Take trips to the local art museum and discuss the paintings or sculptures with them or simply browse the Art & Artists sections of Barnes & Noble or your local library. If you’re uncomfortable discussing original works of art with your children, ask a docent for some help or educate yourself by looking up info about artists before taking your field trip.
Some great children’s books to check out include:
1) Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
2) My Many Colored Days by Dr. Suess
3) A Child’s Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words by Lucy Mickethwait
4) ABC: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Florence Cassen Mayers
5) Roy Lichtenstien’s ABC by Bob Adelman
6) A Book About Design by Mark Gonyea
7) Baby Loves by the Metropolitan Museum of Art & Mary Cassatt
8) The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane Derolf
By Ashley on 08/14/06 in Art With Ashley, Children, Columns
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