About the Animation Teaching Kit

The information, interactive tutorials and lesson plans in this kit have been designed as a resource to support teachers with little or basic knowledge about animation and as a resource for students. Animation has come to be regarded as a serous art form and it now encompasses the original forms of animation toys, cell (including children’s cartoons), pixillation, hand drawn and claymation as well as the newer forms of digital animation.
Cartoons are the earliest form of media that attract children. Children need to become visually literate at a very young age. Viewing TV actually teaches them about real and fantasy and this is an important concept for them to acquire. Cartoons are the ideal form for the developing child in building up the concept of the difference between real and fantasy on TV.
This kit provides detailed information on all aspects of animation and includes lesson plans to encourage visual literacy through analysis and creative activities that include producing animation toys, storyboards and animations on video and film.