Dreams You Can Count On

"Dreams You Can Count On" is the teacher's resource guide for the Crayola® Dream-Makers® program, which encourages K-6th grade children's creative development and learning. Recognized by leading arts and educational organizations as well as the U.S. Department of Education, Dream-Makers provides exhibition opportunities for student artwork and fosters teachers' professional development and collaboration.

Mathematics learning comes to life when children make exciting, real-world applications of mathematical concepts through the new Crayola Dream-Makers resource guide, Dreams You Can Count On. Twelve original standards-based, teacher- and student-tested lessons encourage practice in collecting and organizing data, measuring and scaling objects, patterning, counting, estimating, and more. This curricular resource for teachers of K-6th grade integrates hands-on art lessons with mathematics instruction in a time-tested, easy-to-use format.

• Generously illustrated with children's artwork and multicultural images
• Contains complete instructions for hands-on projects
• Includes material and reading lists, tips, and estimated class time
• Incorporates suggestions for collaboration between art and classroom teachers
• Based on National Visual Art Standards and the NCTM Standards for School Mathematics
• Extended resources and content (lesson extensions, curriculum webs, certificates, past guides, etc.) available online at www.Crayola.com/dreammakers
• 48 full-color pages, softcover

Remarks from teachers who tested the lessons in Dreams You Can Count On:
"It's a great way to integrate math with art!"-P.C., Bethlehem, PA

"This activity gave kids a real world connection for using estimation and graphing concepts."-J.O., Baltimore, MD

"Discovering together, what could be more fun? My students learned art and math concepts. I learned how much they already knew as we chatted together about our experience with this lesson."-N.R., Palm Harbor, FL.

"One third grader summed up the lesson by stating that 'art is just like math, you have to know both to get it right.'"-L.S., Farmington Hills, MI

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