MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds
200 activities explore math through art for ages 3-6: an unusual age range to target, and an unusual yet effective approach. From making patterned reading pillows to collages and murals, this presents art projects which will require a parent or teacher's assistance to make sure both project and math concept are understood. --Midwest Book ReviewEach of the 200 hands-on projects in MathArts is designed to help children discover essential math skills through a creative process unique to every individual. Featured in a recipe-style format, the eight chapters in the book deal with concepts such as matching and sorting, developing patterns, learning sequence and order, and counting and measuring. The projects are illustrated and each contains a materials list, the process, and variations. --Lifestyle Editor, The Standard Observer, PennsylvaniaIn this newest book, Kohl and Gainer provide preschool teachers and parents with dozens of activities to show children that, like beauty, math is all around us if we only look for it. "MathArts" helps parents and educators integrate numbers, counting and simple arithmetic into a warm, comfortable, process-oriented art curriculum. --Cleveland Daily Banner, TennesseeMathArts contains a wealth of easy-to-do, creative art experiments that encourage children's natural development of math concepts. . . In MathArts the child is an active participant in the learning and creating process, manipulating concrete materials concrete materials through art media. The child can work as an individual, as a partner, in small groups, and in large groups. Engaging in these various activities the child will explore, discover and have fun through the process of art, rather than focusing on the finished product. From "Rainbow Button Jars" and "Story Ring" through "Layered Wiggle Art" and "Inside Outside Collage," these activities are innovative, adaptable, and very effective! --The Midwest Book ReviewThis fabulous oversized guidebook contains 200 activities to help preschoolers explore math through art. As children learn sorting, matching, one-to-one correspondence, and patterning, they're developing essential math concepts. Add counting, measuring and number values, and preschool math is learned with fun! All supplies and materials are listed at the beginning of the project page, as are suggested ages, amount of preparation time, whether or not help may be required, and caution indicators. Explanations of which skills are reinforced with the projects validate once again, "Art IS fundamental!" --Editor of All Together Now! FPG Child Development Center North Carolina