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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 093 114 EC 062 203 AUTHOR Sykes, Kim C.; And Others TITLE Creative Arts and Crafts for Children with Visual Handicaps. INSTITUTION American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Ky. Instructional Materials Reference Center. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DREW /OE), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 74 GRANT OEG-2-6-062289-1582 NOTE 48p. EDRS PRICE MP -$0.75 HC-$1.85 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Art Education; *Class Activities; Exceptional Child Education; *Handicrafts; Individual Activities; *Teaching Guides; *Visually Handicapped ABSTRACT This teaching guide gives instructions for 23 creative art or craft projects thought to be appropriate for use with visually handicapped children. Usually included for each project are the educational objective, materials and eguipmrint needed, procedure, possible variations, and photographs. The following types of activity are recommended: tempera painting, finger painting, straw blowing, string painting, crayon resist, fabric collage, object printing, rubbing, cardboard printing, modeling with clay, ceramic clay modeling, plaster carving, plastic bay plaster, sand casting, scrap wood, papier mache, wire, puppets, stitchery, paper weaving, straw weaving, cardboard weaving, and "God's Eye", a circular stickvaving project. (DB)

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Page 1: DOCUMENT RESUME ED 093 114 EC 062 203Above all, interference with the child's spontaneous efforts should be avoided for, as Viktor Lowenfeld so beautifully notes: It is time to realize

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 093 114 EC 062 203

AUTHOR Sykes, Kim C.; And OthersTITLE Creative Arts and Crafts for Children with Visual

Handicaps.INSTITUTION American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville,

Ky. Instructional Materials Reference Center.SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DREW /OE),

Washington, D.C.PUB DATE 74GRANT OEG-2-6-062289-1582NOTE 48p.

EDRS PRICE MP -$0.75 HC-$1.85 PLUS POSTAGEDESCRIPTORS *Art Education; *Class Activities; Exceptional Child

Education; *Handicrafts; Individual Activities;*Teaching Guides; *Visually Handicapped

ABSTRACTThis teaching guide gives instructions for 23

creative art or craft projects thought to be appropriate for use withvisually handicapped children. Usually included for each project arethe educational objective, materials and eguipmrint needed, procedure,possible variations, and photographs. The following types of activityare recommended: tempera painting, finger painting, straw blowing,string painting, crayon resist, fabric collage, object printing,rubbing, cardboard printing, modeling with clay, ceramic claymodeling, plaster carving, plastic bay plaster, sand casting, scrapwood, papier mache, wire, puppets, stitchery, paper weaving, strawweaving, cardboard weaving, and "God's Eye", a circular stickvavingproject. (DB)

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AC

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LED

GM

EN

TS

We

are

inde

bted

to th

e st

uden

ts a

nd v

isua

lly h

andi

capp

ed c

hild

ren

of th

e cl

ass

"Pra

ctic

al a

nd C

reat

ive

Act

iviti

es fo

r V

isua

lly

Han

dica

pped

Chi

ldre

n,"

Sum

mer

Ter

m, 1

972,

Flo

rida

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

, and

to:

Mrs

. Pat

Cor

pent

e,,A

ssis

tant

Pro

fess

or, V

isua

l Dis

abili

ties,

F.S

.U.

Mr.

Dav

id F

reun

dlic

h, G

radu

ate

Ass

ista

nt, F

.S.U

.

for

thei

r he

lp in

the

prep

arat

ion

and

teac

hing

of t

his

clas

s.

Pho

togr

;:p;ts

: cou

rtes

y of

the

F.S

.U. O

ffice

of I

nfor

mat

ion

Ser

vice

s.

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PRE

FAC

E

An

atte

mpt

is m

ade

in th

is b

ookl

et to

ful

fill

a ne

ed e

xpre

ssed

by

teac

hers

and

stu

dent

s fo

r a

prac

tical

res

ourc

e gu

ide

for

thos

eco

ncer

ned

with

the

teac

hing

of

arts

and

cra

fts

to v

isua

lly h

andi

capp

ed c

hild

ren.

Its

impe

tus

cam

e pr

imar

ily f

rom

a s

hort

cou

rse

offe

red

to s

tude

nts

in F

lori

da S

tate

Uni

vers

ity's

Vis

ual D

isab

ilitie

s Pr

ogra

m d

urin

g th

e su

mm

er te

rm, 1

972.

Stu

dent

s in

this

cou

rse

wer

e gi

ven

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

exp

erim

ent i

n bo

th s

imul

ated

and

act

ual s

ituat

ions

with

act

iviti

es in

the

area

s of

pai

ntin

g, p

rint

mak

ing,

colla

ge, s

culp

ture

and

fab

ric

desi

gn. V

isua

lly h

andi

capp

ed c

hild

ren

from

a lo

cal r

esou

rce

room

pro

gram

wer

e in

vite

d to

atte

nd th

ecb

sses

and

the

teac

her

trai

nees

wer

e ab

le to

put

into

pra

ctic

e th

eir

new

ly d

evel

oped

ski

lls d

urin

g th

e fi

nal p

hase

of

the

cour

se.

The

sam

ple

of a

ctiv

ities

incl

uded

in th

is g

uide

are

not

new

nor

incl

usiv

e; th

ey a

re s

tand

ard

arts

and

cra

fts

that

hav

e be

en a

dapt

ed f

orus

e w

ith b

oth

visu

ally

irnr

lirp4

and

blin

d ch

ildre

n. A

ll ar

e qu

ickl

y an

d ea

sily

com

plet

ed, a

nd th

ey u

tiliz

e to

the

full

all t

he c

hild

'sse

nsib

ilitie

s. I

n or

der

that

the

blin

d ch

ild m

ay p

artic

ipat

e in

thos

e ac

tiviti

es m

ore

suita

ble

for

the

child

with

res

idua

l vis

ion,

ada

pted

proc

edur

es a

re s

ugge

sted

The

aim

is to

incu

lcat

e a

love

of

"lea

rnin

g by

doi

ng"

as a

rel

ease

to th

e ha

ndic

appe

d ch

ild's

pow

ers

ofcr

eativ

ity a

nd f

ree

expr

essi

on. E

mph

asis

is to

war

ds a

ctiv

ities

that

giv

e fr

ee r

ein

to th

e ch

ild's

pow

ers

of s

elf-

expr

essi

on to

pro

vide

aba

luic

e w

ith th

e m

ore

form

al, t

radi

tiona

l cra

fts

that

hav

e ;e

nded

to p

lace

less

em

phas

is o

n cr

eativ

ity.

Han

dica

pped

chi

ldre

n, n

o le

ss th

an n

orm

al c

hild

ren,

nee

d op

port

uniti

e,: t

o de

velo

p th

ose

qual

ities

of

indi

vidu

ality

, ori

gina

lity,

flex

ibili

ty, s

ensi

ti vi

ty, a

nd in

depe

nden

ce. A

rt a

nd c

raft

edu

catio

n ca

n pr

ovid

e th

ese

oppo

rtun

ities

.

The

cre

ativ

e pr

oces

s ai

ds s

ocia

l-em

otio

nal g

row

th. T

hrou

gh e

xper

imen

tatio

n th

e ch

ild c

an id

entif

y w

ith h

is w

ork

and

play

out

his

inne

r st

rugg

les

to r

elea

se a

nd r

esol

ve th

em. M

otor

dev

elop

men

t (an

d vi

sual

-mot

or c

oord

inat

ion

for

thos

e w

ho h

ave

usef

ul r

esid

ual

visi

on)

is e

nhan

ced

thro

ugh

the

man

ipul

atio

n of

a w

ide

vari

ety

of p

leas

ing

tact

ual a

nd v

isua

l mat

eria

ls. T

he s

heer

var

iety

of

stim

uli

avai

labl

e in

Art

s an

d C

raft

s co

ntri

bute

s en

orm

ousl

y to

per

cept

ual a

nd c

ogni

tive

deve

lopm

ent.

Con

cept

s of

sha

pe, s

ize,

sca

le, s

truc

ture

and

dist

ance

so im

port

ant t

o th

e bl

ind

child

's d

evel

opm

ent o

f sp

atia

l con

cept

sca

n be

intr

oduc

ed a

nd d

evel

oped

. All

the

child

's.e

ases

are

dra

wn

into

pla

y: s

ight

, hea

ring

, sm

ell,

tast

e, to

uch,

and

mus

cula

r. A

esth

etic

and

cre

ativ

e gr

owth

gro

ws

apac

e th

roug

h th

isin

terp

lay

of th

e se

nses

that

lead

s to

war

ds th

e at

tain

men

t of

inte

grat

ed c

once

pts

of b

eaut

y. T

his

wea

lth o

f op

port

unity

ens

ures

that

inla

ter

Ef;

mea

ning

ful l

eisu

re p

ursu

its a

re r

eadi

ly a

t han

d.

