Creative activities for young children / Mary Mayesky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Thomson Delmar Learning, 2006.Edition: 8thDescription: xiii, 628 p.: col. ill; 28 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 1-4018-7245-X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 372.13 M45c
Contents:
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 social-emotional growth -- Art and physical-mental growth -- Developmental levels and art -- The early childhood art program -- Program basics: goals, setting up, materials, and strategies -- Two-dimensional activities -- Three-dimensional activities -- Creative activities in other curricular 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 -- Creative celebrations: holidays in the early childhood curriculum -- The place of celebrations in the curriculum -- Including celebrations in the curriculum -- Developmentally appropriate celebrations -- Seasons: aesthetic awareness.
Summary: Provides a sound theoretical base for the hundreds of practical activities in the arts and across the curriculum, placing emphasis on adapting materials and activities to children with special needs and on more activities to meet specific learning styles.
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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 social-emotional growth -- Art and physical-mental growth -- Developmental levels and art -- The early childhood art program -- Program basics: goals, setting up, materials, and strategies -- Two-dimensional activities -- Three-dimensional activities -- Creative activities in other curricular 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 -- Creative celebrations: holidays in the early childhood curriculum -- The place of celebrations in the curriculum -- Including celebrations in the curriculum -- Developmentally appropriate celebrations -- Seasons: aesthetic awareness.

Provides a sound theoretical base for the hundreds of practical activities in the arts and across the curriculum, placing emphasis on adapting materials and activities to children with special needs and on more activities to meet specific learning styles.

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