Creative Art & Activities: Fun with Art! » (1st Edition)

Mary Mayesky, Ph.D., is a certified preschool, elementary, and secondary teacher. She is a former professor in the Program in Education at Duke University, former director of the Early Childhood Certification Program, and supervisor of student teachers. She has served as director of programs in the State of North Carolina's Office of Day Services, Department of Human Resources. She is also the former principal of the Mary E. Phillips Extended Day Care Magnet School in Raleigh, North Carolina, the first licensed extended day child care magnet school in the Southeast. She has served several terms on the North Carolina Day Care Commission and on the Wake County School Board. Dr. Mayesky has worked in Head Start, child care, kindergarten, and YWCA early childhood programs and has taught kindergarten through grade eight in the public schools. She has written extensively for professional journals and for general circulation magazines in the area of child development and curriculum design. Her other honors include being named Outstanding Young Educator by the Duke University Research Council, receiving the American Association of School Administrators Research Award, and being nominated for the Duke University Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Fun and learning come together in this book that focuses on introducing traditional art mediums to children ages 2-8. Each experience focuses on the process rather than on the final project, opening up a world of creativity, self-expression and exploration for children. Parents and teachers will greatly enjoy the many activities, which have been written in 'cookbook' format for ease of use. Helpful Hints make the activities run smoothly and Variations offer the chance to expand on each project. Finally, the Index by Ages makes it easy to find age-appropriate activities.

Section 1: Creative Art & Activities: Printing. Section 2: Creative Art & Activities: Painting. Section 3: Creative Art & Activities: Paper Art. Section 4: Creative Art & Activities: Puppets. Section 5: Creative Art & Activities: Crayons, Markers & Chalk. Chapter 6: Creative Art & Activities: Clay, Play Dough and other Modeling Materials.