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| Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product | 
 enlarge | Author: Maryann Kohl
Creator: K. Whelan Dery
Publisher: Gryphon House
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18026
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 260
Age: 3 - 6 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0876591683
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.5044
EAN: 9780876591680
ASIN: 0876591683
Publication Date: May 1, 1994
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| Customer Reviews:
 LOVE this book. October 21, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I'm SO surprised to see the negative reviews on this book. No, the projects are not elaborate, but the cover states "It's the process, not the product"...which should clue you in. I sort of see it as an art meets science type book. This is what happens when you squirt water on marker drawing...this is what happens when you draw with wet chalk...it's about exploring the creative process.
I checked this out of my Parents as Teachers library, and liked it so much am now looking to buy it.
no more cookie-cutter projects!! September 15, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a great resource for those who work with children and those who train those who work with children! It is refreshing to see a focus on the process and how important art is for children. The formt of each project is very easy to use and understand.
 NOT VERY GOOD July 15, 2005
7 out of 24 found this review helpful
God, these projects are so mundane! One craft is to actually cut out someone shoe insole into a shape....yuck.....wad a ball of foil up, step on it and glue it to a piece of paper..... are you kidding me?
If you have looked at as many preschool craft books as I have, they start to look a lot alike but they each have at least one or two projects you have never seen before or a new slant on an old idea. Not this one.
TRY THE LITTLE HANDS ART BOOK BY JUDY PRESS INSTEAD.
Calling All Kids to Art April 25, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was reading through the reviews on Preschool Art, and was VERY surprised to read a negative one. This book is like the basic manual for art all preschoolers [no wait, all KIDS] should do in their life times. If you also look at the variations and extensions, you will never run out of art for the rest of your child's life. BASIC? Well, certainly, some are basic -- but then, we've been around for years and years, and all these little kids are new to what we think of as basic. In fact, the first chapter is all about basic "must do" project ideas. Ok, if you're a fabulous successful artist, you don't need this book for YOU, but you might still need it for your kids. This book is very well organized, FUN, easy, and if you don't have the "extra materials" on hand (like ROCKS AND LEAVES, for goodness sake, go out with your kids and get them! That's the whole point of a book like this! Enjoy your children from the basic moments on up. Give them the gift of creative opportunities. Start basic and let them expland their imaginations and art expression from there. I vote 5 stars and then some.
The best preschool art book that I have found October 22, 2004
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I think I own most all of the preschool art/activity books on the market and this one is by far the best one. The main thing that sets this book apart is MaryAnn's Kohl's philosophy that it is the process not the product. The projects in this book focus on the experience that preschoolers get from doing the project, not creating a craft in the way that a grownup tells them to. Oftentimes, in the process of exploring the art materials the project takes a direction that is different from where the adult thought the project would go. The preschooler learns so much more from this type of art project than a pre determined craft project. All of the projects in this book are based on this philosophy and provide opportunites for open ended art exploration.
The book is very well laid out and is easy to use. She has a basic section with alot of "classic" projects and then projects organized by month. I found this organization to work very well because each month I would look at the projects for that month
Most of the projects use basic art materials and only a few projects require you to buy special items. Although a few of the projects are relatively basic, most of the projects listed take a different twist on a basic idea. For example, most parents/educators would have thought of fingerpainting, but most of us probably would not have thought of fingerpainting on a cookie sheet. Or most of us would think to give our kids crayons, but might not think to put a rubber band around a bundle of crayons and let them draw with the all of the crayons together.
If you are a parent with preschool children at home and are looking for fun art ideas, then this book is a must have on your bookshelf.
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