4

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It is

impo

rtan

t tha

t a te

ache

r w

orki

ng w

ith a

vis

ually

han

dica

pped

chi

ld s

houl

d st

imul

ate

and

mot

ivat

e th

e ch

ild b

y in

trod

ucin

gac

tiviti

es a

ppro

pria

te to

his

indi

vidu

al n

eeds

. Tim

e an

d c,

c,po

rtun

ity m

ust b

e gi

ven

to a

llow

the

child

to th

orou

ghly

exp

lore

new

mat

eria

ls; d

emon

stra

tions

mus

t be

give

n in

divi

dual

ly, t

o en

able

the

child

to f

olio

w th

e pr

oced

ures

tact

ually

; and

exp

lana

tions

sho

uld

be b

rief

and

sim

ple,

util

izin

g an

alog

ies

to a

id in

the

form

atio

n of

app

ropr

iate

con

cept

s. T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

ens

ure

that

the

child

ren

are

able

to d

ispl

ay th

eir

wor

k an

d th

at s

uch

disp

lays

are

fre

quen

tly c

hang

ed in

ord

er th

at a

ll m

ay e

xper

ienc

e gr

atif

icat

ion

and

succ

ess.

Abo

ve a

ll, in

terf

eren

ce w

ith th

e ch

ild's

spo

ntan

eous

eff

orts

sho

uld

be a

void

ed f

or, a

s V

ikto

r L

owen

feld

so

beau

tiful

ly n

otes

:It

is

time

to r

ealiz

e th

at '.

.he

mos

t pri

miti

ve c

reat

ive

wor

k, b

orn

in th

e m

ind

of a

blin

d pe

rson

aia

i pro

duce

d w

ith h

is o

wn

hand

s is

of

grea

ter

valu

e th

an th

e m

ost e

ffec

tive

imita

tion.

"

K. C

. Syk

es

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CO

NT

EN

TS

Pai

ntin

g:

Pag

e

Scu

lptu

re:

Pag

e

Tem

pera

Pai

ntin

g8

Mod

elin

g w

ith C

lay

24

Fin

ger

Pai

ntin

g10

Cer

amic

Cla

y M

odel

ing

25

Str

aw B

low

ing

12P

last

er C

arvi

ng27

Str

ing

Pai

ntin

g14

Pla

stic

Bag

Pla

ster

29

Cra

yon

Res

ist

15S

and

Cas

ting

31

Scr

ap W

ood

33

Pap

ier

Mac

he35

Wire

37

Col

lage

:P

uppe

ts38

Fab

ric17

Fab

ric D

esig

n:

Stit

cher

y41

Prin

tmak

ing:

Pap

er W

eavi

ng42

Obj

ect P

rintin

g19

Str

aw W

eavi

ng43

Rub

bing

2iC

ardb

oard

Wea

ving

44

Car

dboa

rd P

rintin

g22

God

's E

ye45

6

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PA

INT

ING

Edu

catio

nal O

bjec

tive

To

prov

ide

tact

ual e

xper

ienc

es w

ith th

e fo

rces

of

line

(dir

ectio

n, le

ngth

and

wid

th),

sha

pe (

cont

our,

siz

e an

d di

rect

ion)

and

col

or(h

ue, v

alue

and

inte

nsity

), u

sing

a v

arie

ty o

f m

ater

ials

and

med

ia to

sho

w r

elat

ions

hips

of

thes

e fo

rces

and

the

idea

s w

ith th

e im

ages

of th

e ch

ildre

n.

The

stu

dent

pai

nts

in c

olor

, sha

pe, a

nd li

ne d

esig

n.

7

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Tem

pera

Pai

ntin

g

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. te

mpe

ra p

aint

(liq

uid

or m

ixed

dry

tem

pera

)

2. la

rge

man

ila o

r dr

awin

g pa

per

3. n

ewsp

aper

4. p

aint

bru

shes

(on

e in

ch e

asel

bru

sh)

5. c

onta

iner

s fo

r pa

int

Proc

edur

e:

1. C

hild

ren

shou

ld f

irst

be

taug

ht h

ow to

use

the

pain

t and

car

e fo

r th

e br

ushe

s. D

ip th

e br

ush

into

the

cont

aine

r an

d pu

ll it

acro

ss

the

top

edge

to r

emov

e ex

cess

pai

nt a

nd p

reve

nt r

unni

ng. W

ash

one

colo

r fr

om th

e br

ush

befo

re u

sing

ano

ther

col

or. W

hen

fini

shed

pai

ntin

g, th

e br

ush

mus

t be

was

hed

and

plac

ed in

the

brus

h co

ntai

ner,

han

dle

dow

n to

sav

e w

ear

on th

e br

istle

s.

2. E

lmer

s gl

ue a

nd s

and,

gro

und

coff

ee, e

tc. m

ay b

e ad

ded

to th

e pa

int t

o m

ake

the

fini

shed

pro

duct

tact

ually

mea

ning

ful f

or th

ose

blin

d ch

ildre

n w

ho e

xpre

ss a

wis

h to

exp

erim

ent w

ith p

aint

.

3. N

ewsp

aper

sho

uld

cove

r th

e ar

ea u

nder

the

pain

ting

so th

at th

e ch

ild f

eels

fre

e to

pai

nt to

the

edge

s of

his

pap

er.

4. T

o ac

hiev

e di

ffer

ent t

hick

ness

es o

f lin

e th

e br

ush

may

be

used

on

its f

lat s

ide

or it

s ed

ge.

5. T

he c

hild

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

use

the

entir

e pa

per

to e

xpre

ss th

e su

bjec

t or

them

e of

his

pai

ntin

g.

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Var

iatio

ns

Cot

ton

Pain

ting:

cot

ton

or s

pong

e ba

lls c

an b

e us

ed in

stea

d of

a b

rush

to f

orm

a b

ackg

roun

d fo

r ot

her

tech

niqu

es o

r as

the

mai

npa

intin

g to

ol.

Des

igns

to M

usic

: To

give

idea

s fo

r pa

intin

g, m

usic

can

be

play

ed a

nd li

nes

pain

ted

to s

how

the

rhyt

hm o

r m

ood

of th

e m

usic

.

The

act

ivity

sho

uld

chal

leng

e bo

th s

tude

nt a

nd te

ache

r to

pro

vide

a p

roce

ss fo

r pe

rson

al in

volv

emen

t.

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Fing

er P

aint

ing

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

I. f

inge

r pa

int

2. f

inge

r pa

int p

aper

or

any

glaz

ed p

aper

3. w

ater

for

wet

ting

pape

r4.

new

spap

er

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

ren

may

wet

the

fing

er p

aint

pap

er w

ith a

spo

nge

or d

ip it

into

a c

onta

iner

of

wat

er s

o th

at th

e su

rfac

e is

cove

red.

2. T

he w

et p

aper

is p

lace

d on

new

spap

er to

allo

w th

e ch

ildre

n fr

eedo

m to

pai

nt to

its

edge

s.

3. F

inge

r pa

int i

s th

en s

poon

ed o

r po

ured

on

the

wet

pap

er (

one

or m

ore

colo

rs).

Fin

ger

pain

t may

be

thic

kene

d to

mak

e m

ore

man

ipul

ativ

e by

add

ing

thic

k st

arch

, or

text

ure

may

be

achi

eved

by

addi

ng s

and.

4. T

he c

hild

ren

spre

ad th

eir

pain

t ove

r th

e pa

per

even

ly b

y us

ing

the

palm

s of

thei

r ha

nds.

5. W

orki

ng q

uick

ly th

e ot

her

part

s of

the

hand

(th

e fi

nger

s, th

e si

de o

f th

e ha

nd, t

he p

alm

, the

fis

t) a

re u

sed

to m

ake

desi

gns

in

the

pain

t.

6. W

hen

the

desi

gn is

fin

ishe

d, it

is s

et a

side

to d

ry. T

he e

xper

ienc

e le

nds

to d

iscu

ssio

n on

the

diff

eren

t des

igns

that

wer

e cr

eate

dby

the

diff

eren

t par

ts o

f th

e ha

nd; a

thin

line

with

the

fing

ers,

a w

ide

line

with

the

side

of

the

hand

, etc

. Whe

n th

ede

sign

isdr

y, th

e ch

ildre

n sh

ould

be

able

to f

eel t

he li

nes

they

mad

e an

d de

scri

be h

ow th

ey w

ere

mad

e.

