Rent 9781401872618 | Art And Creative Development For Young Children

Summary Table of Contents

Art and Creative Development for young Children, 5E, written for early childhood professionals and those preparing to work with children in child care, preschool, or a Kindergarten through third grade setting, is a comprehensive, must-have resource for setting up a developmentally appropriate art program. This updated text takes a child-centered approach to art education. It covers the important issues of creative experience, art and the developing child, special needs and diversity, children?s artistic development, planning, developing, implem... MORE

Preface

Section One Creativity

Understanding Creativity

(19)

Objectives

... MORE

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Beginnings of Creativity

(1)

Creativity

(1)

Explaining Creativity

(4)

Obstacles to Creativity

(2)

Children Need Adults Who Facilitate Creative Expression

(1)

Comparing and Contrasting Creativity

(6)

Creativity and Child Development

(1)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Activities

(1)

Review

(1)

Creative Thinking

(15)

Objectives

(1)

Introduction

(6)

Activities for Creative Thinking

(3)

Facilitating Young Children's Creative Thinking

(1)

Strategies to Facilitate Creative Thinking

(3)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Activities

(1)

Review

(1)

Creative Experiences

(42)

Objectives

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Creativity Enhances Children's Development

(1)

Modes of Creative Expression

(1)

Children Express Their Creativity through Play

(12)

Children Express Their Creativity through Language

(3)

Children Express Their Creativity through Music and Movement

(11)

Facilitating Children's Creative Expression

(1)

Mark Making

(8)

Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggested Activities

(1)

Review

(4)

Section Two Young Children as Artists: A Developmental View

Art and the Developing Child

(28)

Objectives

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Developmental Model

(3)

Developmental Profile

(15)

Context: Interaction of Child Development and Environmental Influences

(1)

Processing with Art Materials and Tools

(5)

Summary

104

(1)

Key Terms

105

(1)

Suggested Activities

105

(1)

Review

106

(1)

Children's Artistic Development

107

(34)

Objectives

108

(1)

Introduction

108

(1)

Explaining Children's Art

108

(1)

Theories of Artistic Development

108

(16)

Painting

124

(12)

Summary

136

(1)

Key Terms

137

(1)

Suggested Activities

137

(1)

Review

137

(4)

Section Three Art and Aesthetics

The Elements of Art

141

(21)

Objectives

142

(1)

Introduction

142

(1)

Aesthetic Criteria

142

(9)

Making Prints

151

(6)

Stencil, Spatter, and Screen Printing

157

(2)

Summary

159

(1)

Key Terms

159

(1)

Suggested Activities

159

(1)

Review

160

(2)

Aesthetics

162

(17)

Objectives

163

(1)

Introduction

163

(1)

Aesthetics

163

(3)

Rationale

166

(2)

Teacher's Role in Aesthetics

168

(7)

Watercolor and Ink

175

(2)

Summary

177

(1)

Key Terms

178

(1)

Suggested Activities

178

(1)

Review

178

(1)

Sensory Experiences

179

(21)

Objectives

180

(1)

Introduction

180

(1)

From Percept to Concept

180

(1)

More than Five Senses

180

(1)

Children's Learning Styles

181

(15)

Resist Art Activities

196

(2)

Summary

198

(1)

Key Terms

198

(1)

Suggested Activities

199

(1)

Review

199

(1)

The Complete Early Childhood Art Program

200

(19)

Objectives

201

(1)

Introduction

201

(1)

The Importance of Arts Education

201

(1)

Art Standards

202

(1)

Early Childhood Art: Studio-Oriented or Discipline-Based?

202

(2)

What to Include in an Early Childhood Art Program

204

(3)

Artistic Styles

207

(5)

Collage

212

(3)

Summary

215

(1)

Key Terms

216

(1)

Suggested Activities

216

(1)

Review

216

(3)

Section Four Providing Art Experiences

Child-Centered Art vs. Teacher-Directed Projects

219

(23)

Objectives

220

(1)

Introduction

220

(1)

Approaches to Teaching Art

221

(2)

How to Choose Art Activities

223

(3)

What Early Childhood Art Should Be

226

(6)

Activities Masquerading as Creative Art

232

(2)

Paper Art

234

(6)

Summary

240

(1)

Key Terms

240

(1)

Suggested Activities

240

(1)

Review

241

(1)

Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art

242

(26)

Objectives

243

(1)

Introduction

243

(1)

Teacher As Planner and Curriculum Developer

243

(2)

Goals

245

(1)

Values and Beliefs

246

(1)

Objectives

247

(2)

Strategies for Including Art in the Early Childhood Curriculum

249

(5)

Clay and Play Dough

254

(11)

Summary

265

(1)

Key Terms

266

(1)

Suggested Activities

266

(1)

Review

267

(1)

Integrating Art across the Early Childhood Curriculum

268

(20)

Objectives

269

(1)

Introduction

269

(1)

Art and the Early Childhood Curriculum

270

(1)

Art and Math

271

(2)

Art and Science

273

(2)

Art and the Language/Communication Arts and Literacy

275

(2)

Art and Social Studies

277

(2)

Art and the Expressive Arts

279

(2)

Three-Dimensional Art

281

(5)

Summary

286

(1)

Key Terms

286

(1)

Suggested Activities

286

(1)

Review

287

(1)

The Art Center

288

(19)

Objectives

289

(1)

Introduction

289

(1)

The Art Center

289

(10)

Evaluating an Art Center/Program

299

(1)

Puppets and Masks

299

(4)

Summary

303

(1)

Key Terms

303

(1)

Suggested Activities

304

(1)

Review

304

(3)

Section Five Roles and Strategies

Art Experiences through Technology

307

(18)

Objectives

308

(1)

Introduction

308

(1)

Computers in Early Childhood Education

309

(3)

Computers and Art

312

(10)

Mobiles and Stabiles

322

(1)

Summary

323

(1)

Key Terms

323

(1)

Suggested Activities

324

(1)

Review

324

(1)

Roles, Responses and Strategies to Support Children's Art

325

(17)

Objectives

326

(1)

Introduction

326

(1)

Teacher as Art Specialist

327

(1)

Teacher as Responder

328

(1)

Art Dialogue

328

(5)

Teacher as Troubleshooter

333

(3)

Sewing and Weaving

336

(3)

Summary

339

(1)

Key Terms

340

(1)

Suggested Activities

340

(1)

Review

341

(1)

Art Assessment

342

(38)

Objectives

343

(1)

Introduction

343

(1)

Teacher as Observer, Recorder, and Assessor

343

(7)

Children's Art Files and Folders

350

(3)

Art Assessment

353

(1)

Instrument for Artistic Assessment

354

(1)

Summary

355

(1)

Key Terms

355

(1)

Suggested Activities

356

(1)

Review

356

(1)

Appendices

Appendix A Artistic Junk

357

(3)

Appendix B Where to Go in Your Local Community for Artistic Junk

360

(4)

Appendix C Art Resources

364

(1)

Appendix D Catalogues

365

(1)

Appendix E Art-Related Books

366

(5)

Appendix F Professional Organizations

371

(2)

Appendix G Resources for Young Children with Special Needs

373

(2)

Appendix H National Standards for Arts Education

375

(2)

Appendix I Multicultural Picture Books

377

(3)

Glossary of Key Terms

380

(8)

References

388

(11)

Index

399

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