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| Preface | p. ix |
| Creativity | |
| Understanding Creativity | p. 3 |
| Objectives | p. 4 |
| Introduction | p. 4 |
| Beginnings of Creativity | p. 5 |
| Creativity | p. 5 |
| Explaining Creativity | p. 6 |
| Obstacles to Creativity | p. 10 |
| Children Need Adults Who Facilitate Creative Expression | p. 11 |
| Comparing and Contrasting Crea... MORE | p. 13 |
| Creativity and Child Development | p. 16 |
| Summary | p. 17 |
| Key Terms | p. 17 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 17 |
| Review | p. 18 |
| Creative Thinking | p. 19 |
| Objectives | p. 20 |
| Introduction | p. 20 |
| Activities for Creative Thinking | p. 25 |
| Facilitating Young Children's Creative Thinking | p. 28 |
| Strategies to Facilitate Creative Thinking | p. 29 |
| Summary | p. 31 |
| Key Terms | p. 31 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 32 |
| Review | p. 32 |
| Creative Experiences | p. 33 |
| Objectives | p. 34 |
| Introduction | p. 34 |
| Creativity Enhances Children's Development | p. 34 |
| Modes of Creative Expression | p. 34 |
| Children Express Their Creativity through Play | p. 34 |
| Children Express Their Creativity through Language | p. 45 |
| Children Express Their Creativity through Music and Movement | p. 48 |
| Facilitating Children's Creative Expression | p. 53 |
| Mark Making | p. 54 |
| Summary | p. 61 |
| Key Terms | p. 61 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 62 |
| Review | p. 62 |
| Young Children As Artists: A Developmental View | |
| Art and the Developing Child | p. 65 |
| Objectives | p. 66 |
| Introduction | p. 66 |
| Developmental Model | p. 66 |
| Developmental Profile | p. 68 |
| Context: Interaction of Child Development and Environmental Influences | p. 80 |
| Processing with Art Materials and Tools | p. 80 |
| Summary | p. 85 |
| Key Terms | p. 86 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 86 |
| Review | p. 86 |
| Special Needs and Cultural Diversity | p. 87 |
| Objectives | p. 88 |
| Introduction | p. 88 |
| Diversity | p. 88 |
| Going Beyond Normal, Typical, and Average | p. 89 |
| Valuing Individual Differences | p. 89 |
| Providing for Young Children with Individual Differences | p. 89 |
| Some General Guidelines for Working with Young Children with Special Needs | p. 94 |
| Providing for Cultural Diversity | p. 95 |
| Some General Guidelines for Working with Young Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds | p. 95 |
| Helping Children Grow Up Free of Bias | p. 98 |
| Anti-Bias Curriculum | p. 99 |
| Multicultural Arts and Crafts | p. 100 |
| Summary | p. 107 |
| Key Terms | p. 107 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 108 |
| Review | p. 108 |
| Resources for Multicultural and Anti-Bias Materials | p. 109 |
| Children's Artistic Development | p. 113 |
| Objectives | p. 114 |
| Introduction | p. 114 |
| Explaining Children's Art | p. 114 |
| Theories of Artistic Development | p. 114 |
| Painting | p. 130 |
| Summary | p. 141 |
| Key Terms | p. 142 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 142 |
| Review | p. 142 |
| Art and Aesthetics | |
| The Elements of Art | p. 147 |
| Objectives | p. 148 |
| Introduction | p. 148 |
| Aesthetic Criteria | p. 148 |
| Making Prints | p. 157 |
| Stencil, Spatter, and Screen Printing | p. 163 |
| Summary | p. 165 |
| Key Terms | p. 165 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 165 |
| Review | p. 166 |
| Aesthetics | p. 167 |
| Objectives | p. 168 |
| Introduction | p. 168 |
| Aesthetics | p. 168 |
| Rationale | p. 170 |
| Teacher's Role in Aesthetics | p. 173 |
| Watercolor and Ink | p. 177 |
| Summary | p. 180 |
| Key Terms | p. 180 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 180 |
| Review | p. 180 |
| Sensory Experiences | p. 181 |
| Objectives | p. 182 |
| Introduction | p. 182 |
| From Percept to Concept | p. 182 |
| More than Five Senses | p. 182 |
| Children's Learning Styles | p. 183 |
| Resist Art Activities | p. 198 |
| Summary | p. 200 |
| Key Terms | p. 200 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 200 |