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Var

iatio

ns:

Chi

nese

fin

ger

pain

ting:

Ins

tead

of

cove

ring

the

wet

pape

r w

ith p

aint

, use

dry

pap

er a

nd d

i-2

the

fing

ers

in th

e fi

nger

pain

t usi

ng a

diff

eren

t fin

ger

for

each

col

or. (

Eac

h co

lor

may

hav

e a

diff

eren

t tex

ture

.) P

ress

the

fing

ers

dow

n on

the

pape

r an

d us

e th

esi

de o

f th

e fi

nger

or

fing

erna

il to

mak

e lin

es o

f di

ffer

ent s

izes

.

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Str

aw B

low

n P

aint

ing

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. d

rink

ing

stra

ws

2. p

aper

3. te

mpe

ra p

aint

and

spo

on4.

new

spap

er

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

ren

shou

ld c

over

the

wor

k ar

ea w

ith n

ewsp

aper

so

that

they

fee

l fre

e to

blo

w in

all

dire

ctio

ns.

2. T

empe

ra p

aint

is d

ropp

ed w

ith a

spo

on o

n th

e pa

per

in s

mal

l qua

ntiti

es in

sev

eral

pla

ces.

3. T

he c

hild

ren

blow

thro

ugh

the

stra

ws

to m

ove

the

pain

t; th

e di

rect

ion

the

pain

t tak

es c

an b

e co

ntro

lled

by m

ovin

g th

e pa

per

or th

e ch

ild's

bod

y. D

esig

ns c

an b

e pl

anne

d, o

r af

ter

the

pict

ure

is d

ry th

e ch

ildre

n of

ten

find

str

ange

ani

mal

s or

spo

oky

tree

sin

thei

r pa

intin

gs.

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In a

ny a

ct o

f exp

ress

ion,

esp

ecia

lly in

art

, the

stu

dent

pro

ject

s hi

mse

lf th

roug

h a

med

ium

. Exp

ress

ion

is a

pro

cess

of i

nter

actio

nbe

twee

n th

e cr

eativ

e te

ache

r, c

reat

ive

stud

ent,

and

mat

eria

ls.

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Str

ing

Pai

ntin

g

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:1.

a p

iece

of

stri

ng

2. te

mpe

ra p

aint

3. f

olde

d pa

per

4. n

ewsp

aper

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he w

ork

area

sho

uld

be c

over

ed w

ith n

ewsp

aper

.

2. T

he c

hild

ren

dip

thei

r st

ring

into

the

tem

pera

pai

nt c

over

ing

it.

3. T

he p

aint

ed s

trin

g is

then

pla

ced

betw

een

the

fold

ed p

aper

, with

par

ts o

verl

appi

ng f

orm

ing

loop

s to

mak

e a

mor

e in

tere

stin

gde

sign

.

4. T

he s

trin

g is

then

pul

led

out o

f th

e pa

per

to m

ake

a de

sign

.

5. T

his

proc

edur

e m

ay b

e re

peat

ed s

ever

al ti

mes

in d

iffe

rent

col

ors.

6. A

fter

the

desi

gn is

dry

, cha

lk o

r cr

ayon

can

be

adde

d to

giv

e em

phas

is, a

dd r

ealis

m o

r ba

ckgr

ound

that

the

child

ren

may

fee

lis

nee

ded.

7. F

or th

e to

tally

blin

d ch

ild, g

lue

can

be a

dded

to th

e pa

int o

r us

ed in

stea

d of

pai

nt a

nd th

e st

ring

may

be

twis

ted

and

curl

edar

ound

in a

des

ign

on th

e pa

per

and

left

in p

lace

to d

ry f

or a

tact

ually

inte

rest

ed p

rodu

ct.

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Cra

yon

Res

ist

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

wax

cra

vens

2. p

aper

3. th

in te

mpe

ra p

aint

4. la

rge

brus

hes

5. n

ewsp

rint

Proc

edur

e:

I. P

ress

ing

hard

on

thei

r cr

ayon

s th

e ch

ildre

n dr

aw a

pic

ture

on

thei

r pa

per

usin

g an

y co

lors

exc

ept t

he c

olor

of

the

pain

t.

2. W

hen

the

pict

ure

is c

ompl

eted

the

child

ren

plac

e th

eir

pape

r on

som

e ne

wsp

rint

and

pai

nt th

e th

inne

d te

mpe

ra p

aint

acr

oss

the

entir

e su

rfac

e of

thei

r pa

per,

cov

erin

g th

e cr

ayon

, too

.

3. T

he c

hild

ren

will

be

surp

rise

d to

fin

d th

at th

e cr

ayon

has

res

iste

d th

e pa

int a

nd th

e co

mbi

natio

n of

cra

yon

and

pain

t mak

esan

inte

rest

ing

pict

ure

whi

ch c

alls

for

tact

ual d

iscr

imin

atio

n.

Var

iatio

n:

Pape

r B

atik

The

pro

cedu

re is

the

sam

e ex

cept

that

bef

ore

the

draw

ing

is p

aint

ed it

is s

oake

d a

min

ute

in w

ater

and

car

eful

lycr

umpl

ed. T

hen

it is

sm

ooth

ed o

ut a

nd p

aint

ed. T

his

proj

ect c

an le

ad to

a d

iscu

ssio

n of

the

real

bat

ik f

abri

c de

sign

pro

cess

.

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CO

LLA

GE

Edu

catio

nal O

bjec

tive:

To

prov

ide

tact

ual e

xper

ienc

es w

ith th

e qu

aliti

es o

f te

xtur

e, u

tiliz

ing

obje

cts

foun

d in

the

envi

ronm

ent i

n su

ch a

way

as

topr

omot

e an

und

erst

andi

ng o

f or

gani

zatio

n in

des

ign

(rep

etiti

on, c

ontr

ast,

emph

asis

, tra

nsiti

on te

nsio

n, a

nd s

pace

).

1/4

76

00'

The

cha

lleng

e in

a v

arie

tyof

text

ures

.

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Fab

ric C

olla

ge

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. c

ardb

oard

for

bac

kgro

und

glue

3. s

ciss

ors

4. a

var

iety

of

fabr

ic s

crap

s

Proc

edur

e:

1. S

ever

al d

iffe

rent

fab

ric

scra

ps a

re c

hose

n by

the

ckiid

ren

and

the

diff

eren

ces

and

sim

ilafi

ties

of te

xtur

e ar

e di

scus

sed.

2. T

he c

hild

ren

cut t

he s

crap

s in

to v

ario

us s

hape

s an

d fi

t the

m in

to a

ple

asin

g ar

rang

emen

t on

the

card

boar

d.

3. T

he s

hape

s ar

e th

en g

lued

dow

n to

the

card

boar

d, s

ome

over

lapp

ing.

4. T

he a

rran

gem

ent i

s di

scus

sed;

is it

a r

ealis

tic p

ictu

re o

r an

abs

trac

t arr

ange

men

t of

the

shap

es; a

re th

e te

xtur

es to

uchi

ng e

ach

othe

r al

ike

or d

iffe

rent

?

Var

iatio

ns:

Follo

win

g th

e sa

me

proc

edur

e, c

olla

ges

may

als

o be

mad

e fr

om: (

1) w

ood

scra

ps; (

2) b

eans

and

dri

ed f

oods

; (3)

yar

n; (

4) p

aper

;(5

) na

ture

obj

ects

; (6)

fou

nd o

bjec

ts, "

Junk

."

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PR

INT

MA

KIN

G

Edu

catio

nal O

bjec

tive:

To

prov

ide

tact

ual e

xper

ienc

es w

ith th

epr

oces

s of

pri

ntin

g us

ing

obje

cts

from

env

iron

men

t as

a m

eans

of

conv

ey;n

gun

ders

tand

ing

of th

e pr

intin

g th

at h

e re

ads

(pri

nt o

r br

aille

) as

a r

epro

duct

ion

of s

ymbo

ls o

r im

ages

for

com

mun

icat

ion

of id

eas_

The

Gra

tific

atio

n of

Dis

play

ed W

ork

18

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Obj

ect P

rint

ing

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. g

ak.ly

ets:

bot

tle c

aps,

spo

nges

, spo

ols,

stic

ks, w

ood

scra

ps, j

ar li

ds, e

rase

rs. n

uts

and

bolts

, clo

thes

pins

, pap

er c

lips.

etc

.2.

thkk

tem

pera

pai

nt3.

spo

nges

or

wet

pap

er to

wel

s in

sm

all c

onta

iner

s fo

r pa

int

4. p

aper

for

pri

ntin

g5.

new

spap

er to

cov

er w

ork

area

Proc

edur

e:

1T

he te

mpe

ra p

aint

is p

oure

d in

to th

e pa

d m

ade

by th

e sp

onge

s or

wet

pap

er to

wel

s. T

hese

pad

s al

low

the

child

ren

to g

et a

nev

en a

mou

nt o

f pa

int o

n th

e ga

dget

s fo

r be

tter

prin

ting.

