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Author Linderman, Earl W.

Title Crafts for the classroom / Earl W. Linderman, Marlene M. Linderman
Published New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1977

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Description xxiii, 497 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimile, portraits ; 26 cm
Contents 1. Crafts as an aesthetic and cultural experience: objectives for crafts -- The content of crafts -- Craftspeople are exemplars -- Art judgement -- Looking at crafts: aesthetic attributes -- Practicing media skills -- Pursuing feelings of success -- Crafts as communication: a visual and tactile system -- Community vision -- Crafts as creative experience -- Structure and flow in the crafts curriculum -- Evaluating craft growth -- Teacher strategies -- Crafts for students -- 2. Crafts for children: stages and objectives: preschool-kindergarten: ages 3-5 -- Primary (first and second grade): ages 5-7 -- Intermediate (third and fourth grade): ages 7-9 -- Upper intermediate (fifth and sixth grade): ages 9-12 -- Summary: crafts curriculum A: preschool-kindergarten -- Summary: crafts curriculum B: primary -- Summary: crafts curriculum C: intermediate -- Summary: crafts curriculum D: upper intermediate -- Crafts for exceptional children -- Integrating arts and crafts with other learning areas -- Career possibilities in crafts -- 3. The language of design: elements of design -- Unifying relationships: composition -- Subjects for design motifs -- Visual spaces in the classroom -- 4. Creating with paper: making paper -- Experimenting with paper -- Craft ideas with paper -- Designing surfaces with collage, montage, and decoupage -- Papier-mache -- 5. Puppets: history of puppets -- Objectives of puppetry -- Basic puppet construction -- Hand puppets -- Stick or rod puppets -- Marionettes -- Puppet stages -- Presenting puppets in action -- 6. Dyes, tie-dye, and batik: natural dyes and dyeing techniques -- How to extract vegetable dyes -- Tie-dye -- History of tie-dyeing -- Design through binding techniques -- Design through dyeing techniques -- Batik -- History of batik -- Batik in the classroom -- Wax-resist eggs -- 7. Yarns, needles, and cloth: designing with cloth -- Happy stitching -- Basic stitches -- Applique -- Stuffed soft dolls, pillows, and pets -- Patchwork quilting: an American craft tradition -- Needlepoint, rug hooking, and fabric flowers -- How to crochet -- String or yarn as an art medium -- 8. Weaving and macrame: weaving as cultural tradition -- The art of weaving -- Textile materials: where they come from -- Additional materials for weaving -- Spinning wool -- Weaving terms -- Types of looms -- Weaving techniques -- Unusual weaving techniques -- Basket weaving -- Macrame -- History of macrame -- Macrame supplies -- Macrame knots -- 9. Pottery and modeling: clay -- Clay for classroom use -- Clay terms -- Clay textures and finishes -- Hand building -- Clay sculpture -- Decorating and finishing techniques -- Firing clay -- -- Additional modeling media -- Bake an edible sculpture -- Candy, cookie, and vegetable art -- 10. Sculpture: constructing, carving, and casting: goals for three-dimensional experiences -- Sculpture terms -- Forming materials -- Constructing -- Planning our environment -- Sculpturing -- Creating toys -- Musical instruments as an art experience -- Wood -- Carving -- Mosiacs -- Casting -- 11. Jewelry and adornment: history of jewelry -- Masks and costumes -- Jewelry terms -- Designing jewelry -- Multifunctional jewelry: wear it or display it -- Incised jewelry -- Plastics -- Metal -- Leather -- Simple finishing procedures 12. Drawing, painting, and lettering: drawing and painting tools -- Painting techniques -- Graphic communication -- Lettering -- 13. Fundamentals of printmaking -- History of printmaking -- How prints are used -- Objectives -- Printmaking terms -- Getting started -- Introducing the print concept -- The stamped print -- The relief print -- The collage print -- The stencil print -- The screened print -- The monoprint -- 14. Photographic media in the classroom: photography in the curriculum -- Photography terms -- Discovering the pinhole camera -- Making and developing a print -- Photographic prints without a camera -- Mounting photographs -- Slide art -- Magic with overhead light projectors -- Moving pictures -- Film animation
Notes Rev. ed. published as: Arts and crafts for the classroom. 2nd ed. 1983
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Creative activities and seat work.
Handicraft -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Handicraft -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Handicraft -- Study and teaching.
Author Linderman, Marlene M.
LC no. 74003798
ISBN 0023707801
Other Titles Arts and crafts for the classroom