| Review | p. 200 |
| The Complete Early Childhood Art Program | p. 201 |
| Objectives | p. 202 |
| Introduction | p. 202 |
| The Importance of Arts Education | p. 202 |
| Art Standards | p. 203 |
| Early Childhood Art: Studio-Oriented or Discipline-Based? | p. 203 |
| What to Include in an Early Childhood Art Program | p. 205 |
| Artistic Styles | p. 208 |
| Collage | p. 212 |
| Summary | p. 216 |
| Key Terms | p. 216 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 216 |
| Review | p. 216 |
| Providing Art Experiences | |
| Child-Centered Art vs. Teacher-Directed Projects | p. 219 |
| Objectives | p. 220 |
| Introduction | p. 220 |
| Approaches to Teaching Art | p. 221 |
| How to Choose Art Activities | p. 222 |
| What Early Childhood Art Should Be | p. 224 |
| Activities Masquerading as Creative Art | p. 231 |
| Paper Art | p. 233 |
| Summary | p. 238 |
| Key Terms | p. 238 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 239 |
| Review | p. 239 |
| Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art | p. 241 |
| Objectives | p. 242 |
| Introduction | p. 242 |
| Teacher As Planner and Curriculum Developer | p. 242 |
| Goals | p. 244 |
| Values and Beliefs | p. 246 |
| Objectives | p. 246 |
| Strategies for Including Art in the Early Childhood Curriculum | p. 248 |
| Clay and Play Dough | p. 253 |
| Summary | p. 264 |
| Key Terms | p. 265 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 265 |
| Review | p. 265 |
| Integrating Art across the Early Childhood Curriculum | p. 267 |
| Objectives | p. 268 |
| Introduction | p. 268 |
| Art and the Early Childhood Curriculum | p. 269 |
| Art and Math | p. 269 |
| Art and Science | p. 272 |
| Art and the Language/ Communication Arts and Literacy | p. 274 |
| Art and Social Studies | p. 276 |
| Art and the Expressive Arts | p. 278 |
| Three-Dimensional Art | p. 278 |
| Summary | p. 283 |
| Key Terms | p. 283 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 284 |
| Review | p. 284 |
| The Art Center | p. 285 |
| Objectives | p. 286 |
| Introduction | p. 286 |
| The Art Center | p. 286 |
| Evaluating an Art Center/Program | p. 294 |
| Puppets and Masks | p. 295 |
| Summary | p. 299 |
| Key Terms | p. 299 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 299 |
| Review | p. 299 |
| Roles and Strategies | |
| Roles and Strategies That Facilitate Children's Artistic Expression | p. 303 |
| Objectives | p. 304 |
| Introduction | p. 304 |
| Teacher As Art Specialist | p. 305 |
| Strategies | p. 306 |
| Art Idea Book | p. 306 |
| Art Group Time | p. 306 |
| Matting and Framing Children's Art | p. 307 |
| Artist's Signature | p. 309 |
| Displaying Children's Art | p. 309 |
| Art Workshop | p. 310 |
| Art Party/Open House | p. 310 |
| Computers in Early Childhood Education | p. 311 |
| Mobiles and Stabiles | p. 315 |
| Summary | p. 317 |
| Key Terms | p. 317 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 317 |
| Review | p. 317 |
| Responding to Children's Art | p. 319 |
| Objectives | p. 320 |
| Introduction | p. 320 |
| Teacher as Responder | p. 320 |
| Art Dialogue | p. 320 |
| Teacher as Troubleshooter | p. 325 |
| Sewing and Weaving | p. 328 |
| Summary | p. 332 |
| Key Terms | p. 332 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 332 |
| Review | p. 332 |
| Art Assessment | p. 335 |
| Objectives | p. 336 |
| Introduction | p. 336 |
| Teacher as Observer, Recorder, and Evaluator | p. 336 |
| Children's Art Files and Folders | p. 343 |
| Art Assessment | p. 346 |
| Instrument for Artistic Evaluation | p. 346 |
| Summary | p. 348 |
| Key Terms | p. 348 |
| Suggested Activities | p. 349 |
| Review | p. 349 |
| Appendices | |
| Artistic Junk | p. 351 |
| Where to Go in Your Local Community for Artistic Junk | p. 355 |
| Art Resources | p. 359 |
| Catalogues | p. 361 |
| Art-Related Books | p. 363 |
| Professional Organizations | p. 369 |
| Resources for Young Children with Special Needs | p. 371 |
| Glossary of Key Terms | p. 375 |
| References | p. 383 |
| Index | p. 393 |
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