Thinking with a Line is a perfect Occupation activity for Froebel's Gift 8 sticks. Children delight in discovering what they can create with straight lines. Forms of Beauty (patterns, designs), Forms of Life (symbols, pictograms), and Forms of Knowledge (letters, numerals) are created by printing with small cardboard rectangles dipped in ink. This innovative printmaking approach provides effective, developmentally appropriate activities for increasing visual learning, motor skills, language development, and critical thinking ... simultaneously fulfilling curriculum requirements for art, math, and literacy.

Inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, this guide (and optional interactive CD-ROM) by Cathy Weisman Topal offers a powerful new tool for exploring the basic element of line. The companion CD-ROM includes the teacher's guide, as well as additional activities that expand each concept. Video and audio clips show teachers and children in action, demonstrate strategies for scaffolding learning. Paperback. 82pp. ISBN 978-0-87192-714-9 or 0-87192-714-4

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