Supporting ChildrenÆs Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art: Creative conversations in the Early Years

by Griffiths; Fleur

• ISBN13: 9780415489669
• ISBN10: 0415489660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-01-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

There is growing awareness in Early Years education that an essential part of children's development involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements, drawing and music; creating shared meanings in playful contexts.

Author Biography

Fleur Griffiths is a retired nursery teacher/educational psychologist/senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at Sunderland University. In retirement she has worked on a contract basis as an educational consultant in Foundation Stage settings in local authorities. She has also contributed to the delivery of CPD training for teachers in Hartlepool.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of collaborators	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Welcome, wonder and magic: words on the fence of a Romanian kindergarten	p. 8
Making time and space Dancing on the decking: an observation	p. 15
Listening more and talking less: nurturing children's creativity	p. 17
Enriched environments: a dialogue with people/places and materials	p. 27
Story making	p. 43
Creative conversations: the Talking Table	p. 45
From scribble to story: making meaning from drawings	p. 60
Story telling and story acting: putting the action into interaction	p. 69
Photographs (plate section between page 88 and page 89)
Music making Music round a cloth	p. 89
Musical movers: creative ideas for using movement with young children	p. 91
Improvisation: children making their own music	p. 104
Reflections	p. 116
Conversation and the creative self: making sense of research	p. 119
Index	p. 132
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