European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Bin essay april 17, 1968 the stars and stripes Pago if Watercolours and problems in color theory and dimension Are not neglected in Art classes at Kaiserslautern High school. Cardboard Maze construction is favorite project of 6-year-Olds. Time to learn think creatively is in first Grade teacher believes first graders at Kaiserslautern elementary school no. 2 learn More than to read and write. They also learn to  learn to see patterns in t h e room patterns like those in life. An they learn to see fish themselves and each  s a special project of their teacher mrs. Barbara Braden an artist who insists Art should not be relegated to a 15-minute session every Day but should be integrated into learning math read ing writing science. At this age especially Art is a tremendous Means of expression for youngsters. They Are visual minded. They Don t have the vocabulary yet to express themselves always verbally. But if there s organization in their minds it comes out in their Finger tips. Once they be done something on paper there s nothing secret any  mrs. Braden now in her fourth Yea with us Desea schools works every Day to make her students aware of things around them. People fail to realize we use Art every Day in the Way we dress the Way we choose a Toothbrush the Wayne choose a car or a Home and its furnishings. Everywhere we Are influenced by shapes and colors and patterns. I like to get hold of youngsters Attis age. I Call it the sponge age be cause they soak up things so fast. H mrs. Broden made a cellophane Mobile to illustrate effect colors have on each other. He youngsters have what she Calls floating time every  one group is Reading and another is practising letters the third group is free to  Pupil can sit by an aquarium and study the fish or read books in the Library or work on phonetic cards or make sentences in the pocket Chart. But the favorite usually is the cardboard Maze. The youngsters have painted in right psychedelic colors squares of cardboard with slits in them. From these they can construct great mazes taller than they  method teaches them to make a decision. They must choose what they want to do most during their free time. If they choose the Maze that Good because that teaches them principles of construction and . Braden took a year out from us Desea teaching last year to Hel set up a government sponsored Pilot project m a viagra Falls n.y.,  specialized subjects such As homemaking Industrial arts and Musicale reserved for older students. But in this project we were working with 5-and 6-year-Olds from poverty areas. One hour each week special teachers Casein and taught these youngsters special Del sags for her master s degree m r s. Braden did a study comparing Progress of youngsters in the special classes and others in traditional  difference was fantastic she said. The kids in the special classes were so much More sophisticated and worldly than the others because the had been exposed to a much wider variety of experiences. They were More self sufficient and had a More creative approach to solving their problems. Five year Olds would come to me and say look there Are contrasting colors in your dress today or guess what there Are patterns in my bicycle the spokes on the wheels make Pat terns their experiences were teaching them How to see and look at  people never learn  the program this year has been expanded to the second Grade and eventually May be adopted for schools acro Samerica she said. Mrs. Braden uses what she Canto expand the seeing Power of her youngsters. While studying the Colo Sand effects they have on each other mrs. Braden and her youngsters Madea Mobile with pipe cleaners and various colors of cellophane. We played a spotlight on it and thence All Laid Clown on the floor and watched. The kids got so excited at thereat colors. That s How Art can be come a living thing to  she likes to get youngsters before they re indoctrinated on the  colouring in a form that a ditto machine has made stifles creativity she feels and is an enemy to the  s better that they make their own Circle or cat and color it even if it does t look As Good. At least it s then  l she can Mark their Progress by hav ing them draw self portraits throughout the year. At first they Are simple stick figures. But i ask them to feel their faces and to look at each other to get proper  they get so excited. They be looked at each other a lot before but now they Start noticing freckles and Eye color and hair . Braden whose husband Jim teaches chemistry at Kaiserslautern High also offers Art workshops after school for interested teachers. She re ports a very Good turnout.