San

d or

oth

er te

xtur

es c

an b

e ad

ded

to m

ake

the

fini

shed

pri

nt m

ore

disc

erni

ble.

2. T

he c

hild

take

s on

e ga

dget

, pre

sses

it in

the

pad

of th

e co

lor

he w

ants

and

then

pre

sses

it o

n hi

s pa

per.

3.It

is e

asy

to m

ake

a re

peat

ed p

atte

rn b

y pr

essi

ng th

e ga

dget

ove

r an

d ov

er a

gain

, occ

asio

nally

ref

resh

ing

the

pain

t.

4. A

noth

er g

adge

t is

sele

cted

and

the

proc

ess

is r

epea

ted

addi

ng to

the

desi

gn. A

s m

any

diff

eren

t gad

gets

may

be

used

as

the

child

ren

wis

h.

5. W

hen

the

desi

gn is

dry

the

child

ren

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

fee

l the

dif

fere

nt m

arks

left

by

the

gadg

ets

and

tell

whi

ch g

adge

t lef

tw

hich

mar

k.

Var

iatio

ns:

1. V

eget

able

Pri

ntin

g: T

he s

ame

proc

edur

e is

fol

low

ed u

sing

a v

arie

ty o

f ve

geta

bles

suc

h as

pot

atoe

s, c

arro

ts c

eler

y, o

nion

s,ca

ulif

low

er, e

tc. T

he v

eget

able

s ar

e cu

t int

o pi

eces

by

the

teac

her.

The

n de

sign

s ca

n be

cut

into

the

flat

veg

etab

les

with

abo

bbyp

in o

r ki

tche

n kn

ife

to m

ake

the

over

all d

esig

n m

ore

inte

rest

ing.

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2. W

ood

Prin

ting:

The

sam

e pr

oced

ure

is f

ollo

wed

usi

ng d

iffe

rent

scr

aps

of w

ood

on th

e si

des

and

ends

to g

et th

e ef

fect

of

tt e

woo

d ga

in.

3. C

lay

Prin

ting:

The

sam

e pr

oced

ure

is f

ollo

wed

usi

ng m

odel

ing

clay

whi

ch h

as b

een

pres

sed

flat

and

then

impr

inte

d w

ithva

riou

s ga

dget

s to

cre

ate

a de

sign

to b

e pr

inte

d.

4. L

eaf

Prin

ting:

The

sam

e pr

oced

ure

is f

ollo

wed

usi

ng th

e ba

ck o

f a

vari

ety

of d

iffe

rent

leav

es a

nd f

erns

. The

leav

es m

ay a

lso

he p

aint

ed d

irec

tly w

ith a

bru

sh in

stea

d of

usi

ng th

e pa

d.

5. S

pong

e Pr

intin

g: T

he s

ame

proc

edur

e is

fol

low

ed u

sing

dif

fere

nt s

ized

and

sha

ped

spon

ges

to m

ake

the

prin

ts. T

his

time

the

spon

ges

are

pres

sed

into

the

pain

t ins

tead

of

the

pad.

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Rub

bing

Cra

yon

Und

erpr

iiitin

g

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. T

extu

red

obje

cts:

nat

ural

obj

ects

leav

es, s

ticks

, gra

ss; p

aper

ssa

nd p

aper

, cor

ruga

ted

card

boar

d; f

abri

csco

rdur

oy, f

ur,

woo

l; fo

und

obje

cts

butto

ns, c

ombs

, fea

ther

s, b

ottle

cap

s, e

tc.

2. n

ewsp

rint

pap

er3.

cra

yons

Proc

edur

e:

I. L

et e

ach

child

cho

ose

seve

ral o

f th

e te

xtur

ed o

bjec

ts.

2. T

he c

hild

ren

then

pla

ce th

e ne

wsp

rint

on

top

of th

e ob

ject

s an

d fe

el to

fin

d th

e ob

ject

s un

dern

eath

.

3. T

he c

hild

ren

rub

thei

r cr

ayon

s ov

er th

e to

p of

the

pape

r an

d th

e ob

ject

s th

ey h

ave

foun

d w

ith th

eir

fing

ers.

4. T

he im

pres

sion

of

the

obje

cts,

the

ridg

es o

f th

e co

mb,

the

vein

s of

the

leaf

, will

be

left

on

the

pape

r in

cra

yon.

5. D

iscu

ss w

hat t

he c

hild

ren

have

don

e, h

ow th

e ob

ject

s fe

el o

n th

eir

pape

r no

w, t

he w

ords

to d

escr

ibe

the

text

ures

.

24-

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Car

dboa

rd P

rintin

g

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. tw

o pi

eces

of

card

boar

d2.

glu

e3.

sci

ssor

s4.

pri

nter

's in

k on

gla

ss o

r fo

rmic

a su

rfac

e or

tem

pera

pai

nt o

n sp

onge

pad

5. b

raye

rs6.

pap

er f

or p

rint

ing

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

ren

cut o

ut s

hape

s fr

om o

ne p

iece

of

card

boar

d. T

hese

may

be

abst

ract

or

real

istic

but

it is

impo

rtan

t to

rem

embe

rth

at b

ecau

se th

is is

rel

ief

prin

ting

the

desi

gn w

ill b

e ba

ckw

ard

on th

e pr

int.

The

refo

re, i

f an

y le

tters

or

num

bers

are

cut

out

they

hav

e to

be

cut b

ackw

ards

to c

ome

out c

orre

ctly

.

2. T

he s

hape

s cu

t out

by

the

child

ren

are

then

glu

ed to

the

seco

nd p

iece

of

card

boar

d.

3. W

hen

the

glue

is d

ry th

e br

ayer

is r

olle

d ov

er th

e in

k or

pai

nt a

nd th

en r

olle

d ov

er th

e ca

rdbo

ard

plat

e.

4. T

hen

a pi

ece

of p

aper

is p

lace

d ov

er th

e w

et p

late

and

the

back

of

the

pape

r is

rub

bed

to m

ake

sure

all

ofth

e pi

ctur

e to

uche

sth

e pa

per.

5. T

he c

hild

ren

can

pull

the

pape

r of

f an

d re

peat

the

proc

ess

for

anot

her

prin

t of

the

sam

e pl

ate.

6. A

goo

d di

scus

sion

of

how

new

spap

ers

and

book

s ar

e pr

inte

d an

d ev

en h

ow th

e br

aille

r m

akes

the

brai

lle d

ots

on th

e pa

per

can

be b

roug

ht a

bout

as

a fo

llow

-up

to th

is le

sson

.

Var

iatio

ns:

Stri

ng P

rint

ing:

Ver

y m

uch

the

sam

e pr

oced

ure

is f

ollo

wed

usi

ng s

trin

g to

mak

e th

e de

sign

inst

ead

of c

uttin

g sh

apes

fro

mca

rdbo

ard.

The

str

ing

is g

lued

to th

e ca

rdbo

ard

back

ing

and

the

prin

ting

proc

ess

is th

e sa

me

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SC

ULP

TU

RE

Edu

catio

nal O

bjec

tive:

To

prov

ide

tact

ual e

xper

ienc

es w

ith a

var

iety

of

mat

eria

ls in

cre

atin

g3-

dim

ensi

onal

for

ms

in s

uch

a w

ay th

at u

nder

stan

ding

of

the

spat

ial e

lem

ents

(po

sitiv

e an

d ne

gativ

e) a

nd te

xtur

al a

nd li

nequ

aliti

es is

pro

mot

ed.

Fol

low

ing

a .n

sit

to a

zoo

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Mod

elin

g w

ith C

lay

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. o

ily c

lay

(non

-har

deni

ng)

Proc

edur

e:

1. E

ach

child

sel

ects

a g

ood

hand

ful o

f cl

ay a

nd g

ets

the

feel

of

it by

man

ipul

atin

g it.

