The Colors of Learning: Integrating the Visual Arts Into the Early Childhood
Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children's artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into all early childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals to present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual classroom...
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Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children's artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into all early childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals to present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual classroom dialogue throughout the text and many illustrations of children's art, including some in full color.
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Integrating Art into the Early Childhood Curriculum1Ch. 2Creating an Inviting Environment for Art Expression12Ch. 3Art Media, Tools, and Technological Resources That Foster Language Expression in Art25Ch. 4Beginning Investigations in Art41Ch. 5Guiding Children's Art Through Language54Ch. 6Children Learn About Artists and Themselves as Artists81Ch. 7Collaborating with Parents and Colleagues103Ch. 8Reflections112App. AChildren's Art Development126App. BArt Talk: Language of Art130References139Index143About the Authors149
