Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Books For Teaching Art

As we all know, one of the best way for students to master any content is to activiate their schema using various strategies.  As emphasized through the "thinking strategies"  kids have tiny file folders in their brains which can be opened to connect new information.  Without the schema(experience), it is very difficult for them to understand new content.  As we all know, books are a great way for kids to make connections and create experiences (schema).
Here are a few books I would reccomend to help students become art literate and help them make real life connections to art content.
Harold and The Purple Crayon
The Dot
Eric Carle Books
Lily Brown's Paintings        Angela Johnson
The Quilt Story
The Rough Faced Girl
A is for Appalachia              Linda Pack
Appalachia The Voices of Sleeping Birds  Cynthia Rylant
Rain School (Africa)            James Rumford
The Dancing Masks of Africa
The Boy Who Drew Birds    John Audobon
The Yellow House               Susan Rubin
Lucy's Picture (texture)         Nicola Moon
You are My Work of Art      Sue Diccico
Enjoy!
Robin

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