How to Foster Creativity In All Children New edition [Minkštas viršelis]

Preface		xi
PART 1 Child Development and Creativity		1	(1)
SECTION 1 Fostering Creativity and Aesthetics in Young Children		2	(45)
Creativity		3	(8)
What Is Creativity		3	(1)
Characteristics of Creativity		4	(1)
Helping Children Express Creativity		5	(6)
Promoting Creativity		11	(12)
Promoting Creativity through Positive Acceptance		11	(4)
Motivating Skills for Teachers		15	(8)
Aesthetics		23	(11)
Aesthetics and the Quality of Learning		23	(2)
Aesthetic Experiences		25	(9)
Promoting Aesthetic Experiences		34	(13)
Finding and Organizing Aesthetic Materials		34	(1)
Aesthetic Use of Materials		35	(12)
SECTION 2 Art and the Development of the Young Child		47	(30)
Art and the Growing Child		48	(17)
Art and Social-Emotional Growth		48	(1)
Self-Concept and Self-Acceptance		48	(1)
Building Relationships		49	(1)
Art and Physical (Motor) Development		49	(4)
Art and Mental Development		53	(12)
Developmental Levels and Art		65	(12)
Developmental Levels/Stages and Art		65	(1)
Children's Drawing		65	(1)
The Scribble Stage		65	(2)
The Basic Forms Stage		67	(1)
The Pictorial Stage		68	(9)
SECTION 3 The Early Childhood Art Program		77	(38)
Two-Dimensional Activities		78	(19)
Picture Making		78	(5)
Printmaking		83	(1)
Collage		84	(13)
Three-Dimensional Activities		97	(18)
The Value of Clay and Play Dough		97	(2)
Paper Pulp (Papier-Mache)		99	(1)
Assemblage		100	(1)
Cardboard Construction		101	(2)
Woodworking		103	(1)
Safety		104	(11)
PART 2 Creative Activities in the Early Childhood Program		115	(1)
SECTION 4 Creative Activities in Other Curricular Areas		116	(157)
Dramatic Play and Puppetry		117	(14)
Importance of Dramatic Play		117	(2)
Dramatic Play in the Home (or Housekeeping) Center		119	(2)
Puppets		121	(10)
Creative Movement		131	(11)
The Importance of Movement Activities for Young Children		131	(1)
Creative Movement Activities for Young Children		132	(10)
Creative Music		142	(13)
Young Children's Music Experiences		142	(3)
Hints for Music Activities		145	(10)
Creative Language Experiences		155	(20)
Development of Language		155	(1)
Development of Listening		155	(1)
Language Experiences---Poetry and Children's Books		156	(19)
Creative Science		175	(15)
Science and the Young Child		175	(1)
Types of Science Activities		176	(1)
Art and Science		176	(1)
The Discovery/Science Center		177	(13)
Creative Mathematics		190	(15)
Developmental Pattern of Learning Mathematical Ideas		190	(1)
Mathematical Concepts		191	(3)
Mathematics Grades 3--5		194	(11)
Creative Food Experiences		205	(23)
Importance of Food Experiences to the Total Program		205	(2)
Food Activities in the Curriculum Areas		207	(21)
Creative Social Studies		228	(45)
Social Characteristics at Different Ages		228	(1)
Learning About One's World		229	(1)
People in the Community		229	(3)
Personal Celebrations		232	(11)
APPENDICES
Appendix A Gross and Fine Motor Skills		243	(2)
Appendix B Language Development Objectives and Activities for Infants and Toddlers		245	(2)
Appendix C Basic Program Equipment and Materials for an Early Childhood Center		247	(5)
Appendix D Room and Yard Organization, Exhibitions, and Displays		252	(4)
Appendix E Recycled Materials		256	(5)
Appendix F Criteria for Selecting Play Equipment for Young Children		261	(2)
Appendix G Puppet Patterns		263	(4)
Appendix H Motor Skills and Characteristics of Children, Ages Two through Ten Years, with Suggested Activities to Encourage Physical Development		267	(6)
Index		273

Mary Mayesky, Ph.D., is a certified preschool, elementary, and secondary teacher. She is a former professor in the Program in Education at Duke University, former director of the Early Childhood Certification Program, and supervisor of student teachers. She has served as assistant director for programs in the Office of Day Services, Department of Human Resources, State of North Carolina. She is also the former principal of the Mary E. Phillips Magnet School in Raleigh, North Carolina, the first licensed extended day magnet in the Southeast. She has served several terms on the North Carolina Day Care Commission and on the Wake County School Board. Dr. Mayesky has worked in Head Start, child care, kindergarten, and YWCA early childhood programs and has taught kindergarten through grade 8 in the public schools. She has written extensively for professional journals and for general-circulation magazines in the areas of child development and curriculum design. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was named Woman of the Year in Education by the North Carolina Academy of the YWCA. Her other honors include being named Outstanding Young Educator by the Duke University Research Council, receiving the American Association of School Administrators Research Award, and being nominated for the Duke University Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.