TY - BOOK AU - Mayesky, Mary TI - Creative activities for young children SN - 1-4018-7245-X AV - 372.13 M45c PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Thomson Delmar Learning KW - Creative activities and seat work KW - Early childhood education KW - Activity programs KW - Child development KW - United States N1 - Includes index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -