Creative Activities for Young Children

by Mayesky, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781111298098
• ISBN10: 1111298092
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 10th Edition, is a terrific book filled with fun, creative, and easy-to implement activities for young children. You'll be encouraged to exercise your own creativity, as well as learn how to help young children do the same. Hundreds of activities, up-to-date research, recipes, finger plays, information on how to select children's books, and more make this book an invaluable resource for you and others planning to work creatively with children across the curriculum--and one you'll want to keep for use throughout your professional career.

Table of Contents

Theories Relating To Child Development

Fostering Creativity and Aesthetics in Young Children

The Concept of Creativity

Promoting Creativity

The Concept of Aesthetics

Promoting Aesthetic Experiences

Planning and Implementing Creative Activities

Children, Teachers, and Creative Activities

Creative Environments

Play, Development, and Creativity

Using Technology to Promote Creativity

Art and the Development of the Young Child

Art and Physical--Mental Growth

Art and Social-Emotional Growth

Developmental Levels and Art

The Early Childhood Art Program

Program Basics

Goals, Setting Up, Materials, and Strategies

Two- Dimensional Activities

Three-Dimensional Activities

Theory Into Practice: Creative Activities For The Early Childhood Education Program

Creative Activities in Other Curriculum Areas

Dramatic Play and Puppetry

Creative Movement

Creative Music

Creative Language Experiences

Creative Science

Creative Mathematics

Creative Food Experiences

Creative Social Studies

Creative Health and Safety Experiences

Creativity: A Multicultural View

Creativity, Diversity, and the Early Childhood Program

Creative Multicultural Ideas

Gross and Fine Motor Skills

Language Development Objectives and Activities for Infants and Toddlers

Basic Program Equipment and Materials for an Early Childhood Center

Room and Yard Organization, Exhibitions, and Displays

Recycled Materials

Criteria for Selecting Play Equipment for Young Children

Puppet Patterns

Software Companies

Checklist: Aesthetic Enhancements in the Early Childhood Environment

Glossary

Index

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