The Story in the Picture: Inquiry and Artmaking with Young Children
When children look at works of art they tell stories, share experiences, imagine, and explore. This book provides teachers with the skills, and freedom, to design rich and open-ended art experiences for young children. The author looks at the work of a variety of artists and offers guidance for using these artworks as taking-off points for conversations and creativity with a range of materials. She demonstrates that using fine art reproductions in the early childhood curriculum allows...
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When children look at works of art they tell stories, share experiences, imagine, and explore. This book provides teachers with the skills, and freedom, to design rich and open-ended art experiences for young children. The author looks at the work of a variety of artists and offers guidance for using these artworks as taking-off points for conversations and creativity with a range of materials. She demonstrates that using fine art reproductions in the early childhood curriculum allows children to construct their own meanings, teaches diversity, fosters thinking skills, and encourages storytelling. The text includes lesson plans, examples of activities, and photographs of children working and interacting with each other and with works of art.
Foreword Maxine Greene Greene, Maxine1 Why Teach Through Art? 12 Art Activities for Young Children 153 Talking with Children About Art 274 Concepts in Art 435 Concepts in the Early Childhood Curriculum People 586 The Next Steps 78Appendix A Art Resources 83Appendix B Sample Letter to Families 89References 95Index 103
