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Interview with Author Amy Guglielmo featuring the Touch the Art Books & Giveaway

I’m thrilled to announce that we have a special author interview as part of our “Love Books” Summer Book Exchange! Amy sent us 3 books to review, we’ve been checking them out for many years at the library when we can find one.  We did not even make it in the front door before they were both sitting and reading the stories on the front porch.  They have been  big hit our house.   

 
Our Special Guest is Amy Guglielmo who is the co-athor of the Touch the Art Series! 

In  the video below Amy shares a book, 2 activities, tips for exposing your kids to art at an early age, plus her top 6 Pieces of Art to start with for our kids! Come watch and join the fun!  

   

Amy and Julie have written 8 Books for the Touch the Art Series (Affiliate links included)!   If you haven’t explored these books with your child yet it’s so much fun.  Each book features famous pieces of art with a touchable element to it, Mona Lisa’s hair, Monet’s Lilies, even Van Gogh’s bed.  It’s so much fun to watch your child learn and explore famous pieces of art with their eyes and touch.  
 
 
We’ve love for you to listen to the video as Amy reads the book Count Monet’s Lilies just for you and your child! Plus she shares Activities and More!  

Activities to go with Count Monet’s Lilies 

  • Monet Picnic Placemats
  • Monet’s Garden Party Crowns

Additional Art Activities Inspired by Monet 

Claude Monet Artist Study from Every Bed of Roses
Celebrity for a Day: Play Like Monet from Melissa and Doug
Kinders Do Monet from Our Art Lately

Museum Tips for Kids from Amy!

  • Research the programs at the Museums for Kids
  • Visit the websites about piece they might see
  • Read a book before
  • Finding things at the museum
  • Well rested, hydrated and fed
  • Limit your focus for each trip  
  • Visit the giftstore and get  a post card of a piece you loved
  • Bring a sketchbook and talk about objects in a piece of art
  • Scavenger Hunts can be fun!  

Top 6 Famous Pieces of Art to Teach About Art with your Child

At minute 16:23 we start a special topic featuring our Top 6 Famous Pieces of Art to study. As mentioned in the video you can simply search for famous pieces online.  These all were found on wikipedia.  We’ll use them to create many activities at home!   

 
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci 
Starry Night by Vicent Van Gough
Bridge Over a Pond Of Lilies by Claude Monet 
Campbell Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Children on the Beach by Mary Cassatt
Red Fish by Henri Matisse 

More About Author Amy Guglielmo
If you’re like a little bit more background about Amy and Julie and how they created the Touch the Art Series we encourage you to watch this preview video on Mountain Lake PBS.  

 
 

Visit Amy and Julie’s Website Touch the Art.com  

Don’t forget to check out Our Favorite Resources for Teaching Art to Kids  and our Art for Kids Pinterest Board !

 

Here’s some very exciting new!  3 Lucky Winners will get 2 Touch the Art Books and a Grand Prize Winner will receive books and a Skype visit at your child’s school or home or library!
  
Leave a comment below telling us which books or famous piece of art is your favorite!

Congrats to Krissy for Winning the Grand Prize with a Skype visit with your child’s class from Amy Guglielmo and 2 Touch the Art Books!   
 
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   Deadline August 2, 2013. {ENDED} 
Resources for Teaching Art to Kids 
This is not a sponsored post however we did receive three books to review as a Love Books Exchange from an author.  All opinions express are 100% my own.  I have linked up the books to amazon affiliates for your convenience and do receive a small portion if you purchase a recommended boo to help support our website maintenance .  
 

If you are an author and are interested in having an Author Interview with The Educators’ Spin On it please email us!  We love inspired our children with connections with authors and books they’ve read.  

 

 

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Filed Under: Arts, Reading Tagged With: Art projects, Author Study, LOVE BOOKS

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Alvina Castro says

    July 28, 2013 at 5:02 am

    tickle tuts toes

    Reply
  2. Krissy Sherman Bonning says

    July 28, 2013 at 8:16 am

    We've had "Pop Warhol's Top" for a couple years and LOVE it. It's looking pretty ragged now after all of the reading and touch. Would love to have the others, too!

    Reply
  3. PragmaticMom says

    July 28, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    We would love the Tickle Tut Toes. We love ancient Egypt because of Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles series!

    Reply
  4. emily says

    July 29, 2013 at 8:04 am

    Monet's garden party crowns-we have a little princess in our midst 🙂

    Reply
  5. Krissy Sherman Bonning says

    August 5, 2013 at 6:53 am

    Yahoo! I'm so excited to have won. Thanks so much!

    Reply

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