The instructional book COLORS, SHAPES AND FANTASY is based on a series of games-exercises with which children of 3-6 years can learn while having fun, gaining new and more complex painting and manipulation knowledge and skills. The structure of the play-activities offered to children is based on a detailed educational tour, which respects and to develop specific needs and abilities typical of childhood. What for an adult may be perceived as an easy and banal exercise, for a child can appear a difficult task to achieve since the ability to concentrate and function capabilities of children are still little developed for both intensity, duration, and complexity of mental strategies adopted. Also, in general, children live in their own fantasy-symbolic world which characterizes the everyday experiences. So, it is important that each child can have the necessary time and motivation to realize the proposed activities and internalize them in his own mental world. The game-exercises of COLORS, SHAPES AND FANTASY develop the following concepts and topics: 1. DEVELOPMENT OF PAINTING EXPRESSION 2. ACQUISITION OF COLORS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAINTING SKILLS 3. IDENTIFICATION OF COLORS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCIES 4. DEVELOPING OF GRAPHIC-PAINTING SKILLS WITH GEOMETRICAL SHAPES 5. IDENTIFICATION OF FIGURES AND DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL COORDINATION 6. IDENTIFICATION OF COLORS AND EVALUATION OF EYE-HAND COORDINATION ABILITY 7. LOGICAL-PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAPABILITY

Mater helps Sheriff enforce the rules of the road when hot rods speed into town.

The world's best creature designers and concept artists provide a groundbreaking and unique insight into their creative processes and practices.

On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious “curtain” revealed by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze—a world totally ruled by magic. There, his first encounter was with an amulet that turned into a demon determined to choke him to death. And there, he soon learned, his alternate self had already been murdered by sorcery, and he was due to be the next victim. “Know thyself!” the infallible Oracle told him. But first he must save himself as he shuttled between worlds. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he could survive only by mastering magic. And if he used any magic at all, the werewolf and the unicorn who were his only friends were determined to kill him at once!

Introducing the first concept book in the new Pop Magic series, an exciting line of preschool books from pop-up wizard Matthew Reinhart that makes learning fun! A stunning, hands-on exploration of colors for the very youngest readers! Pull a tab so yellow ducklings pop up to the surface of the pond, lift a flap to reveal a blue whale, and open the final spread for a big pop-up rainbow surprise! Bestselling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart brings his creative genius to this innovative preschool pop-up, connecting basic concepts to interactive elements that will delight and inform little ones with every page.

Animal characters introduce the colors and suggest actions for young readers.

More than 120 classroom-tested art projects are at your fingertips with this resource. Arranged according to the eight design elements (e.g., composition, line, texture) and by grade level, these activities reference art history, and many are multiculturally based and curriculum integrated. While most use standard classroom art materials, some use more specialized equipment and media for educators seeking a more complex approach. The book is illustrated with actual student work. Grades K-8.

The instructional book DRAW AND INVENT is based on a series of games-exercises with which children of 5-8 years can learn while having fun, gaining new and more complex painting and manipulation knowledge and skills. The structure of the play-activities offered to children is based on a detailed educational tour, which respects and to develop specific needs and abilities typical of childhood. What for an adult may be perceived as an easy and banal exercise, for a child can appear a difficult task to achieve since the ability to concentrate and function capabilities of children are still little developed for both intensity, duration, and complexity of mental strategies adopted. This educational book is part of the Education to Art Creativity Project, which is organized in a series of books-exercises. The game-exercises of DRAW AND INVENT develop the following concepts and topics: 1. DEVELOPMENT OF GRAPHIC-PICTORIAL SKILLS 2. DEVELOPMENT OF LOGICAL-IDEATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND VISUAL PATTERNS 3. TOPOLOGY AND VISUAL CONCEPTION 4. VISUAL REALITY, IMAGINATION AND CLASSIFICATION 5. VISUAL-IDEATIONAL COORDINATION FROM FIGURE TO GLOBAL CONTEXT 6. VISUAL-IDEATIONAL COORDINATION FROM GLOBAL CONTEXT TO FIGURE 7. VISUAL DYNAMIC PATTERN AND IMAGINATION