¾various kinds of paper, brushes, cookie sheets, cups, baby food jars, cotton swabs, plastic food trays and so forth. Application methods include spattering, stamping, bubbling, swinging, spraying, blotting and more. Far from being suitable only for preschoolers, these activities would be fun for elementary school children, Sunday school classes, Cub Scouts and Brownies, and other craft-oriented groups. Illustrated with simple black-and-white drawings, the book is indexed by icon, activity, and materials for quick and easy reference. Part of the Preschool Art series. 2001, Gryphon House, $7.95. Ages 3 to 8. Reviewer:Patricia Dole

50 creative ways to paint using vegetable dyes, baking soda, cornstarch, shoe polish, and other surprising materials. Encourage children to experience the joy of exploration and discovery with this view series by MaryAnn Kohl. Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, each book in the series emphasizes the process of are, not the product. Make art fun and accessible to children of all ages with these creative, easy-to-do activities! - See more at: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/preschool-art-painting#sthash.AaAQ1VmP.dpuf 50 Great ways to explore and create using baking soda, shoe polish, vegetable dyes and other surprising materials [1] Craft and construction [2] Clay, dough, and sculpture [3] Collage and paper [4] Painting [5] Drawing. [1] Craft and construction [2] Clay and dough [3] Collage and paper [4] Painting [5] Drawing. Over 200 process-oriented art experiences for children ages 3-6