Ask

him

to p

ush,

pul

l, tw

ist,

roll,

the

clay

to s

ee h

ow it

can

be

mov

ed a

nd w

orke

d w

ith.

2. T

he c

hild

ren

shou

ld th

en tr

y to

mod

el s

omet

hing

fro

m th

e cl

ay. A

nim

als

are

an e

asy

way

to b

egin

. Try

to h

ave

the

child

ren

mak

e th

eir

anim

al b

y us

ing

the

who

le p

iece

of

clay

not

pin

chin

g of

f pi

eces

for

ear

s an

..1 le

gs b

ut p

ullin

g th

e cl

ay o

ut in

stea

d.

3. T

extu

res

can

be a

dded

to th

e fi

nish

ed s

culp

ture

s w

ith a

pen

cil o

r na

il or

com

b, e

tc. t

o gi

ve th

e im

pres

sion

of

fur

or s

kin.

Var

iatio

ns:

Salt

and

Flou

r C

lay:

The

sam

e pr

oced

ure

is f

ollo

wed

usi

ng th

e fo

llow

ing

reci

pe: 1

tabl

espo

on s

alt t

o 1

cup

flou

r an

d en

ough

wat

er to

moi

sten

. Dry

tem

pera

may

be

adde

d to

giv

e co

lor.

Thi

s sh

ould

be

mul

tiplie

d by

hal

f as

man

y as

the

clas

s to

tal a

s it

mak

es a

larg

e ha

ndfu

l of

clay

. Aft

er th

e cl

ay is

mod

eled

the

fini

shed

pro

duct

mus

t be

bake

d at

abo

ut 3

00 d

egre

es f

or a

bout

an h

our

and

a ha

lf. S

pray

with

var

nish

on

fron

t and

bac

k to

pro

tect

and

giv

e la

stin

g fi

nish

.

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Mod

elin

g w

ith C

eram

ic C

lay

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. w

edge

d ce

ram

ic c

lay

2. c

lay

tool

s; p

enci

l, or

ange

stic

ks, p

opsi

cle

stic

ks, r

ollin

g pi

n, e

tc.

3. k

iln4.

pai

nt, s

hoe

polis

h or

gla

ze

Proc

edur

e:

1. P

inch

pot

a. U

sing

a p

iece

of

clay

, han

d si

ze, t

he c

hild

ren

will

wor

k it

into

a b

all.

b. T

hen

they

will

pre

ss th

e th

umb

into

the

cent

er o

f th

e ba

ll an

d be

gin

to w

iden

the

open

ing

by p

ress

ing

from

the

insi

dew

ith b

oth

thum

bs, h

oldi

ng th

e ou

tsid

e fi

rmly

with

the

fing

ers.

The

pot

is tu

rned

as

they

wor

k to

mak

e it

even

. Aft

erdr

ying

, the

pie

ce is

fir

ed.

2. S

lab

met

hod

a. T

he c

hild

ren

roll

the

clay

with

the

rolli

ng p

in to

an

even

thic

knes

s of

bet

wee

n 1/

2 an

d 1/

4 in

ch O

ise

1/4"

thic

k pi

eces

of

woo

d as

gui

des)

.b.

The

cla

y is

then

cut

to th

e sh

ape

desi

red

for

the

botto

m o

f th

e po

t and

str

ips

are

cut f

or th

e si

des

of th

epo

t.c.

The

sid

es a

rc jo

ined

to th

e bo

ttom

by

mak

ing

mar

ks o

n th

e ed

ges

that

will

touc

h ea

ch o

ther

(sc

orin

g) a

nd w

ater

or

very

wet

cla

y (s

lip)

is u

sed

to m

oist

en th

e ed

ges.

The

n w

ith th

e ed

ges

join

ed, t

he c

lay

is m

ashe

d to

geth

er c

over

ing

the

edge

s to

seal

the

join

t. T

he s

ame

met

hod

is u

sed

to jo

in th

e si

des

to e

ach

othe

r.d.

Aft

er th

e po

t is

dry,

it is

fir

ed in

the

kiln

then

gla

zed

and

refi

red

or p

aint

ed o

r sh

oe p

olis

hed.

3. C

oil M

etho

da.

The

chi

ldre

n ro

ll th

e cl

ay a

s in

sla

b w

ork

to a

bout

1/2

or

1/4

inch

thic

k al

l ove

r.b.

The

n th

ey c

ut th

e bo

ttom

of

thei

r po

ttery

.c.

A s

mal

l pie

ce o

f cl

ay is

then

rol

led

in th

eir

hand

s to

mak

e a

coil.

The

coi

l sho

uld

be a

s un

ifor

m a

s po

ssib

le.

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d. S

core

, as

in th

e sl

ab m

etho

d, th

e ed

ges

of th

e ba

se a

nd th

e bo

ttom

of

the

coil

whe

re th

ey a

re to

be

join

ed.

c. M

oist

en th

e ed

ges

with

slip

and

join

the

coil

and

the

base

toge

ther

, ove

rlap

the

ends

of

the

coil,

and

sea

l the

insi

de.

1.R

epea

t sm

ooth

ing

the

insi

des

of th

e co

ils to

pre

vent

them

fro

m s

epar

atin

g. T

he o

utsi

de m

ay b

e le

ft w

ith th

e co

ils s

how

ing

or s

moo

thed

als

o.g.

The

n th

e po

t is

drie

d, ti

red

and

glaz

ed o

r fi

nish

ed w

ith p

aint

or

shoe

pol

ish.

Var

iatio

ns:

The

pin

ch m

etho

d m

ay b

e us

ed f

or a

ll ki

nds

of o

bjec

ts in

add

iton

to th

e pi

nch

pot.

For

all a

ges,

ani

mal

s, p

eopl

e, e

tc. a

reco

mm

on s

ubje

cts

for

mod

elin

g.

The

fin

al a

rt f

orm

that

is p

rodu

ced

pres

ents

an

inve

stig

atio

n an

d di

scov

ery

acco

rdin

g to

the

stud

ent's

abi

litie

s an

d in

tere

sts.

26

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Pla

ster

Car

ving

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. p

last

er o

f Pa

ris

2. w

ater

3. c

onta

iner

for

mix

ing

plas

ter

(milk

car

ton,

etc

.)-I

wax

ed c

ardb

oard

car

ton

for

pour

ing

form

5. k

nife

for

car

ving

6. n

ewsp

aper

to c

atch

was

te f

rom

car

ving

7. v

erm

icul

ite

Proc

edur

e:

For

Mix

ing

Plas

ter:

(L

et th

e ch

ildre

n m

ix th

eir

own

plas

ter.

)

1. P

our

the

card

boar

d ca

rton

ful

l of

wat

er in

to th

e m

ixin

g co

ntai

ner.

2. P

our

in p

last

er u

ntil

peak

s be

gin

to r

ise

abov

e th

e w

ater

.

3. M

ix th

e pl

aste

r an

d w

ater

with

you

r ha

nd u

ntil

it be

gins

to th

icke

n.

4. T

hen

pour

it in

to th

e ca

rton

for

m.

5. T

he p

last

er is

set

or

read

y to

car

ve a

fter

it b

ecom

es v

ery

war

m a

nd th

en s

tart

s to

coo

l aga

in. R

emov

e th

e ca

rton

and

car

ve.

6. V

erm

icul

ite m

ay b

e ad

ded

to th

e pl

aste

r to

add

text

ure.

For

Car

ving

:

I. T

he c

hild

ren

mus

t rea

lize

that

the

carv

ing

will

be

3-di

men

sion

al, i

.e.,

the

carv

ing

mus

t be

done

so

that

whi

ch e

ver

side

isfa

cing

fro

nt w

ill b

e in

tere

stin

g an

d ha

ve a

mea

ning

ful s

hape

(no

t jus

t the

sha

pe o

f th

e ca

rton

).

27

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2. T

he p

lace

s th

at th

e ch

ildre

n w

ish

to c

arve

aw

ay m

ay b

e dr

awn

on th

e ha

rden

ed p

last

er o

r ca

rvin

g m

ay b

e do

ne f

ree

hand

_

3. S

mal

l are

as m

ust b

e gr

adua

lly s

crap

ed a

way

to p

reve

nt la

rge

chun

ks f

rom

bre

akin

g of

f.

4. T

he c

hild

ren

shou

ld w

ork

from

sid

e to

sid

e ro

undi

ng th

e ed

ges

to b

ring

out

the

form

.

