Starts January 13, 2014
It's never too early to introduce your very young library participants and their parents and caregivers to the environment and fun recycling projects programs.
Babies, Toddlers, and Pre-schoolers love nature. Learn how to use this natural appreciation to create art projects and programs. Find out how to use recyclables to create puppets for story time, pull toys for play, hats for musical and dance activities, and more. Librarians, library assistants, volunteers and parents will gain valuable resources.
Young children love flowers and the natural environment. Teach parents how to use field trips and documentation of the experience to help children learn about nature and remember the experience. How can you responsibly reuse or substitute materials to create fun, educational, and interesting art supplies and programming.
Join others and art expert and author Valerie Colston. The online workshop is 4 weeks in length. Access the class at your leisure 24/7. Fee $59.00 Library Invoices accepted.
Instructor Valerie Colston, M.A. is an art professor and author with many years of experience developing and teaching art programs as an Art Performer at several San Diego local libraries. She taught 100 Art Ideas for Teachers at the University of California, Extension in San Diego, California. She is currently a fulltime Humanities University Instructor. Her book 200 Projects to Strengthen Your Art Skills published by Barrons Educational Series has received outstanding reviews appearing in School Library Journal, National Art Education Association newsletter, and more. Her "It's Easy to be a Green Teen" appeared in the youth librarian publication Voices of Youth Advocates October 09 issue. Her Teens Go Green! Tips, Techniques, Tools and Themes for YA Programming. Libraries Unlimited Professional guides for Young Adult Librarians Series was released in December 2011.
Here's what youth librarians who took a different workshop with the instructor wrote:
| In working on this workshop I have worked also
on my Summer Reading Program for our library. Week 3 gave so many ideas
to use that it was fun to do them and discover which ones would work
well for our young patrons. I now have crafts for at least 2 of the 4
books we will read in my Youth Discussion Group. I am well ahead of the
game. I really enjoyed answering the questions about the piece of art in the museum. I want to use some of the questions I learned this summer when we read "Chasing Vermeer" because the book deals with a piece of art. Thanks for all the help with one of my books for the Summer Reading Program. Well, I had not thought about bonding art and books together in one reading hour before, so I got new and interesting views of what to do. Thank you for the wonderful ideas. I had a great time brainstorming ideas and reading the suggestions everyone had! I feel I learned how to study a painting in more depth. That a painting is made up of many facets. The lines, colors and textures all blend together to make one painting. I gained lots of great ideas from everyone. The ideas were great and I will incorporate some of them into my programs. I will keep a copy of the different things I have learned in this session of the class to apply it to painting I encounter. It is exciting. I bookmarked several of the sites presented in the lessons which will come in handy when I get stuck for ideas. It also helps reading the other's experiences in working with library patrons in crafts events. Finding ideas are hard to find and this is a wealth of information for myself and the library. Thank you very much for the wonderful and interesting web-sites, you mentioned. There are so great ideas. I was delighted to find some new web sites for inspiration - many of my students love to draw and I hope to integrate some of the cartoon drawing lessons in to our weekly book club meetings, possibly in the creation of bookmarks, etc. It has been great having so much information all in one place. I enjoyed browsing through the many websites & links. Many are new to me. I appreciate all of your suggestions for organization, supplies, storage, recycling, and art tips & resources. Where do I begin! I have learned about so many resources. I really liked the online scavenger hunt, what a great idea. I also really loved the letter writing with beads. This week gave me a great many resources to use in our library. I really had to think for the scavenger hunt but I love the idea and did work our a hunt. I also thought the "wanted" poster was fun as well . . . There really are a wealth of information and ideas to explore. I would recommend this class to others. After all I took this class because my supervisor recommended it to me. |
This is a non-credit workshop created by Art Teacher on the Net, www.artmuseums.com
For more information Contact-Valerie Colston @ 858-453-2ART or through email at art259@hotmail.com
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