Education Programs

 Pre-School suggested books

Southern Alleghenies

Museum of Art

Books that discuss preschool creativity:

http://www.metmuseum.org/store/
This link directs you to the Met Store of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. There are numerous learning resource items available for purchasing - please check out the special ForKids link to explore art related books and activities.

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A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words
Lucy Micklethwait
An introduction to art that uses well-known works of art to illustrate familiar words.

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 Discovering Great Artists: Hands-on Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters
MaryAnn F. Kohl, Kim Solga, Rebecca Van Slyke (Illustrator)
110 amazingly fun and unique art activities for children to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters, from Renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is included with a fully illustrated, child-tested art activity, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more!

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 Scribble Art: Independent Creative Art Experiences for Children
MaryAnn F. Kohl, Judy McCoy (Illustrator)
An amazing collection of art activities, some familiar, many new, all sure to guarantee complete satisfaction both to teacher and child. Each experience can be set up in an independent art center and enjoyed and explored without adult models to copy. The end result is bounded only by the imagination of the child.

 

 

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Saint Francis University Mall

P.O. Box 9,

Loretto, Pennsylvania  15940
Phone: (814) 472-3920  

sama-art.org