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Resources
This chapter is divided into two sections.
The first section contains Expressive Arts Resources and the second
section contains Technology Resources. Expressive Arts Resources include:
Expressive Arts Supply Catalogs, Expressive Arts Adaptive Tool Catalogs,
Visual Art Materials, Expressive Arts Training Resources, Visual Art
Reproduction Resources, Music and Movement Resources, and Children's
Books. Technology Resources include: Considerations for Purchasing
a Computer System, Technology Training Resources, Expressive Arts
Software Programs, and Peripherals for Expressive Art Software Programs.
Visual Art Materials.
Suggested Visual Art Materials
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Adhesives
- Glue, glue sticks, roller glue, paste
- Cellophane tape
- Masking tape
- Clear Con-Tact® paper
Blocks
- Cardboard blocks
- Large hollow blocks
- Unit blocks
- Small table blocks
- Tinkertoys
- Accessories (people, vehicles, and animals)
Paper
A wide variety of paper can be used, including:
- Construction paper, drawing paper, and tissue
paper; roles of newsprint, heavy paper, butcher paper, and easel paper
- Office discards, junk mail, greeting cards, magazines,
and wallpaper sample books
- All paper scraps
- Paper plates (all sizes), coffee filters, and
cup cake papers
Modeling compounds
- Play dough (commercial or home-made)
- Clay
- Slime (equal parts of liquid starch and glue
or equal parts of cornstarch and water)
- Model Magic™
Drawing tools
- Crayons without paper wrappers, a large variety
of colors, and fat crayons, adaptive crayons
- Markers (that work) in many different colors
- Chalk, including fat chalks in many colors
- Fat pencils, skinny pencils, colored pencils,and
charcoal pencils
- Rulers and templates
- Magna Doodle®
- Grip kits
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Painting Materials
- Tempera paints (liquid, cakes, powder)
- Finger paints
- Food coloring
- Dabber paints
- Roll-on paints
- Rainbow Foams
- Shaving cream (non-menthol)
- Spill-proof paint cups
- An assortment of different sized brushes with
adaptive grips or extended handles
- Easels, both table top and free standing (the
most versatile can be folded and easily moved to an outdoor art center)
- Grip kits
Found Materials
- Toilet paper and paper towel rolls
- Foam or cardboard trays, fast food cartons, and
egg cartons
- Sea shells, buttons, bottle caps, and macaroni
- Yarn, glitter, ribbon, fabric scraps, pipe cleaners,
and feathers
- Foam packing pieces, wooden spools,
- clothes pins, and POPSICLE® or craft sticks
Set up and Clean up Materials
- Newspapers to cover tables and floor
- Smocks (a good resource for inexpensive smocks
is adult shirts or blouses turned backwards)
- Small pails, mop, rags sponges, and paper towels
- Broom, dust pan, and cordless vacuum cleaner.
Other equipment
- Scissors: loop scissors, helper scissors, left-handed
and right-handed scissors or scissors that work in either hand
- Staplers
- Paper punches
- Tables with space enough for several children
to work together comfortably including wheelchair space
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