Megan Schiller

The Art Playroom (eBook, ePUB)

Make a home art space for kids; Spark exploration, independence, and joyful learning with invitations to create

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Learn how to set up an organized and inviting home art space for kids and keep them engaged with over 55 art prompts that encourage skill-building and creative exploration. With an inviting, open setup of art supplies, kids can easily access tools and materials to work through ideas, tinker, discover, solve problems, learn techniques, and create anything they can imagine. Your art space becomes a creative workshop that allows children the opportunity to explore open-ended materials with a sense of independence, confidence, and responsibility. In The Art Playroom, author Megan Schiller-a Reggio-inspired preschool teacher, art studio owner, and interior designer-guides you step by step through the process of creating an art space for your children and shares her simple approach to encourage creative exploration for years to come. This book is for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-10, with tips on how to create an art space that works well for a variety of ages. The Invitations to Create offer over 55 ideas for setting up art prompts-categorized by skills and ages-that will spark a creative session with simple materials and minimal setup. Hesitant about the potential mess? Megan provides a unique solution by combining her background in art education and interior design to help you set up a productive art space for your kids that is also organized, easy to clean up, and looks great! You will learn:

• How to set up an art studio for kids, step by step
• How to customize your art space for specific ages, including toddlers, preschool-age kids, and tinkering- and making-focused older kids
• How to introduce the materials to your child
• How to keep your art space organized
• How to keep your children engaged with open-ended art prompts

Invitations to Create focus on building skills such as:

• Mastering tools such as scissors, stapler, hole puncher, and hammer
• Fine motor and focus with beading, sewing, and droppers
• Self-sufficiency with squeezing, pouring, and scrubbing practice
• Writing with greeting cards, book-making, and comic strips
• Collaboration with siblings and friends through shared projects
• Science and investigation with chemistry and nature projects
• Making toys and accessories such as clay creatures, dolls, and puzzles

The combination of having an open art studio and setting up invitations to create seamlessly weaves the creative process into children's daily lives to help them become self-sufficient makers and innovative thinkers. This book, The Art Playroom, is for anyone who wants to foster creativity, independence, and ingenuity in the next generation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarry Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780760381359
• Artikelnr.: 67358096

Autorenporträt

Megan Schiller is an art teacher, art studio owner, and former preschool teacher. She has been blogging about children's art and creative spaces since January, 2010. She started her business, The Art Pantry, in 2014 as a design studio to help parents set up creative play spaces in their homes and provide ideas on how to engage children in the creative process. She works one on one with clients and also offers a virtual group course and guides through her website. She lives in Mill Valley, CA.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
 
Preface
 
Part 1: The Art Space
 
Chapter 1: Why an Open Art Studio?
* Introduction
* What Skills Do Kids Learn from Open-Ended Art?
* The Influence of Art Over the Years (by Barbara Rucci)
* Design Matters
 
Chapter 2: Setting up Your Open Art Studio
* What Materials and Tools Should be in an open art studio?
* Your Art Space is Not Just for Art
* Using an Art Space for Tinkering and Inventing (By Rachelle Doorley)
* Adding Tinkering and Maker Materials into Your Art Space
* Choosing a Location (By Jean Van’t Hul)
* Furniture, Storage, and Tips on Organizing Art Supplies for Different
Ages
* Art Storage and Display
* Adding the Art Supplies
 
Chapter 3: Your Open Art Studio is Ready to Go, Now What?
* Keeping Materials Visible and Fresh
* Introducing Your Child to the Materials
* Testing New Materials
* Questions to Ask Your Child When Testing Different Materials
 
Part 2: Invitations to Create
 
Chapter 4: Keeping Your Child Engaged Over Time with Invitations to Create
* What are Invitations to Create?
* 10 tips on setting up an Invitation to Create
 
Chapter 5: Starter Invitations to Create: Easy art prompts for ages 2-7
that are quick to set up and easy for young children to explore on their
own.
 
1.  Monochromatic Shape
2.  Playdough Sculpture
3.  Foil Painting
4.  Craft Tape Construction
5.  Magazine Collage
6.  Peekaboo Drawing
7.  X Marks the Spot
8.  Confetti
9.  Rock Painting
10.  Sticky Collage
11.  Dot Painting
12.  Dreamy Decoupage
13.  Grid Drawing
14.  Curious Assemblage
15.  Scrape and Roll Painting
16.  Fine Feathered Fabrication
17.  Produce Prints
18.  Current Obsession
19.  DIY Stickers
20.  Sticky Block Building
21.  DIY Old Fashioned Tempera Paint
22.  Misplaced Mural
23.  Wet Chalk Drawing
24.  You’ve Got Mail
25.  Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
 
* “Do it together” Starter Invitations to Create: Art prompts that
introduce a new material or technique that act as a simple art lesson
when done with an adult
1.  Oil Pastels & Oil
2.  Current Obsession Still Life
3.  Color Mixing
 
Chapter 6: Skill-building Invitations to Create: Art prompts to develop
skills for ages 2-10
* Mastering Tools (Ages 3-8): Art prompts that encourage the use of
creative tools
1.  First Scissor Practice
2.  Early Learning Scissor Practice
3.  Intermediate Scissor Practice
4.  Stapler
5.  Hole Puncher
6.  Glue Gun
7.  Hammer
* Fine motor and Focus (Ages 2-6): Art prompts that help children
develop fine motor and focusing skills.
1.  Beading Pipe Cleaners
2.  Delicate Droppers
3.  Twisting from the Toolbox
4.  Do-Dad Mandala
5.  Fuse Beads
6.  Simple Sewing Skills
7.  Labyrinth Pointillism
 
* Self-Sufficiency (Ages 2-6. Age 2 with adult supervision) Art prompts
that guide children towards independent use of everyday items.
1.  Slicing Practice
2.  Kitchen Tools
3.  Squeezing Practice
4.  Pouring Practice
5.  Spraying and Scrubbing Practice
6.  Art Cleanup
 
* Writing (Ages 3-8): Art prompts that build writing skills through
playful activities.
1.  Alphabet Stencil
1.  Block Letter Dots
2.  Alphabet Stickers
3.  May I take Your Order?
4.  Name Tracing
5.  Greeting Card
6.  Book Making
7.  Comic Strip
 
* Collaboration (Ages 2-10. 2 years with adult supervision): Art
prompts that encourage collaboration between siblings or friends
through group projects.
1.  Shared Sticky Collage
2.  Tape Resist Canvas
3.  Collaborative Coloring
4.  Shared Sticky Block Building
5.  Shared Street Construction
6.  Cooperative Garland
           
* Science and Investigation (Ages 3-10): Art prompts that demonstrate
the intersection of art and science through reactive ingredients,
testing ideas, and exploring how things work.
1.  Eye-Catching Eruption
2.  Colorful Dripping Cream
3.  Swirling Separation
4.  Nature Still Life
5.  DIY Nature Paint
6.  Magnetic Sculpture
 
* Making Toys and Accessories (Ages 4-10): Art prompts that introduce
ways to make toys or accessories that can be played with when
finished.
1.  Modeling Clay Creatures
2.  Mini Bed
3.  Habitat
4.  DIY Instrument
5.  Dancing Paper Dolls
6.  Sticky Sticks
7.  DIY Magnet Puzzle
 
Conclusion
* Having a Designated Art Space in Our Home (by Meri Cherry)
* Final Thoughts
* Resources
* Acknowledgements
* About the Author