Hands On, Please book
$50.00
This book is a great reference for anyone teaching this program or someone who would like to know more about the philosophy behind Drawing Children Into Reading and the many lessons we offer. Hands On, Please will provide insights and examples of why drawing to teach is highly effective and enjoyable for both teachers and their students.
Hands On, Please book
Since the program began in the 2006/2007 school year, Wendy Anderson Halperin has created, developed and tested over 800 drawing lessons in school classrooms. She has worked closely with teachers to create lessons they would find helpful to implement alongside their classroom teachings. The team here at DCIR has correlated many of the lessons to common core and state standards.
To navigate our over 900 page website we have kept the subscriber in mind and most people find it very easy to find the lessons they are looking for. However, it is nice to see all the lessons in one place so as to plan out the week(s) or even the whole year ahead of time. We have made this book, that outlines each section of the website, in the order they appear on dcir.org.
There are two completely established courses on the website for preschool called “Get A Grip” and for kindergarten called “Foundation”. Our “Explore” level has many lessons for kindergarten and up and the lessons are set up in the main categories: Science, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Peace, Engineering, Art Techniques, Daily Practices and Assessments. Under each main subject their are many sub categories outlined. For example in Math we have basic math, fractions, telling time, compass and ruler, multiplication and much more. The Explore level is geared to upper levels and for those who have completed our Foundation level. The math, daily practices, level 1 peace and some of the language arts lessons in the Explore level have kindergarten and up students in mind. Levels of difficulty are noted by colored circles on the website.
Hand On, Please also offered lots of sited research on why DCIR does what it does and why this method of teaching is effective and necessary for children.
In total the book is 163 pages. It’s double sided printing is in color, is laid out to allow for room around the binding and is printed on really nice paper. The book is in a presentation binding with a clear sleeve on the front and back to protect this great resource.
