Creative Living Skills

Creative Living Skills
Author: Sue Couch
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780078615818

Creative Living Skills is a major revision of Creative Living that repositions the program to appeal to a wider audience. It is still the book for comprehensive courses at grades 10-12, but is also appropriate for management or independent living courses. This edition places additional emphasis on personal development, interpersonal skills and relationships, parenting, resource management, consumer skills, and daily choices related to food, clothing, housing, and transportation. When used with upper-level students or independent living classes, pair Creative Living Skills with the new worktext, LIFE On Your Own, 0-07-861584-4. This worktext presents real-life situations students will encounter and provides practice dealing with them. Students work through this consumable book and then keep it for future reference. LIFE On Your Own can also be used as the primary text for a semester independent living course.

Living the Creative Life

Living the Creative Life
Author: Rice Freeman-Zachery
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2007-08-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 160061213X

How DO they do it? If you could ask your favorite artist or crafter only one question, chances are you'd ask about creativity: Where do your ideas come from? How did you get started? What are your tricks for overcoming blocks? In Living the Creative Life, author Ricë Freeman-Zachery has compiled answers to these questions and more from 15 successful artists in a variety of mediums—from assemblage to fiber arts, beading to mixed-media collage. Creativity is different for everyone, and these artists share their insights on the muse (if you believe in her), keeping a sketchbook (or not), and prioritizing your art, whether you aspire to create solely for your own pleasure or to become a full-time artist. • Try your hand at creative jumpstarts straight from the pros. • Glimpse the artists' innermost thoughts and works in progress as you peruse pages from their journals and notebooks. • Share textile artist Sas Colby's triumph over creative block during an exotic art retreat. • Learn how internationally acclaimed artist James Michael Starr uses experience from his former "day job" to fuel his creation today. • Explore the work of Michael deMeng, Claudine Hellmuth, Melissa Zink and the other artists right alongside their insights. No crafter or artist should live the creative life without Living the Creative Life! The inspiration is contagious.

Managing Life Skills, Student Edition

Managing Life Skills, Student Edition
Author: McGraw-Hill Education
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2010-01-04
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780078933868

Build students independent living skills and prepare them for success beyond high school! This program meets the newest FACS standards. Students are prepared for career or college with full-page Career Pathway or College Readiness features. Career cluster guidance, job outlook, education and training, and 21st Century Skills are included. Career Readiness: is also focused on thorough résumé writing, job interview prep, and portfolio building activities and guidance. College Readiness includes information on scholarships, financial matters, and the college application process. Project-based pedagogy is used throughout this program through Unit Portfolio Projects. Financial literacy education is integrated throughout this program, both in the context of projects and activities and with specific chapter-based Financial Literacy features that include math practice. 21st Century Skills: Time-management skills, leadership skills, interpersonal skills, and teamwork skills are focused on. Succeed in School and Life features appear throughout each chapter to reinforce skills concepts and applications. Rigorous, standards-based academic integration to support the Perkins legislation mandate is included. Family and community connections are approached through activities in each chapter. Independent living skills, self-discovery, and value-based self-affirmation are focused on. Includes: Print student edition

Becoming a Life Change Artist

Becoming a Life Change Artist
Author: Fred Mandell Ph.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 110144231X

The Artist's Way meets What Color is Your Parachute? in an innovative approach to reinventing yourself at any stage of life. Leonardo da Vinci, Monet, Picasso, and Berthe Morisot are some of the most creative thinkers in history. What do these artists have in common with you? More than you think, if you're looking to tackle a major life transition. The skills these artists used to produce their masterpieces are the same abilities required to make successful shifts-whether it's finding a new career or a new purpose or calling in life. In Becoming a Life Change Artist, Fred Mandell and Kathleen Jordan share the groundbreaking approach made popular in their workshops across the country. There are seven key strengths that the most creative minds of history shared, and that anyone rethinking their future can cultivate to change their life effectively: *Preparing the brain to undertake creative work *Seeing the world and one's life from new perspectives *Using context to understand the facets of one's life *Embracing uncertainty *Taking risks *Collaborating *Applying discipline * As Mandell and Jordan illuminate, at its heart, making a major life change is a fluid process. But, armed with these seven key skills, anyone can overcome the bumps and obstacles effectively. With targeted exercises throughout, this is a book for all ages and stages-from those looking to transition to a new career to people embarking on retirement. Becoming a Life Change Artist sparks the luminous creativity that lies within each of us.

