Bring out your child’s creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening their fine motor skills and developing self-confidence. The Artful Parent has all the tools and information you need to encourage creative activities for ages one to eight. From setting up a studio space in your home to finding the best art materials for children, this book gives you all the information you need to get started. You’ll learn how to: * Pick the best materials for your child’s age and learn to make your very own * Prepare art activities to ease children through transitions, engage the most energetic of kids, entertain small groups, and more * Encourage artful living through everyday activities * Foster a love of creativity in your family

Art Teacherin' 101 is a book for all elementary art teachers, new and seasoned, to learn all things art teacherin' from classroom management, to taming the kindergarten beast, landing that dream job, taking on a student-teacher, setting up an art room and beyond. It's author, Cassie Stephens, has been an elementary art teacher for over 22 years and shares all that she's learned as an art educator. Art teachers, home school parents and classroom teachers alike will find tried and true ways to make art and creating a magical experience for the young artists in their life.

Meet the boy who can't stop creating art! He loves colours, shapes, textures and EVERYTHING inspires him: his socks, the contents of the fridge, even his cat gets a new coat (of paint!). But there's just one problem: his mum isn't quite so enthusiastic. In fact, she seems a little cross! But this boy has a plan to make his mum smile. He's about to create his finest piece yet and on a very grand scale . . . Funny, irreverent and perfect for creative children and adults, I Am An Artist by Marta Altés is a sharp, silly, fabulous book which shows that art is EVERYWHERE!

The ultimate collection of DIY activities to do with your kids to teach STEM basics and beyond, from a wildly popular online dad. With more than 3 million fans, TheDadLab has become an online sensation, with weekly videos of fun and easy science experiments that parents can do with their kids. These simple projects use materials found around the house, making it easier than ever for busy moms and dads to not only spend more quality time with their children but also get them interested in science and technology. In this mind-blowing book, Sergei Urban takes the challenge off-screen with fifty step-by-step projects, including some that he has never shared online before. Each activity will go beyond the videos, featuring detailed explanations to simplify scientific concepts for parents and help answer the hows and whys of their curious children. Learn how to: explore new fun ways to paint; make slime with only two ingredients; defy gravity with a ping-pong ball; produce your own electricity, and more! With TheDadLab, parents everywhere will have an easy solution to the dreaded "I'm bored" complaint right at their fingertips!

Arts and crafts experiments to try at home. Learn, play, and craft with this fantastic activity-packed ebook that will test and expand your creativity. This kids' arts and crafts ebook will teach and engage your little creator in 20 interactive activities, crafts, and experiments carefully designed to complement what children are learning at school. There is so much to do, and even more to learn with Junior Maker. This interactive ebook encourages hands-on play through carefully designed experiments that complement what children are taught in school. Prepare to get down, messy, and have heaps of fun while learning – perfect for kids aged 6 – 8. Specific step-by-step instructions and visuals help young readers and makers explore subjects such as space, nature, history, animals, and science. Crafting ideas appear next to excellent illustrations and photographs and fun fact informative text that is easy to read. What looks like inspirational material helps to teach children these important topics and make it exciting for them. Every fun educational experiment is based around basic household items and inexpensive and easy-to-find art supplies to keep things simple. Little creators can expect to use familiar things like buttons and marshmallows to map our solar system, make a bottle jetpack while learning about gravity, design a rain gauge to measure rainfall, and much more. Make, Do, Learn And Impress Your Friends With Fun Experiments! Have fun while learning by embarking on a journey through history, nature, and science! Make a Roman soldier's shield, experiment with a chemical reaction that blows up a balloon, or look at the stars and explore the solar system. This ebook combines fun and learning together to create a full educational experience. With Junior Maker, any child can improve their understanding of things to help them inside and out of the classroom. Whether your child is an aspiring scientist, astronaut, or is merely curious about our great big world, Junior Maker will get them thinking, learning, and making. Through fun and interactive activities, your little creator will learn about: - Space - History - Nature - Animals - Science This science ebook for kids will teach your child about a given subject through interactive activities, crafts, and experiments. Further your knowledge and add to your experiments at home by advancing to our Makers Lab book series which will keep the crafting party in your lab going with more exciting science experiments and activities.

After exploring his ocean home and seeing many different types of sea life, a young fish named Adri talks to his parents and learns that differences make the world colorful and beautiful.

A rhyming tribute to a budding young artist.

"Invites the reader to take a closer look at works of art while pointing out tiny details hidden in famous works, providing information about a work or an artist, or explaining the techniques used to create the piece."--Publisher.

"Susie Allison gives the achievable advice she's known around the world for on her million-follower Instagram account, Busy Toddler. From daily life to 'being two is fine' to tantrums and tattling and teaching the ABCs, let Susie give you the stress-free parenting advice you've been looking for. Susie shares real moments from raising her three kids as well as professional knowledge from her years as a kindergarten and first grade teacher. Her simple and doable approach to parenting is both uplifting and empowering ... includes over 50 of Susie's famous kid activities that have helped hundreds of thousands of parents make it to nap time and beyond. This isn't about perfect parenting. This is about actual parenting"--