Adaptive Art

A collection of tools and strategies to help art educators create adaptations for students with disabilities by capitalizing on their abilities. This practical resource will enable the educator to engage all students in a meaningful creative process of self-expression. The book includes a variety of instructional methods to adapt art activities, media, tools, and techniques to meet the needs of students with a wide range of abilities.

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Beautiful Stuff from Nature

This sequel to Beautiful Stuff takes found materials exploration outdoors. It is filled with diverse and inviting stories of real teachers challenged to explore their outdoor spaces with children. Discover ideas and suggestions for:

• using natural materials to enrich the classroom.
• creating outdoor classrooms.
• looking at your environment with a child’s eye

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Explorations in Art, 2nd Edition, Grades K–6

The most comprehensive resource for K–6 art educators, with learning focused on Big Ideas and Essential Questions; brilliant fine art images, including some of the most exciting and innovative artists of the twenty-first century; engaging process-based studios; STEAM explorations and meaningful literacy and STEM connections that complement art instruction.

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Fashion Fundamentals

Immerse students in problem-solving and innovative thinking with fashion design! This book covers methods and approaches to teaching fashion, including fashion design history, foundations, cultural and personal influences, and materials and tools. Lesson activities guide students through the process of developing original ideas using the creative process and building fundamental skills in clothing creation with a variety of techniques and materials.

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K12 Art Chat, the podcast

Introducing a podcast from the Creativity Department and Davis Publications. What do you get when two groups of mission-driven creatives band together? K12ArtChat, the podcast! Listen to K12ArtChat and learn from experts in the field. You’ll hear in-depth conversations filled with education innovations, resources, tips, tools, and inspiration to keep you connected and moving forward. Check out new episodes every Thursday!

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Making Artists

Making Artists picks up where The Open Art Room left off, covering issues and situations choice-based teachers encounter as they design their programs. This text provides tested methods for working through specific situations including room design, material handling, student ideation, production, and assessment. Additionally, you will enjoy a new set of unit and lesson plans to implement as you develop student-directed classrooms.

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The Mindful Studio: Cultivating Creativity and Well-Being in the Art Classroom

Bring mindfulness and expressive arts practices into the classroom. This book introduces mindfulness-based arts practices and provides tools for using them with students. You’ll find centering exercises to begin creative endeavors, visual arts lessons, reflection questions, and lesson extensions to explore mindfulness in a variety of art modalities. Enhance students’ creative process and encourage them to be open to their emotional life.

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Race and Art Education

This title in the Art Education in Practice Series addresses issues of race in an accessible style with a focus on classroom practice. This book aims to provide a well-informed introduction to essential concepts, vocabularies, strategies, and methods for engaging race and racialized human differences in a constructive and equity-oriented manner.

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Royalwood Ltd.

Royalwood Ltd. specializes in basketmaking, seatweaving supplies, and Crawford Label waxed linen cord. We also have materials and tools that are useful for fiber art and mixed-media projects, as well as beading, bookbinding, and leatherwork. Please call (800) 526-1630 for a catalog or visit our website at royalwoodltd.com.

Royalwoodltd.com
517 Woodville Rd.
Mansfield, Ohio 44907

Skutt Kilns & Potter’s Wheels

Skutt’s Kiln Management manual is a complete guide for art coordinators, administrators, and teachers covering all aspects associated with kilns in schools and universities. Topics include kiln maintenance and repair, safety guidelines, kiln room design, training, management tools, and more. Download your free copy at skutt.com/kilnmanagement.

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