Frank Lloyd Wright For Kids
Frank Lloyd Wright For Kids
Provides An Introduction To The Life And Work Of The Architect And Includes Activities And Recipes Based On His Life And Art. Biography: Growing Up -- Finding A Job -- Learning To Be An Architect -- A Home -- A Studio -- The Prairie Houses -- The Hollyhock House -- Fallingwater -- Activities: Cooking Frank Lloyd Wright's Favorite Breakfast -- Learning How Nature Grows Above And Below The Ground -- Learning More About The Basic Geometric Shapes -- Finding The Hidden Shapes Within The Objects -- Discovering Patterns Made With Shapes -- Learning About Symmetry -- Comparing The Design Of Houses -- Interviewing A Long-time Resident Of Your Neighborhood -- Searching For Clues To The History Of Old Houses -- Reading Architectural Plans To Solve A Maze -- Drawing Realistic And Abstract Flowers -- Making A Paper Flower From Basic Geometric Shapes -- Experimenting With Colors -- Building A Cantilever And A Model Of Fallingwater With Graham Crackers -- Making A Model Textile Block From Plaster -- Listening For Sounds Made By Water -- Working A Crossword Puzzle -- Designing A City -- Finding Hexagons In Nature -- Planning Seasonal Festivals -- Planning A Field Trip To A Frank Lloyd Wright House -- Bibliography And Answers. Kathleen Thorne-thomsen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 137)
Author : Thorne-thomsen, Kathleen.
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Published Year : 1994
Edition : 1
Format : print - Paperback, 144 pages
Subject : Juvenile literatureWright, Frank Lloyd , 1867-1959, Architects--Biography--Juvenile literature, Architects--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, Learning by discovery--Juvenile literature, Perceptual learning--Juvenile literature, NA737.W7 T56 1994, 720/.92 B
Language : Eng English
Dimensions : v, 137 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 28 cm.
ISBN : 155652207x
ISBN13 : 9781556522079
Overview :
Stimulating projects enable kids to grasp the ideas underlying Wright's work.