Book Description

This second collection of creative children's activities for teachers, parents, and daycare providers is a wonderful addition of fun learning experiences. Over 100 easy and inexpensive arts and crafts activities at your fingertips, all designed to stimulate your student's or child's imagination and creativity. The "artworks" activities in this book are ideal for the classroom, daycare, or home use, especially, on those rainy days or even snow days when school is cancelled and your children need entertainment other than TV or video games. No searching for ideas. Each artwork is a complete recipe for fun: providing a list of inexpensive materials and supplies as well as easy instructions to unleash a positive creative experience. Most activities use common household items and Kids Artworks even includes a chapter on finding free materials and supplies that can be used by students and children to create wonderful artistic treasures. This book is perfect companion for day care providers, and preschool and elementary school teachers and parents and grandparents who want to have imaginative and innovative activities at hand. The arts and crafts activities contained in this book give students and children the chance to practice counting skills, learn fractions, colors, shapes as well as enjoy many other learning experiences. Each artworks activity can be used to complement the teaching of any lesson or concept, and performing these activities together with children will provide a terrific opportunity for individual or group creative exchanges.