The Kids 'N' Clay Ceramics Book :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Fun for kids!

2008-06-26
I can't wait to start using this book! If you like doing crafts with kids, this is a great book. Many projects, all very easy and each one teaches a different form of handbuilding, and one chapter covers throwing. I found the projects very cute and easy!

Great for Beginners

2007-12-12
This is a great book for people who really don't know anything about Clay and want to explore ceramics with their children. It gives enough background and technical information that projects can be successful, but not too much to be overwhelming. Nice very basic information about wedging clay, slab, coil and pinch techniques, and some decorative ideas.
If you already know a little about clay, however, this book is not likely to add much. If you've taken ceramics in college or a community art center, save your money and just grab your kids, a hunk of clay and have some fun!
As Bob Pittman at the Towson State Ceramics Department always said, "Clay is the Way"!

great resource and idea promoter!

2007-02-19
I love this book, as an elementary art teacher I love reading things that are inspiring and that promote creativity in my students without presenting everything step by step. I like the direction of how to put things together and technical items discussed...and the encouragement to take it from there! Great resource for ideas.

Great ceramic ideas for kids

2006-03-20
This book really had some great ideas for kids of all ages to build clay projects. The projects are varied, creative and start from very simple projects for little hands - up to more challenging projects for older children. I recommend.

a great book to help teach

2002-10-23
The book is full of great projects for kids on the wheel and handbuilders. Most importantly are the helpful instructions on how to teach the wheel thowing process. I gave copies of this book to several new after-school teacher's assistants so that they could understand the teaching process better. It definitely helped.

A great book for kids!

2002-03-26
As a student of Kevin Nierman's for ten years, since the age of eight, I have had the good fortune to be exposed to his wonderful teaching style. Kevin has the natural ability bring each child's inner creativity to the surface. He has challenged teaching conventions by allowing young kids to do whatever they want with clay, including throwing on the wheel -- and he has proved that young children can succeed and have fun working on the wheel. More importantly, he knows how to make working with clay FUN!

The Kids 'N' Clay book brings Kevin's experience and natural teaching ability into a format accessible to all. This book is filled with tips and ideas, a wonderful aid for kids who have any kind of artistic inclination. Although it is not necessarily intended to be a beginner's manual, it can be an excellent supplement to any art classes your child may already be taking. It is a helpful and fun guide to the wonderful creative world of clay.

100% of kids are capable of centering clay 2002-03-19
My name is Rosalie Waxman and I am fifteen years old. I have been going to Kevin's studio for about 10 years and I have succesfully learned how to center clay. The pictures and diagrams written in the book are on the walls of his studio as a helpful reminder to kids learning how to throw. I learned how to throw within a few weeks of starting classes, as did every other kid in the class who had a desire to learn. I started off centering a few pounds of clay and eventually worked up to about 20 pounds of clay as I got more comfortable throwing. ... This book is extremely helpful, and has some great ideas for ceramic projects.

thank you 2002-03-17
what a great book my child has created the greatest pieces and has seemed to access some wonderful part of himself.

thank you 2002-03-17
what a great book my child has created the greatest pieces and has seemed to access some wonderful part of himself.

I disagree... 2002-03-04
I am twelve and I have been going to Kids N Clay since I was six. There are two things I would like to say... Firstly, it is not true that 99% of kids cannot center a piece of clay. I will admit that it takes practice but under the instruction... I was able to center a medium piece of clay by the time I was nine... Everyone who comes to Kids N Clay is eventually able to center a piece of clay. It is not as hard as [some people] makes it sound...
Sincerely,
Abby Falk-Rood