Collage and Paper: It's the Process, Not the Product!

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!

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!