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Exploring Children's Creative Narratives
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Faulkner, Dorothy, Ed.; Coates, Elizabeth, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This fascinating collection of international research offers fresh perspectives on children's creative processes and the expression of their creative imagination through dramatic play, stories, artwork, dance, music and conversation. Drawing on a range of research evidence from innovative educational initiatives in a wide variety of countries,…
Descriptors: Imagination, Curriculum Design, Childrens Art, Music
Making Sense of Children's Drawings
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Anning, Angela; Ring, Kathy – Open University Press, 2004
This book explores how young children learn to draw and draw to learn, at home and school. It provides support for practitioners in developing a pedagogy of drawing in Art and Design and across the curriculum and provide advice for parents about how to make sense of their children's drawings. This book is enlivened with the real drawings of seven…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Imagery, Childrens Art, Young Children
Wonderful Rooms Where Children Can Bloom! Over 500 Innovative Ideas and Activities for Your Child-Centered Classroom. K-2.
Feldman, Jean R. – 1997
This book for primary grade teachers provides over 500 ideas and suggestions for designing the environment and developing learning activities in a child-centered classroom. Part 1 of the book focuses on the larger school environment, with suggestions for making the whole school inviting for parents and children. Part 2 provides ideas for making…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
The Early Years: A Reader.
Smidt, Sandra – 1998
This book compiles specially commissioned articles about early childhood education written by experts in the field and students enrolled in the Early Childhood Studies Scheme at the University of North London. The book is divided into seven parts. Part 1 concerns how young children learn and includes articles on a developmental approach to the…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Colors of Learning: Integrating the Visual Arts into the Early Childhood Curriculum.
Althouse, Rosemary; Johnson, Margaret H.; Mitchell, Sharon T. – 2003
Based on the view that young children will benefit from having art experiences as an integrated part of the curriculum and based on a 3-year study conducted with 5 early childhood teachers, this book presents information on the theory, research, and practice of art in early childhood education. Chapter 1 begins with a description of the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
The Early Childhood Curriculum: Current Findings in Theory and Practice. Third Edition. Early Childhood Education Series.
Seefeldt, Carol, Ed. – 1999
Continuing pressures on all of education to fully prepare children for the role of citizen intensifies the need for early childhood educators to respond to the questions of what is taught and what content young children are learning. Designed as a resource for early childhood educators, this book offers an overview of various theories, research…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Children in the Muslim Middle East.
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, Ed. – 1995
The Middle East has been undergoing vast social and economic change, but in all reports available today, little attention has been paid to the situation of children. The purpose of this book is to help readers better understand the children of the Middle East to give a sense of their lives today and a sense of attitudes toward children and their…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Child Health, Child Labor, Child Rearing