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Wilson, Marjorie; Wilson, Brent – School Arts, 1981
The authors suggest using graphic dialog--an adult and child drawing together and discussing their work--as a way of developing children's graphic skill. They illustrate the procedure through case studies and note that graphic dialogs between two children can also be effective. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education

Burton, Judith M. – School Arts, 1980
This article is concerned with the representational paintings and drawings of six- to nine-year-old children in which human relationships and interactions are central to subject matter. As a rule, children at this age are thought to be at the height of their curiosity and imaginative powers. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Child Development, Children, Childrens Art

Smith, Patricia A.; Marlow, John – School Arts, 1979
As an example of the insights into creativity and cultural influences which may be gained by analyzing children's spontaneous play, the authors present a case study from Jamaica, where they observed young boys making their own toy trucks. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Case Studies, Childrens Art, Creativity

Carothers, Thomas; Gardner, Howard – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Sixty-six first-, fourth-, and sixth-grade children were tested for their sensitivity to the dimensions of syntactic repleteness (e.g., line variation) and expression (i.e., the feelings conveyed by a work). (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Age Differences, Childrens Art, Elementary Education

Holmes, Robyn M. – Child Study Journal, 1997
Examined the effects of race and gender on social distance in the drawings of African- and European-American children. Found that social distance was smallest for same-sex and race peers and greatest for cross-sex and race peers. African-American children placed a smaller distance between same sex/same-race dyads than European-American children.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Art

LeBlanc, Karen – Montessori Life, 2003
This article discusses how parents nurture their children's interest and passion for the arts, and describes the art education model in place at one Montessori school, involving integration with cultural studies and music as part of the daily learning experience. Suggestions for family art activities include creating family art projects, playing a…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Creativity, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools

Jensen, Mary A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Examines young children's emerging abilities to organize their written language performance under different writing conditions, before they are able to read and write conventionally. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Art, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy

Fein, Deborah; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
This study of the drawings produced by 34 autistic and 33 normal children (age 68-211 months) at the same developmental level found no intergroup differences on fragmentation of geometric design drawings, but significant differences in geometric design overlap and human figure overlap and fragmentation. (JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Childrens Art, Developmental Stages

Katz, Lilian G. – Young Children, 1990
The preschool program of Reggio Emilia, Italy is discussed in terms of the quality of the program's environment, the quality of its students' work, and student and teacher planning involved in the projects undertaken by the students. It is maintained that children in the Reggio Emilia program know what is important to the adults around them.(BG)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Educational Environment, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum

Veale, Ann – Early Child Development and Care, 1988
Discusses art development in young children. Correlates findings from play research with theories about the development of the creative process in children. Discusses implications for curriculum and teaching methods. (RJC)
Descriptors: Art Education, Child Development, Children, Childrens Art

Dyson, Anne Haas – Research in the Teaching of English, 1988
Offers an interpretive frame for viewing children's growth as creators of imaginative worlds. Suggests that writing development depends not only on children's discovery of cognitive and linguistic strategies but on children's discovery that writing can help authors create coherence in their worlds beyond texts. (MS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Childrens Art, Elementary Education

Tarr, Patricia – Studies in Art Education, 1989
Explores the reasons art teaching practices developed by Pestalozzi and Froebel in the 1800's continue to influence contemporary schools, especially at the kindergarten and primary grades. Argues that 19th century school art coexists in contemporary North American elementary schools with school art forms originated by Cizek because each represents…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art History, Childrens Art

Epperson, Julie; Valum, J. Lane – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1992
Investigated effects of varying doses of psychostimulant medications on expressive qualities evident in children's art products. Findings from eight children affected by attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder indicated that specific areas assessed were influenced by varying doses of medications. Data from art corresponded in positive manner to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Childrens Art, Drug Therapy

Johnson, Katie – Educational Leadership, 1995
Describes the "Private Eye Project" developed by Seattle artist and writer Kerry Ruef and piloted by the Seattle Public Schools. Program materials include a loupe (a jeweler's magnifying glass) and a kit of specimens. Transformed by the loupe, the most ordinary objects present new, analogous worlds leading to poetic and artistic…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Elementary Education, Magnification Methods

Eddowes, E. Anne – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1995
Discusses two broad stages of children's drawing--scribbling and representation--and the phases of each stage that children will pass through as they develop. Provides suggestions for supporting children's early drawing development. (HTH)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Childrens Art, Creative Development, Creativity