The Art of Creative Living

The Art of Creative Living
Author: Thomas Kinkade
Publisher: FaithWords
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0446561215

America's most collected living artist reveals how the creative process can provide a path to greater awareness.

Glencoe Managing Life Skills, Student Edition

Glencoe Managing Life Skills, Student Edition
Author: McGraw-Hill
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780021401055

Managing Life Skills builds students’ independent living skills and prepares them for success beyond high school. Throughout the course, students will prepare for independent living, develop interpersonal and management skills, recognize healthy food choices, and much more. Includes: Print Student Edition

Timeless Simplicity

Timeless Simplicity
Author: John Lane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 190744856X

A delightful book, celebrating the wonders of simplicity and minimalism in a noisy, overwhelming world. Our planet was once teeming with all kinds of life, but our grandchildren will inherit one with less than 20 per cent of its early forests still in tact, and thousands of plant and animal species extinct. Sooner or later, a more frugal lifestyle is not only desirable, but will soon be imperative. Life at the moment isn't what it should be – technological and economic progress has resulted in a delusion that material solutions will solve emotional problems, but a simpler lifestyle leaves space for spiritual renewal. This is a book about simplicity – not destitution, parsimoniousness or self-denial, but the restoration of wealth in the midst of an affluence in which we are starving the spirit. There are many advantages to living a less cluttered, less stressful life than that which has become the norm in the overcrowded and manic-paced consuming nations. Written by painter, writer and educator John Lane, Timeless Simplicity is an ode to having less and enjoying more. More time to pursue creativity, eat good food, relax with your family – and to just be yourself!

Weaving Creativity Into Every Strand of Your Curriculum

Weaving Creativity Into Every Strand of Your Curriculum
Author: Julia Figliotti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2015-06-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996477512

What is creativity? How can you foster it in your classroom? And how can you incorporate it into your lessons without falling behind on your curriculum plans? Don't worry - the answer is within these pages! Creativity is a key skill for your students, both within the classroom and outside of it, so we interviewed more than 100 teachers and creativity experts from around the world to gather their favorite techniques for bringing creative thinking skills into any curriculum. With Weaving's selection of useful language and 750 tips and ideas, you will be bringing creativity into your classroom in no time! This book will help you deliberately weave various creative thinking skills into every one of your lessons. And best of all, it won't take time away from the subjects themselves. From kindergarten through college, Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum is the go-to book for a more creative classroom environment!

Creative Living

Creative Living
Author: Harbeen Arora
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1600378439

Creative Living was born of the author’s desire to stay balanced and at peace at all times. She began writing this book in the hope of finding ways to manage her inner world of thoughts and emotions, respond positively to challenges and navigate justly on the complex path of life. On this journey of labor and love, she discovered creative strategies and attitudes that helped her to evolve with every passing situation and struggle. She found an original way to make use of the material of daily living to enhance one’s quality of living. "Creative Living" is unique as it offers a distinctive yet universal approach to happier living. Importantly, it paints a holistic picture of a creative scheme of living, instead of giving piecemeal advice. So no matter what your particular context or personality, this book will enable you to improve your situation with positive outlooks and creative means. You will uplift your vision, have satisfying relationships and develop a keener rapport with your universe. You will thus lead yourself to happiness. Only you can.

Clothing Skills for Creative Living

Clothing Skills for Creative Living
Author: Audrey G. Gieseking-Williams
Publisher: Butterick Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1979
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780884217831

Discusses basic concepts of selecting, adapting and caring for clothes with sections on design and color, building a wardrobe, judging fabrics, making clothes, washing, cleaning and recycling clothes. Also gives details about careers in clothing and textiles.