Art as Education; Creative Crayon

KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.) · 1954

This episode is about teaching children to draw with crayons. Mrs. Helen Cordell is Today's Teacher. This episode is about teaching children to draw with crayons. Mrs. Helen Cordell is Today's Teacher. In this episode, Mrs. Helen Cordell demonstrates the different uses of crayons through the implementation of different techniques such as printing, oil painting, textures, etc., and how these different methods can help children at different developmental stages. Mrs. Helen shows the works of different students? art which implement these methods from different grade levels, while also giving advice on how to properly instruct and guide children creatively. "[The series is] designed to give in-service training to elementary teachers. The teachers learn about child development, class management, the various kinds of art media, the basic art experiences, and art techniques. Elementary students are used primarily to demonstrate the principles discussed on the programs."--1954 Peabody Digest.