Supporting Children's Communications and Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art: Creative conversations in the early years
There is growing awareness in Early Years education that an essential part of children's development involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements, drawing and music; creating shared meanings in playful contexts.\ Supporting Children's Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art brings together contributions from a range of professionals and Early Years practitioners, to help readers implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in a creative...
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There is a growing awareness in Early Years education that an essential part of children’s development involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements, drawing and music; creating shared meanings in playful contexts. Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art brings together contributions from a range of professionals and early years practitioners, to help readers implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in a creative way. Emphasising the need for responsive adults and a creative atmosphere for learning, this book covers:How to promote a creative classroom effectivelyThe importance of talking and listening in groups Working with community artists Music-making and story-telling in the classroom Practical resources and theoretical grounding Making use of the ‘talking table’ technique With practical case studies drawn from a range of contexts, this book highlights the contribution that creativity makes to children’s learning and social development, illustrated through practical suggestions and feedback from tried and tested methods.Appealing to all with an interest in Early Years practice, this book demonstrates how practitioners can put excitement and inspiration back into the learning process, and guides them to encourage and support the creative capacities of young children.
Acknowledgements xiList of collaborators xiiIntroduction Fleur Griffiths 11 Welcome, wonder and magic: words on the fence of a Romanian kindergarten AnnaBella Cant 8Making time and space Dancing on the decking: an observation Rose Davies 152 Listening more and talking less: nurturing children's creativity Kay Rooks 173 Enriched environments: a dialogue with people/places and materials Fleur Griffiths Tracy Kirkbride 27Story making 434 Creative conversations: the Talking Table Fleur Griffiths 455 From scribble to story: making meaning from drawings Fleur Griffiths Marysia Holubjecki 606 Story telling and story acting: putting the action into interaction Evi Typadi Karen Hayon 69Photographs (plate section between page 88 and page 89) Chris HolmesMusic making Music round a cloth Stephanie Brandon 897 Musical movers: creative ideas for using movement with young children Angela Foley 918 Improvisation: children making their own music Ken Patterson 1049 Reflections Fleur Griffiths Rose Davies 11610 Conversation and the creative self: making sense of research Marion Farmer 119Index 132
