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Children and Their Art: Methods for the Elementary School

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This is a great book to use in a pre-service teacher education program. However, I am a long-time art educator and I still refer to it because it has a wide range of information on issues we encounter every day. This year I am teaching the art class for undergraduate elementary teachers and it is proving a very valuable resource. It is written in a readable, highly practical way with lots of examples that make adding art into an elementary curriculum not seem so foreign or so daunting. I do feel that there is a need for other supplemental reading and resources to accompany this text, but it is a great overall art education text, especially for the generalist teacher.

Children and Their Art is the most comprehensive textbook available for teaching art education methods. This bestselling textbook covers all aspects of teaching art in the elementary classroom: the basic principles and goals of art education, the characteristics and needs of children as learners, the core principles of art as a subject-aesthetics, principles of design, art history, art media-and all aspects of instruction-curriculum planning, sample lessons, classroom management, and assessment. The seventh edition has been thoroughly updated and includes coverage of the National Standards for Art Education as well as the impact of postmodern thought on the practice of art education. It also provides a concise overview of child development theories and the latest findings on child development and brain research, including Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences.

I am beginning art teacher and I have found this book incredibly helpful. What I like most about it is that it is thorough, but condensed. It covers a lot of important information in an accessible and easy to read way. A great overview on child development, and practical methods for the Elementary Art Classroom. A great reference.

I had this for an art instruction class. It's a great book and resource, and fit the class I took well.

Heavy reading but good ideas and information throughout for teachers wanting to add some art to their day :)

I had recently taken an Arts for Teachers Class. I had to return the book because I rented it from the bookstore, but I wanted the book. Instead of paying $140 dollars for it at the same bookstore, I bought it here off of a seller for $10 and was very satisfied. This edition of the book contains more information than the newer edition of the book. I am very happy that I have this edition instead. It is very nicely organized and will be very helpful wherever life takes me. It contains information on children's art developmental stages, the various kinds of art for kids, art history, art aesthetics, art criticism, and different ways you can incorperate art within the classroom. This is an invaluable resource for future and current teachers. I highly recommend this book.

I chose this edition to use instead of the 8th edition for a art education class. The information is the same, but the pictures have changed. Which doesn't matter to me, the cost was the reason I chose this edition. College is expensive, and if I can save $100 by using an older edition, I will. So, to anyone who wants to save some money, buy this edition if you are required to buy the 8th edition. You will be reading the same information.

Shipped extremely quickly. Great condition. Price was not so good: i'd seen better elsewhere, but not anywhere I could get it quick enough. Overall, good service.

The seller contacted me to let me know that she was out of town and that she would not be able to ship the book until the following week but said that she would overnight it and then she emailed me the day before to let me know that she could not find the book and she would have to cancel the order. I needed to start school the following day. I would not recommend to buy anything from this seller. I am extremely disappointed.

This is the first time I ordered a book from Amazon and was a bit disappointed. The book was not on it's original binder it was in a note book binder and it was hard to manage. Plus some pages were missing but copies were made and attached.Overall the book served its purpose but it was not what I expected and as I mentioned it was difficult to turn pages. It would have been okay if this information had been disclosed when I ordered it. Then I would have known what to expect.