About Explorations in Art, 2nd Edition, Kindergarten
You’ll love teaching Kindergarten with this child-centered, carefully structured program. Experience, along with your students, the delight of discovering materials, developing skills, and inventing new ways to create. Field-tested, effective classroom management techniques are included in each lesson. Inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, students naturally connect to concepts across the curriculum, from discovering the parts of insects and other animals to thinking about and designing buildings and communities.
About the Big Book
The Big Book is spiral bound and durable, with a convenient handle. Its measurements are 16 x 20".
Each lesson includes:
- Carefully chosen works of fine art and photographs of the world around us to help spark children’s interest and enthusiasm.
- Simple text to introduce basic concepts.
- Step-by-step clearly illustrated Studio Explorations to help children discover their own creativity.
- Sidebars to reinforce techniques, offer background, or remind children of expectations.
- Connections to explorations across the curriculum, including literacy and writing, science, technology, math, engineering, and social studies concepts.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 Explore Materials and Approaches to Artmaking
Unit 2 Explore One Subject, Many Media
Unit 3 Explore Found Materials
Unit 4 Explore and Construct with Clay
Unit 5 Explore Line Printing
Unit 6 Explore Design
Unit 7 Explore Sewing
Unit 8 Explore Animals
Unit 9 Explore Color
Unit 10 Explore Buildings and Communities
This brief video will provide a high-level overview of the new second edition, including the Davis Digital platform.
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