5. T

hz f

inis

hed

scul

ptur

e m

ay b

e le

ft it

s na

tura

l col

or o

r pa

inte

d an

d va

rnis

hed.

Var

iatio

ns:

Soap

Car

ving

: The

sam

e pr

oced

ures

for

car

ving

are

fol

low

ed u

sing

soa

p (I

vory

is r

ecom

men

ded)

to c

arve

on.

Aft

er th

e ca

rvin

g is

fini

shed

the

soap

is a

llow

ed to

dry

for

sev

eral

day

s an

d th

en p

olis

hed

with

a s

oft c

loth

.

Yy

191r

.,004

741b

"."

Tra

inee

teac

hers

try

thei

r ha

nds

....

28

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Plas

tic B

ag P

last

er S

culp

ture

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

I. p

last

er o

f Pa

ris

2. w

ater

3. c

onta

iner

for

mix

ing

4. v

erm

icul

ite5.

dou

bled

pla

stic

bag

s6.

tem

pera

i_ li

nt o

r dy

e7.

car

ving

tool

s, k

nife

, spo

on8.

new

spap

er to

cov

er w

ork

area

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

pou

rs a

bout

4 c

ups

of w

ater

into

the

cont

aine

r an

d ad

ds th

e pl

aste

r un

til p

eaks

beg

in to

ris

e ab

ove

the

wat

er.

2. V

erm

icul

ite, a

bout

2 o

r 3

hand

fulls

may

be

adde

d fo

r te

xtur

e an

d to

kee

p th

e pl

aste

r fr

om h

arde

ning

too

fast

. Tem

pera

pai

nt,

dye,

or

food

col

orin

g m

ay a

lso

be a

dded

at t

his

time

for

colo

r.

3. T

his

mix

ture

is s

tirre

d by

han

d un

til th

ick

and

crea

:ny.

The

n it

is p

oure

d in

to th

e do

uble

d pl

astic

bag

s an

d sh

aped

by

the

fing

ers

or b

y pu

shin

g an

d m

oldi

ng th

e ba

g. I

t may

als

o be

pla

ced

on a

n in

tere

stin

g sh

aped

obj

ect t

o m

ake

an u

nusu

al f

orm

.

4. T

he p

last

er is

allo

wed

to s

et, a

fter

it h

as h

eate

d an

d th

en c

oole

d ag

ain,

abo

ut 1

0-15

min

utes

.

5. T

hen

the

child

ren

can

peel

the

plas

tic b

ags

off

the

plas

ter

and

exam

ine

the

stat

ue f

rom

all

side

s to

dec

ide

wha

t par

t is

the

base

and

wha

t par

ts n

eed

to b

e ca

rved

.

6. I

f th

e ch

ild w

ishe

s to

car

ve o

ut s

ome

area

s, a

kitc

hen

knif

e or

spo

on w

ill w

ork.

29

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7. A

fter

the

stat

ue is

com

plet

ely

dry,

it m

ay b

e pa

inte

d, v

arni

shed

, or

coat

ed w

ith a

cryl

ic f

loor

wax

for

a s

hiny

fin

ish,

or

it m

aybe

left

just

as

it is

.

8. T

he f

inis

hed

scul

ptur

e ca

n be

dis

cuss

ed a

s to

the

posi

tive

and

nega

tive

spac

es th

at w

ere

crea

ted,

the

text

ures

, the

sha

pes,

and

over

all f

eelin

g ac

hiev

ed b

y th

e w

ork.

Tot

al in

volv

emen

t!

30

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San

d C

astin

g (B

as-R

elie

f)

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

I. p

last

er o

f Pa

ris

and

cont

aine

r fo

r m

ixin

g2.

wat

er3.

dam

pene

d sa

nd4.

con

tain

er f

or s

and

(alu

min

um p

an, s

hoe

box,

etc

.)5.

wir

e fo

r ha

nger

or

woo

d to

mou

nt c

astin

g on

6. g

adge

ts to

mak

e im

Nes

sion

s in

san

d (s

hells

, but

tons

, bot

tle c

aps,

etc

.)7.

new

spap

er to

cov

er w

ork

area

Proc

edur

e:

I. T

he c

hild

put

s th

e da

mp

sand

in th

e bo

x ci

pan

abo

ut 1

to 2

inch

es th

ick

smoo

thin

g th

e sa

nd e

venl

y on

the

botto

m.

2. H

e th

en p

ress

es th

e ga

dget

s in

to th

e sa

nd u

ntil

he is

sat

isfi

ed w

ith th

e de

sign

. Som

e ob

ject

s ca

n be

left

in th

e sa

nd to

beco

me

a pa

rt o

f th

e ca

stin

g if

he

wis

hes.

3. T

he p

last

er is

then

mix

ed b

y po

urin

g w

ater

into

the

mix

ing

cont

aine

r, s

low

ly a

ddin

g pl

aste

r un

til p

eaks

beg

in to

sho

w a

bove

the

wat

er. T

he c

hild

ren

shou

ld m

ix th

e pl

aste

r w

ith th

eir

hang

s un

til it

thic

kens

.

4. T

he p

last

er is

qui

ckly

pou

red

into

the

sand

mol

d so

that

the

mix

ture

is a

bout

I -

thic

k. T

he w

ire

mus

t be

plac

ed a

tth

e ba

ckof

the

plas

ter

if it

is to

be

hung

.

5. W

hen

the

plas

ter

hard

ens

the

extr

a sa

nd c

an b

e br

ushe

d of

f w

ith a

stif

f br

ush.

6. I

f w

ire

for

hang

ing

was

not

use

d, th

e ca

stin

g ca

n be

mou

nted

with

cem

ent g

lue

on a

pie

ce o

f w

ood

and

then

hun

g.

7. T

he f

inis

hed

cast

ing

has

prot

rudi

ng a

reas

whe

re g

adge

ts w

ere

pres

sed

and

is r

ough

to to

uch;

thes

e le

ad to

dis

cuss

ion

of"r

elie

f- s

culp

ture

and

text

ured

scu

lptu

re.

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Var

iatio

ns:

Plas

ter

Cas

ting

from

a C

lay

Mol

d: T

o al

low

the

blin

d st

uden

t mor

e co

ntro

l ove

r hi

s de

sign

. mod

elin

g cl

ay c

an b

e us

ed in

stea

d of

sand

. The

gad

gets

are

pre

ssed

into

the

flat

tene

d cl

ay a

nd a

fir

mer

des

ign

is le

ft f

or th

e ch

ild to

fee

l. T

he r

est o

f th

e pr

oced

ure

is th

e sa

me.

r

Coo

pera

tive

ende

avor

s ar

e of

ten

the

best

!

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Woo

d S

crap

Scu

lptu

re (

Bas

-Rel

ief)

Mat

eria

l and

Equ

ipm

ent:

1. w

ood

scra

ps c

olle

cted

by

the

child

ren

(bra

nche

s an

d ba

rk f

rom

tree

s, lu

mbe

r sc

raps

fro

m a

lum

ber

yard

)2.

a la

rger

fla

t pie

ce o

f w

ood

for

base

3. s

and

pape

r4.

glu

eS.

var

nish

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

ren

choo

se th

e w

ood

for

the

base

and

the

woo

d sc

raps

they

wou

ld li

ke to

wor

k w

ith.

2. M

etho

ds f

or s

andi

ng th

e ro

ugh

edge

s ar

e ex

plai

ned

and

the

child

ren

sand

all

the

piec

es th

ey th

ink

need

it.

3. T

he c

hild

ren

then

exp

el m

eat w

ith th

e sc

raps

of

woo

d th

ey h

ave

chos

en to

see

how

they

can

be

arra

nged

on

thei

r ba

ses.

Dis

cuss

ion

of w

oodg

rain

dif

fere

nces

and

con

tras

of

size

s an

d sh

apes

can

hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n un

ders

tand

how

to m

ake

anin

tere

stin

g ar

rang

emen

t of

thei

r w

ood.

4. W

hen

a sa

tisfa

ctor

y ar

rang

emen

t is

foun

d th

e ch

ildre

n th

en g

lue

the

piec

es d

own

to th

e ba

se, o

ne p

iece

at a

tim

e so

that

the

arra

ngem

ent i

s no

t dis

turb

ed o

r fo

rgot

ten.

S. W

hen

the

glue

has

dri

ed, a

coa

t of

varn

ish

is a

pplie

d to

giv

e it

a lo

ng la

stin

g fi

nish

_

6. T

he f

inis

hed

relie

f sc

ulpt

ure

is f

un to

fee

l bec

ause

of

the

vary

ing

size

s an

d sh

apes

and

pro

vide

s an

inte

rest

ing

wal

l han

ging

.

