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myblessings
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Posted: Aug 17 2009 at 5:02pm | IP Logged Quote myblessings
I am homeschooling my 6 and almost 5 year old and wanted some book recommendations for art and craft ideas. Any good ones that you have tried?
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Posted: Aug 17 2009 at 5:10pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Here's a link to my book blog, Nurturing Creativity, where you can find annotated bibliographies (with links to Amazon) for various art/craft books for use with (or without ) the kiddoes.

Also, my book In His Image might be a great resource for you generally!

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Posted: Aug 17 2009 at 10:58pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
I have always really enjoyed the Mary Ann Kohl books. She has ideas/books for all different ages and different media/art types. There are samples of some of the projects. Many, many libraries carry these books.

The Usborne art books are also fantastic for both art and craft ideas. I especially love those by Fiona Watt.

And Artistic Pursuits which is a art curriculum I love has 3 books specifically for K-3rd. These have lots of craft projects in addition to the art projects. It is a combination art skill and art appreciation study. They have some sample lesson/projects on the site.

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Posted: Aug 18 2009 at 5:40am | IP Logged Quote Erin
I really second the recommendation of Fiona Watt's books.

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Posted: Aug 18 2009 at 8:27am | IP Logged Quote Betsy
MaryM wrote:
I have always really enjoyed the Mary Ann Kohl books. She has ideas/books for all different ages and different media/art types. There are samples of some of the projects. Many, many libraries carry these books.

The Usborne art books are also fantastic for both art and craft ideas. I especially love those by Fiona Watt.

And Artistic Pursuits which is a art curriculum I love has 3 books specifically for K-3rd. These have lots of craft projects in addition to the art projects. It is a combination art skill and art appreciation study. They have some sample lesson/projects on the site.


ditto!
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Wow, MaryG, what a fantastically comprehensive list! What a great resource to have!

It is funny that the rest of you recommended the Usborne art books by Fiona Watt, that is one of the ones that caught my eye from Mary's list.



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I'm another who'll recommend the Usborne art books:-)

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Posted: Aug 31 2009 at 3:59pm | IP Logged Quote Anastasia
I second the Kohl books!
The book "What Shall I Draw?" is super easy for little kids, and they love learning how to draw step by step.
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