The Really Useful Art Book offers busy training and practising teachers lively, stimulating and highly practical guidance to support teaching art in the primary classroom.
Fully illustrated with samples of real children's work and packed with ideas, activities and ready-to-use templates, it helps you develop your own subject knowledge and confidence in order to improve teaching and learning. It covers all aspects of the art and design curriculum and provides a succinct, accessible introduction to why art is an important part of the school curriculum, how children's skills develop and how art can be used in cross-curricular topic work. The straightforward, approach covers:
" Drawing
" Painting
" Printing
" 3-D Work
" Progression in art
" Supporting SEN and G&T pupils
" Using artists' work and ICT
" Health and safety and organising the classroom
" Designing beautiful classroom displays
" Useful resources and ideas for planning
The Really Useful Art Book is a colourful compendium of advice and ideas, perfect for non-specialists who wish to ensure all their learners enjoy successful art lessons.
This is Book 12 in the The Really Useful Series. See all The Really Useful books here.
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Elaine Benbow has had extensive experience of teaching the arts and in particular art and design. She is a lecturer in primary arts education at Manchester Metropolitan University and STAR Project Manager. The STAR Project runs courses, provides consultancy and in class support for teachers to develop teaching and learning in the arts, creativity and curricu
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