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Var

iatio

ns:

Woo

d sc

ulpt

ure:

The

sam

e m

ater

ials

with

the

addi

tion

of h

amm

er a

nd n

ails

can

bui

ld a

fre

e st

andi

ng s

culp

ture

fol

low

ing

muc

hth

e sa

me

proc

edur

es a

s ab

ove.

The

woo

d pi

eces

are

exp

erim

ente

d w

ith to

fin

d an

inte

rest

ing

3-di

men

sion

al f

orm

and

then

naile

d or

glu

ed f

or ih

eir

fina

l pos

ition

, in

the

scul

ptur

e. A

goo

d di

scus

sion

abo

ut th

e di

ffer

ence

s be

twee

n re

lief

and

free

stan

ding

scu

lptu

re c

an r

esul

t

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Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

For

Mak

ing

the

Form

:

I. b

allo

ons

2. n

ewsp

aper

3. s

trin

g4.

box

es o

r ca

rdbo

ard

tube

s5.

ligh

tbul

bs, w

ire

6. ta

pe o

r st

aple

r

For

Cov

erin

g th

e Fo

rm:

I. n

ewsp

aper

str

ips

2.-e

at p

aste

3. c

onta

iner

for

pas

te

For

Dec

orat

ing

and

Fini

shin

g th

e Fo

rm:

1. te

mpe

ra p

aint

2. v

arni

shfe

lt4.

but

tons

5. y

arn

6. c

loth

7. o

ther

fou

nd o

bjec

ts n

eede

d

Proc

edur

e:

Papi

er M

ache

A jo

b fo

r ge

ntle

littl

e fi

nger

s.

I. T

he c

hild

mus

t dec

ide

wha

t he

wis

hes

to m

ake:

an

anim

al, a

mas

k, a

pup

pet,

a do

ll, e

tc.,

and

wha

t mat

eria

ls h

e w

ill n

eed

tofo

rm th

e ba

sic

stru

ctur

e.

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2. T

he b

asic

scu

lptu

re m

ust b

e pu

t tog

ethe

r se

cure

ly s

o th

at th

e pa

rts

will

not

fal

l apa

rt w

hen

the

wet

new

spap

er is

app

lied.

3. T

he n

ewsp

aper

str

ips

are

soak

ed in

the

mix

ed w

heat

pas

te f

or a

min

ute

or s

o an

d ca

refu

lly p

lace

d on

the

form

unt

il it

isco

mpl

etel

y co

vere

r. T

his

proc

ess

is r

epea

ted

until

4 o

r 5

laye

rs c

over

the

form

.

4. T

he f

orm

is a

llow

ed to

dry

. Thi

s m

ay ta

ke a

s lo

ng a

s a

wee

k in

larg

er p

roje

cts.

5. T

he f

orm

is th

en r

eady

to p

aint

and

dec

orat

e w

ith a

ppro

pria

te g

adge

ts to

giv

e it

the

char

acte

rist

ics

it re

quir

es. E

xam

ple:

card

boar

d ea

rs a

nd a

yar

n m

ane

and

tail

for

a ho

rse,

with

but

tons

for

eye

s.

Var

iatio

ns:

Pari

scra

ft, a

com

mer

cial

ly a

vaila

ble

fabr

ic b

ased

med

ium

(pl

aste

r-ca

st b

anda

ge, i

n fa

ct),

is v

ery

sim

ilar

to th

e pa

pier

mac

hepr

oces

s. N

o gl

ue is

nee

ded

as w

ater

will

mak

e th

e Pa

risc

raft

stic

ky a

nd it

will

adh

ere

to a

ny b

asic

for

m. T

he s

ame

proc

edur

eof

bui

ldin

g la

yers

is f

ollo

wed

and

whe

n dr

y, w

hich

onl

y ta

kes

mir

,ites

, it i

s re

ady

for

deco

ratio

n.

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Wire

Scu

lptu

re

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

I. w

ire

of v

ario

us g

auge

s.

plie

rs3.

wir

e cu

tters

4. w

oo b

ase

5. s

mal

l nai

ls o

r gl

ue

Proc

edur

e:

I. E

ach

child

sel

ects

sev

eral

pie

ces

of d

iffe

rent

gau

ged

wir

e to

exp

erim

ent w

ith. L

et h

im g

et th

e fe

el o

f th

e w

ire

by b

endi

ng a

ndsh

apin

g it.

2. S

how

eac

h ch

ild h

ow to

use

the

plie

rs to

twis

t and

ben

d th

e w

ire

and

help

him

cut

cor

rect

ly a

nd s

afel

y w

ith th

e w

ire

cutte

rs.

3. N

ow th

at th

e ch

ildre

n ar

e ac

quai

nted

with

the

mat

eria

ls a

nd to

ols

they

can

try

to b

uild

the

form

or

shap

e th

ey d

esir

e.

4. D

iscu

ssio

n ab

out h

ow th

eir

shap

es f

eel,

whe

re th

ere

is e

mpt

y sp

ace

and

whe

re th

e sp

ace

is f

illed

, wha

t bal

ance

is. e

tc. c

anhe

lp th

e ch

ildre

n un

ders

tand

wha

t scu

lptu

re is

and

how

they

are

cre

atin

g sc

ulpt

ure

with

thei

r w

ire.

5. T

he f

inis

hed

form

may

be

fast

ened

to a

woo

den

base

with

nai

ls o

r gl

ue o

r m

ay b

e hu

ng a

s a

mob

ile f

rom

wir

e or

stri

ng.

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Pupp

ets

1. P

aper

Bag

Pup

pet:

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. s

mal

l pap

er b

ag, f

ittin

g ov

er th

e ch

ild's

han

d2.

tem

pera

pai

nt3.

col

ored

con

stru

ctio

n pa

per

scra

ps4.

yar

n an

d cl

oth

scra

ps5.

sci

ssor

s an

d pa

ste

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

pla

ces

the

pape

r ba

g ov

er h

is h

and

so th

at th

e fl

at b

otto

m f

its o

ver

the

fing

ertip

s an

d kn

uckl

es. T

his

beco

mes

the

ace

allo

win

g th

e m

outh

to o

pen

and

clos

e as

the

child

talk

s.

2. T

he f

ace

is p

aint

ed o

n or

cut

fro

m th

e co

lore

d pa

per,

pla

ced

unde

r th

e fl

ap w

ith th

e lip

s sh

owin

g on

the

flap

and

whe

reit

mee

ts th

e bo

dy s

o th

at w

hen

the

mou

th is

ope

n fo

r ta

lkin

g it

can

be s

een.

3. A

rms,

legs

and

clo

thin

g m

ay b

e cu

t fro

m th

e co

lore

d pa

per

and

clot

h an

d pa

sted

to th

e bo

dy. T

he y

arn

may

be

used

for

hair

or

deco

ratio

n.

Var

iatio

n:

A p

aper

bag

pup

pet c

an b

e m

ade

by s

tuff

ing

the

botto

m o

f th

e ba

g w

ith n

ewsp

aper

and

tyin

g th

e ba

g on

a s

tick.

Pai

nt, y

arn,

pape

r sc

raps

, clo

th, e

tc. m

ay b

e us

ed to

dec

orat

e th

e pu

ppet

.

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2. F

inge

r Pu

ppet

:

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

I. s

tiff

pape

r or

car

dboa

rd2.

tape

3.

colo

red

pape

r4.

tem

pera

pai

nt o

r cr

ayon

s5.

sci

ssor

s

Proc

edur

e:

Fron

t

1. A

sm

all f

igur

e is

cut

fro

m th

e ca

rdbo

ard

and

deco

rate

d w

ith p

aint

, pap

er, c

rayo

ns, e

t-.

Bac

k

2. A

thin

rec

epta

cle

is c

ut f

rom

the

card

boar

d an

d lo

oped

to f

it th

e ch

ild's

fin

ger.

It i

s th

enat

tach

ed w

ith ta

pe to

the

back

of th

e fi

gure

mad

e by

the

child

so

that

he

can

put h

is f

inge

r in

it to

mov

e th

e pu

ppet

.

Var

iatio

n: S

tick

pupp

ets

The

sam

e pr

oced

ure

is f

ollo

wed

to m

ake

the

figu

re, b

ut a

stic

k, r

uler

or

dow

el is

tape

d to

the

back

of

the

figu

re to

mov

e it.

