Customer Reviews:
 This Is A Great Book December 12, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book provides so many excellent ideas about doing art processes with my 3 year old son. There are so many art activities in this book. Art is no longer about waiting for him to pick up the crayons and draw. We go out to explore art together. We have lots of fun because of this book. It is the best preschool art book I've ever seen. I love it and recommend it!
Comments from the Author, MaryAnn F. Kohl August 27, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The art projects in this book are excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, but all redone and illustrated in a smaller version at a nice low price. Collage is just about kids' favorite thing to do from an early age... just glue and glue and paste and tape things, like scrap paper, feathers, buttons, stickers, glitter, things collected from nature like shells and pinecones, and so on. I especially like collage because kids can work so independently, which truly gives them an opportunity to explore the process of art, without as much focus on the product. And more often than not, they will love their "products" too. Have you discovered colored masking tape yet? Orange, green, blue, etc. LOVE IT. ...is the place to find it. Easier than glue anyday. Thanks for looking at this information about my book, and don't limit its use to just preschoolers. The ideas in the book will work all the way through middle school. Great for birthday party activities too!
Author comments, by MaryAnn F. Kohl August 15, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Would you like to bring happiness and creativity and brain development and fun, all rolled into one big wonderful ball of exploration, into your child's life? Drawing is a good place to start. Research says that children who draw on a regular basis do better in reading and math than those who do not draw. All you need is blank paper and a crayon or pencil. Seriously. That's all you need! But if you would like to offer your child even more, check out the drawing ideas in this book. Chalk, crayon, pen, markers, fingers, and more.... One of my favorite ideas is to trace around a cut out stencil shape (maybe a circle, a leaf, a heart, a cloud, triangle, anything!) with chalk, and continuing to hold the stencil in place, brush the chalk line with a tissue. Then remove the stencil. You will see a magical "burst" of soft color. You can also trace "inside" the stencil, brushing the chalk lines "into" the shape with a tissue. Remove the stencil and see a three-D balloon-like shape. Kids love this!! Thank you for caring about creativity, and it's fun anyway, isn't it? from, MaryAnn F. Kohl, maryann@brightring.com, ... Visit my website for some free sample art ideas from any and all of my books.
Author comments from MaryAnn F. Kohl August 15, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think kids love clay and dough more than any other art medium ... and this book gives you ideas for making your own recipes with the kids, and then exploring how the doughs/mixtures react, and also making things!! The book also has some other sculpture projects thatkids love and are excellent for birthday parties or classrooms alike. These are some of my favorite ideas of all!! I hope you will enjoy them too.MaryAnn F. Kohl
 Bite-sized info for parents June 26, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was happy to see these new selections from Gryphon House because they take MaryAnn Kohl's books and break them down into bite-sized pieces. While some projects may be familiar to teachers, it is wonderful to have someone like MaryAnn Kohl put them all together, add a little twist, add her own innovations, and give them to us in book form. You may think that it's easy to think up 100's of project ideas until you give it a try... but then you'll want this book so you won't have to! I've seen MaryAnn teach in workshops and she is wonderful. This comes across in her projects. She truly loves kids and wants them to be creative!
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