Book recommendation?

[Raivyn]

Hello all,

I am looking for a book to teach children photography. I did a search on Amazon and some books came up, but I was curious if anyone on POTN here has read any/experience with any of these books and can provide a recommendation.

I am giving this to one of my nieces for Christmas. She is very precocious and is in dire need of a creative outlet.

Thank you!

[Raivyn]

Anyone?

[Jon]

Check out the sticky (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=53846) in the General Photography Talk forum.

[MSIGuy]

I worked at an elementary school where I taught photography to a group of kids ranging from 3rd grade to 7th grade. I have some materials that I have filed away somewhere that I'll try and find to pass on to you.

I can tell you one thing, don't be afraid to throw information at them, explain a concept, give an example and then review it the next day, they'll pick it up! My kids fully understood the relationship that aperture, shutter speed, and ISO within about 2 days!

I guess the other thing that I thought was great when teaching kids photography, was don't focus too much on "be very careful, this camera is expensive and not a toy" type thinking. Don't baby the camera you give kids, just teach them to be responsible with it and to use the strap. I taught my kids for example, if you're going to be handing the camera to someone have them grab the camera, then while they're holding it, you take the strap and put it around their neck. that way someone is always supporting it. With the kids doing that, I only had 1 camera fall out of 20 or so students over a few month timespan.