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FA

BR

IC D

ES

IGN

Edu

catio

nal O

bjec

tive:

To

prov

ide

the

tact

ual e

xper

ienc

es o

f m

akin

g an

d de

cora

ting

clot

h th

roug

h w

eavi

ng a

nd s

titch

ery

tech

niqu

es a

s a

mea

ns o

fre

latin

g th

e fo

rces

of

line,

sha

pe, s

urfa

ce a

nd c

olor

to th

e cl

othi

ng a

nd f

abri

cs in

the

child

ren'

s en

viro

nmen

t.

ip4.

: 7

A b

oy fi

nds

stitc

hery

can

be

fun!

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Stitc

hery

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. b

urla

p or

a lo

ose

wov

en f

abri

c2.

col

ored

yar

n3.

stit

cher

y or

tape

stry

nee

dles

4. f

abri

c sc

raps

for

app

lique

s

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

sho

uld

be s

how

n ho

w to

mak

e se

vera

l bas

ic s

titch

es (

see

draw

ings

bel

ow)

on a

pra

ctic

e fa

bric

so

he c

an v

ary

the

desi

gn h

e cr

eate

s on

his

fin

ishe

d pi

ece.

2. T

he d

esig

n m

ay b

e dr

awn

on th

e bu

rlap

bef

ore

he b

egin

s or

the

child

may

wor

k fr

eely

as

he g

oes

alon

g.

3. T

he d

esig

n is

stit

ched

with

col

orfu

l yar

ns a

nd a

var

iety

of

stitc

hes.

It m

ay b

e a

real

istic

pic

ture

or

an a

bstr

act d

esig

n; s

ome

area

s m

ay b

e fi

lled

in w

ith y

arn

whi

le o

ther

s ar

e le

ft o

pen

to m

ake

a ba

lanc

ed d

esig

n.

4. S

mal

l fab

ric

scra

ps c

an b

e ap

pliq

ued

on to

p of

the

burl

ap to

add

inte

rest

ing

text

ures

.

5. W

hen

the

stitc

hery

is c

ompl

eted

it s

houl

d be

mou

nted

as

a w

all h

angi

ng o

r se

wn

to a

noth

er p

iece

of

fabr

ic f

or a

pur

se o

rot

her

usef

ul g

arm

ent.

Run

ning

Stit

ch.

Stra

ight

Stit

ch,

Satin

Stit

ch

41

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Par

Wea

ving

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. 2

pie

ces

of c

onst

ruct

ion

pape

r of

con

tras

ting

colo

rs,l

arge

r si

zes

easi

er to

wor

k w

ith f

or b

egin

ners

, 12

x 18

.

2. s

ciss

ors

3. g

lue

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

fol

ds o

ne s

heet

of

pape

r in

hal

f an

d cu

ts f

rom

the

fold

, mak

ing

I in

ch s

lits,

but

leav

ing

a 1

inch

con

nect

ing

mar

gin

at th

e to

p.

2. H

e cu

ts th

e se

cond

she

et o

f pa

per

acro

ss in

to 1

inch

str

ips

(12

inch

es lo

ng).

3. H

e th

en w

eave

s th

e st

rips

into

the

slits

of

the

firs

t pap

er, o

vera

nd u

nder

the

firs

t tim

e th

en a

ltern

atin

g un

der

and

over

with

the

next

and

con

tinui

ng u

ntil

the

pape

r is

wov

en.

1.

42

3.

(Int

rodu

ce te

rms:

war

p, w

eft,

woo

f, lo

om)

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Str

aw W

eavi

ng

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. d

rink

ing

stra

ws

(the

num

ber

vari

es a

ccor

ding

to th

e w

idth

des

ired

)2.

str

ing

and

a pi

ece

of w

ire,

long

er th

an th

e fi

nish

ed p

iece

3. y

arn

Proc

edur

e:

1. T

he c

hild

cut

s pi

eces

of

stri

ng a

littl

e lo

nger

than

the

fini

shed

pie

ce is

to b

e. T

he s

trin

gs a

re h

ooke

d to

the

piec

e of

wir

e an

dpu

lled

thro

ugh

the

stra

ws,

kno

tting

them

at t

he to

p so

that

they

will

not

slip

thro

ugh

the

stra

ws.

The

wir

e is

dis

card

ed w

hen

all t

he s

traw

s ha

ve b

een

stru

ng.

2. N

ext,

the

child

wea

ves

over

and

und

er th

e st

raw

s, to

the

one

side

and

then

bac

k to

the

othe

r si

de u

ntil

the

stra

ws

are

full.

3. T

he c

hild

then

slid

es th

e w

oven

sec

tion

off

onto

the

stri

ng a

nd c

ontin

ues

to w

eave

unt

il th

e en

tire

leng

th o

f th

e <

:..ri

ng h

asbe

en f

illed

, slid

ing

each

sec

tion

as it

is f

illed

.

4. I

f th

e st

ring

s ar

e lo

ng e

noug

h a

be!:

may

be

wov

en, o

r w

ith s

hort

er o

nes

a ne

ckla

ce o

r he

adba

nd m

ight

be

mad

e.

1.w

ire

strin

g

2.

43

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Car

dboa

rd W

eavi

ng

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. c

ardb

oard

2. s

ciss

ors

3. w

arp

stri

ng4.

yar

n

Proc

edur

e:

I. T

he c

hild

cut

s no

tche

s at

the

top

and

botto

m o

f th

e pi

ece

of c

ardb

oard

at e

ven

inte

rval

s. (

It is

not

nece

ssar

y th

at th

ese

alw

ays

be d

one

at f

ixed

inte

rval

s.)

2. T

akin

g th

e st

ring

for

the

war

p (o

r le

ngth

wis

e th

read

s; th

e ch

ild a

ttach

es it

to th

e fi

rst t

op n

otch

and

bri

ngs

it do

wn

to th

ebo

ttom

not

ch. H

e ho

oks

it ar

ound

the

botto

m n

otch

and

brin

gs it

bac

k to

the

top

repe

atin

g th

is p

roce

dure

(on

one

sid

e on

ly)

until

the

card

boar

d is

fill

ed.

3. W

eavi

ng m

ay b

e be

gun

at th

eto

p or

bot

tom

whi

ch e

ver

is m

ost c

omfo

rtab

le f

or th

e ch

ild. T

o m

ake

the

wea

ving

eas

ier

a"s

huttl

e" c

an b

e m

ade

by n

otch

ing

a sm

all r

ecta

ngle

of

card

boar

d an

d w

rapp

ing

the

yarn

aro

und

it so

it c

an b

e sl

ippe

d ov

eran

d un

der

the

stri

ng e

asily

.

4. W

hen

the

wea

ving

is f

inis

hed

the

war

p st

ring

s ca

n be

slip

ped

off

the

card

boar

d an

d a

poth

olde

rty

pe w

eavi

ng is

pro

duce

d.

1.

44

3.

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"God

's E

ye"

Mat

eria

ls a

nd E

quip

men

t:

1. tw

o or

mor

e st

icks

, tw

igs,

pop

sicl

e st

icks

, etc

.2.

yar

ns 'o

f di

ffer

ent c

olor

s

Proc

edur

e:

I. T

he s

ticks

are

cro

ssed

and

the

child

beg

ins

to w

ind

the

yarn

aro

und

the

cent

er o

f th

e cr

oss,

wea

ving

ove

r an

d un

der

the

stic

ksun

til th

ey a

re s

ecur

ed in

pla

ce.

2. T

hen

the

yarn

is w

oven

ove

r th

e st

ick

each

tim

e an

d lo

oped

aro

und

the

stic

k to

sec

ure

it. T

his

proc

edur

e is

beg

un in

the

cent

er a

nd p

rogr

esse

s ou

twar

d.

3. T

he c

olor

s m

ay b

e ch

ange

d by

sim

ply

leav

ing

the

end

of th

e fi

rst c

olor

at t

he b

ack

of th

e w

eavi

ng. B

egin

the

seco

nd c

olor

onth

e st

ick

that

the

firs

t col

or w

rapp

ed a

roun

d la

st.

1. 2.

-+

s".."

Ala

45

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The

cre

ativ

e te

ache

r w

ill u

se th

is te

xt a

s a

sour

ce o

f ide

as n

ot a

s a

cook

book

of r

ecip

es; h

e w

ilt g

o be

yond

the

sugg

este

d id

eas

and

utili

ze d

iffer

ent m

ater

ials

, in

diffe

rent

way

s, fo

r di

ffere

nt s

tude

nts.