Presents ideas for encouraging artistic expression and development in children without pushing them into any preconceived direction but allowing for their enjoyment of and profiting from drawing, painting, carving, printing and puppet making

Art for the Fun of It: A Guide for Teaching Young Children

Arts & Photography

Jenkins, Peggy Davison

Study & Teaching

Prentice Hall Direct

THE MAGIC OF PUPPETRY shows how puppets can help children develop better communication skills, express their creativity, and release repressed emotions. With easy-to-follow instructions, this delightful book shows how to make over 40 types of puppets. Most can be made inexpensively by children themselves.Using such simple everyday materials as paper plates, popsicle sticks, paper bags, socks and gloves, Styrofoam cups, and vegetables,they can create a variety of puppets, such as a scary spider puppet or a potato-head puppet. The author emphasized the therapeutic value of dramatic play, showing how even shy and withdrawn children can become expressive and outgoing with a puppet on the hand. Provides parents, teachers, and others who care for children with an indispensable aid for tapping the rich imagination inside every child.

The Magic of Puppetry

PRENTICE/HALL

Shows how puppets can help children develop better communication skills, express their creativity, and release repressed emotions. Easy-to-follow instructions show how to make over 40 types of puppets.

The Magic of Puppetry: A Guide for Those Working With Young Children (A Spectrum Book)

Performing Arts

Touchstone

The Joyful Child: A Sourcebook of Activities and Ideas for Releasing Children's Natural Joy

Discusses the benefits of joy, explains its foundation in self-esteem and traditional values, and suggests activities designed for bringing children joy

Parenting & Relationships

Family Activities

Harbinger House

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