Art and Creative Development for Young Children

by Robert Schirrmacher

• ISBN13: 9780827330337
• ISBN10: 0827330332
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-01-01
• Publisher: ITP DELMAR

Summary

Art and Creative Development for young Children, 5E, written for early childhood professionals and those preparing to work with children in child care, preschool, or a Kindergarten through third grade setting, is a comprehensive, must-have resource for setting up a developmentally appropriate art program. This updated text takes a child-centered approach to art education. It covers the important issues of creative experience, art and the developing child, special needs and diversity, childrens artistic development, planning, developing, implementing and evaluating art, integrating art across the curriculum, roles and strategies that facilitate childrens artistic expression, evaluation and assessment.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Creativity
Understanding Creativity	p. 3
Objectives	p. 4
Introduction	p. 4
Beginnings of Creativity	p. 5
Creativity	p. 5
Explaining Creativity	p. 6
Obstacles to Creativity	p. 10
Children Need Adults Who Facilitate Creative Expression	p. 11
Comparing and Contrasting Creativity	p. 13
Creativity and Child Development	p. 16
Summary	p. 17
Key Terms	p. 17
Suggested Activities	p. 17
Review	p. 18
Creative Thinking	p. 19
Objectives	p. 20
Introduction	p. 20
Activities for Creative Thinking	p. 25
Facilitating Young Children's Creative Thinking	p. 28
Strategies to Facilitate Creative Thinking	p. 29
Summary	p. 31
Key Terms	p. 31
Suggested Activities	p. 32
Review	p. 32
Creative Experiences	p. 33
Objectives	p. 34
Introduction	p. 34
Creativity Enhances Children's Development	p. 34
Modes of Creative Expression	p. 34
Children Express Their Creativity through Play	p. 34
Children Express Their Creativity through Language	p. 45
Children Express Their Creativity through Music and Movement	p. 48
Facilitating Children's Creative Expression	p. 53
Mark Making	p. 54
Summary	p. 61
Key Terms	p. 61
Suggested Activities	p. 62
Review	p. 62
Young Children As Artists: A Developmental View
Art and the Developing Child	p. 65
Objectives	p. 66
Introduction	p. 66
Developmental Model	p. 66
Developmental Profile	p. 68
Context: Interaction of Child Development and Environmental Influences	p. 80
Processing with Art Materials and Tools	p. 80
Summary	p. 85
Key Terms	p. 86
Suggested Activities	p. 86
Review	p. 86
Special Needs and Cultural Diversity	p. 87
Objectives	p. 88
Introduction	p. 88
Diversity	p. 88
Going Beyond Normal, Typical, and Average	p. 89
Valuing Individual Differences	p. 89
Providing for Young Children with Individual Differences	p. 89
Some General Guidelines for Working with Young Children with Special Needs	p. 94
Providing for Cultural Diversity	p. 95
Some General Guidelines for Working with Young Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds	p. 95
Helping Children Grow Up Free of Bias	p. 98
Anti-Bias Curriculum	p. 99
Multicultural Arts and Crafts	p. 100
Summary	p. 107
Key Terms	p. 107
Suggested Activities	p. 108
Review	p. 108
Resources for Multicultural and Anti-Bias Materials	p. 109
Children's Artistic Development	p. 113
Objectives	p. 114
Introduction	p. 114
Explaining Children's Art	p. 114
Theories of Artistic Development	p. 114
Painting	p. 130
Summary	p. 141
Key Terms	p. 142
Suggested Activities	p. 142
Review	p. 142
Art and Aesthetics
The Elements of Art	p. 147
Objectives	p. 148
Introduction	p. 148
Aesthetic Criteria	p. 148
Making Prints	p. 157
Stencil, Spatter, and Screen Printing	p. 163
Summary	p. 165
Key Terms	p. 165
Suggested Activities	p. 165
Review	p. 166
Aesthetics	p. 167
