A textbook covering the world and work of the artist, trends and influences in world art, and art in the western world.

"ScienceArts" builds upon natural curiosity as children experience and explore basic science concepts as they create over 200 beautiful and amazing art experiments. Projects use common household materials and art supplies. The art activities are open-ended and easy to do with one science-art experiment per page, fully illustrated and kid-tested. The book inclues three indexes and an innovative charted Table of Contents. Suitable for home, school, museum programs, or childcare, all ages. Kids call this the "ooo-ahhh" book. Examples of projects include: - Crystal Bubbles - Dancing Rabbits - Building Beans - Magnetic Rubbing - Stencil Leaves - Magic Cabbage - Marble Sculpture - Immiscibles - Paint Pendulum - Ice Structures - Bottle Optics - Erupting Colors - Chromatography 1993 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award, Education/Teaching/Academic 1993 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, Interior Design 1993 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, Book Cover 1993 Washington Press Communicator Award, First Place Winner, Non-Fiction Book

Presents images of children from works of art in the J. Paul Getty Museum, with accompanying whimsical, rhyming text.

"For the littlest artist or artist-to-be works of art featuring unforgettable dogs and puppies from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, each with a speck of text for reading aloud"--Page 4 of cover.

This book will explore nature's fundamental designs-from smallest to largest-to reveal beauty in places that many people have never looked. Consider how small and plentiful are the atoms that build your body. You could imagine yourself as a giant. Then look out to the stars. Contemplate the size of the galaxies. Instantly, you become smaller than dust. This is the world as we have come to know it-cradled between two infinities. For this reason, we feel right at home on our seemingly medium-sized Earth. It is our perfect average between these infinitely-mysterious other worlds. On each level in-between, the natural world is delicately constructed. The largest bodies in space are composed of the smallest subatomic forms. In order for such tiny pieces to properly sculpt these massive bodies, there must be polished and repeatable designs to build from. Nature's most efficient techniques have been refined through the ages, and have developed unparalleled beauty along the way.

For the young child, art is a way of solving problems, conceptualizing the world, and creating new possibilities. In Everyday Artists, the author addresses the disconnect that exists between the teaching of art and the way young children actually experience art. In doing so, this book questions commonly held notions and opens up exciting new possibilities for art education in the early childhood classroom. A practicing teacher herself, Bentley uses vignettes of children’s everyday activities—from block building to clean-up to outdoor play—to help teachers identify and scaffold the genuine artistic practice of young children. Book Features: Tangible examples of everyday arts experiences told through lively classroom stories.An examination of the teacher’s role with suggestions of appropriate ways to support children’s artistic expression.Clear explanations of how inquiry and creativity contribute to the overall thinking and learning of the young child.A “Voice of the Teacher” section that offers teaching strategies for extending children’s thinking and learning.A wide-range of ideas for teachers who feel they do not know how to “do” art. Dana Frantz Bentley is a teacher researcher and preschool teacher at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received a Doctorate of Education, Art, and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. “Much has been written about the role of the arts in education, especially about the importance of the arts to early childhood learning. Dana Frantz Bentley endows the arts with an additional and central kind of significance rooted in a broad conception of cognition.” —From the Foreword by Judith M. Burton, Teachers College, Columbia University “Like the young children she describes, Dana Frantz Bentley is an ‘everyday artist,’ making something ‘beautiful’ of her informed and thoughtful pedagogy. There is much to learn from the artful reflection and generative inquiry of this inspired early childhood educator.” —Jessica Hoffmann Davis, author of Why Our Schools Need the Arts

**Unveil the Secrets Beyond the Dark Mirror version from the book that keep changing!** Have you ever sensed the hidden currents in your reality, shadows dancing just beyond sight? Do you feel the strings of your life being pulled by an unseen force? Take a daring step into the unknown – perhaps through that closet you always suspected held more than just clothes. Venture into the void, where a portal to another world might await. But remember, the mysteries that await you there are as unpredictable as the journey itself! **Choose Your Reality: A Tale of Two Mirrors** Discover the duality of existence in "Secretly Art," a mirror book that lets you explore two captivating worlds. One bathed in darkness, the other in light – each offering a unique flavor for your adventurous palate. When you yearn for a different ending, when you crave a shift in the narrative, these mirrors hold the key. The choice is yours. **Dark Secretly Art: A Symphony of Adventure and Passion** Embark on an odyssey that intertwines adventure, sensuality, fantasy, and romance. In the realm of Dark Secretly Art, colors don't conform; instead, they shimmer like a radiant rainbow, painting a canvas of imagination. Dive into a world where riddles challenge your intellect, battles test your mettle, and love weaves through every page. Characters come to life, pulling you into an enthralling adventure spanning three unique worlds. **Journey Through the Mirrors: An Excerpt** "Armed with the knowledge she had gathered, Auntie stood before the mirror, its ethereal surface shimmering. To save Kat, she had to solve the mirror's enigma before the portal closed forever – or so the legend claimed. In the jungle, the twists and turns of the riddles tested her wits, patience, and determination to their limits."