Educational Guide for Using Air-Dry Clay in Art Classrooms

An instructional article from The Art of Education provides guidance for art educators on effectively incorporating air-dry clay into classroom settings. The material outlines strategies to address common challenges like cracking and breakage by setting realistic expectations, designing appropriate projects, implementing structural techniques, establishing classroom systems, applying surface finishes, and focusing assessment on process rather than product. The guide recommends specific project types like relief tiles and small sculptures while discouraging thin hollow vessels. It references FLEX Curriculum resources including lesson plans like 'Critter Litter' and 'We Go Together' along with instructional videos and assessment tools.