Objectives	p. 168
Introduction	p. 168
Aesthetics	p. 168
Rationale	p. 170
Teacher's Role in Aesthetics	p. 173
Watercolor and Ink	p. 177
Summary	p. 180
Key Terms	p. 180
Suggested Activities	p. 180
Review	p. 180
Sensory Experiences	p. 181
Objectives	p. 182
Introduction	p. 182
From Percept to Concept	p. 182
More than Five Senses	p. 182
Children's Learning Styles	p. 183
Resist Art Activities	p. 198
Summary	p. 200
Key Terms	p. 200
Suggested Activities	p. 200
Review	p. 200
The Complete Early Childhood Art Program	p. 201
Objectives	p. 202
Introduction	p. 202
The Importance of Arts Education	p. 202
Art Standards	p. 203
Early Childhood Art: Studio-Oriented or Discipline-Based?	p. 203
What to Include in an Early Childhood Art Program	p. 205
Artistic Styles	p. 208
Collage	p. 212
Summary	p. 216
Key Terms	p. 216
Suggested Activities	p. 216
Review	p. 216
Providing Art Experiences
Child-Centered Art vs. Teacher-Directed Projects	p. 219
Objectives	p. 220
Introduction	p. 220
Approaches to Teaching Art	p. 221
How to Choose Art Activities	p. 222
What Early Childhood Art Should Be	p. 224
Activities Masquerading as Creative Art	p. 231
Paper Art	p. 233
Summary	p. 238
Key Terms	p. 238
Suggested Activities	p. 239
Review	p. 239
Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art	p. 241
Objectives	p. 242
Introduction	p. 242
Teacher As Planner and Curriculum Developer	p. 242
Goals	p. 244
Values and Beliefs	p. 246
Objectives	p. 246
Strategies for Including Art in the Early Childhood Curriculum	p. 248
Clay and Play Dough	p. 253
Summary	p. 264
Key Terms	p. 265
Suggested Activities	p. 265
Review	p. 265
Integrating Art across the Early Childhood Curriculum	p. 267
Objectives	p. 268
Introduction	p. 268
Art and the Early Childhood Curriculum	p. 269
Art and Math	p. 269
Art and Science	p. 272
Art and the Language/ Communication Arts and Literacy	p. 274
Art and Social Studies	p. 276
Art and the Expressive Arts	p. 278
Three-Dimensional Art	p. 278
Summary	p. 283
Key Terms	p. 283
Suggested Activities	p. 284
Review	p. 284
The Art Center	p. 285
Objectives	p. 286
Introduction	p. 286
The Art Center	p. 286
Evaluating an Art Center/Program	p. 294
Puppets and Masks	p. 295
Summary	p. 299
Key Terms	p. 299
Suggested Activities	p. 299
Review	p. 299
Roles and Strategies
Roles and Strategies That Facilitate Children's Artistic Expression	p. 303
Objectives	p. 304
Introduction	p. 304
Teacher As Art Specialist	p. 305
Strategies	p. 306
Art Idea Book	p. 306
Art Group Time	p. 306
Matting and Framing Children's Art	p. 307
Artist's Signature	p. 309
Displaying Children's Art	p. 309
Art Workshop	p. 310
Art Party/Open House	p. 310
Computers in Early Childhood Education	p. 311
Mobiles and Stabiles	p. 315
Summary	p. 317
Key Terms	p. 317
Suggested Activities	p. 317
Review	p. 317
Responding to Children's Art	p. 319
Objectives	p. 320
Introduction	p. 320
Teacher as Responder	p. 320
Art Dialogue	p. 320
Teacher as Troubleshooter	p. 325
Sewing and Weaving	p. 328
Summary	p. 332
Key Terms	p. 332
Suggested Activities	p. 332
Review	p. 332
Art Assessment	p. 335
Objectives	p. 336
Introduction	p. 336
Teacher as Observer, Recorder, and Evaluator	p. 336
Children's Art Files and Folders	p. 343
Art Assessment	p. 346
Instrument for Artistic Evaluation	p. 346
Summary	p. 348
Key Terms	p. 348
Suggested Activities	p. 349
Review	p. 349
Appendices
Artistic Junk	p. 351
Where to Go in Your Local Community for Artistic Junk	p. 355
Art Resources	p. 359
Catalogues	p. 361
Art-Related Books	p. 363
Professional Organizations	p. 369
Resources for Young Children with Special Needs	p. 371
Glossary of Key Terms	p. 375
References	p. 383
Index	p. 393
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