The story in the picture : inquiry and artmaking with young children / Christine Mulcahey ; foreword by Maxine Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mulcahey, Christine.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)

Early childhood education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Study and teaching (Early childhood).

Art.

Inquiry-based learning.

Physical Description:

xiii, 103 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press ; Reston, VA : National Art Education Association, [2009]

Summary:

When children look at works of art they tell stories, share experiences, imagine, and explore. This book provides teachers with the skills, and freedom, to design rich and open-ended art experiences for young children. The author looks at the work of a variety of artists and offers guidance for using these artworks as taking-off points for conversations and creativity with a range of materials. She demonstrates that using fine art reproductions in the early childhood curriculum allows children to construct their own meanings, teaches diversity, fosters thinking skills, and encourages storytelling. The text includes lesson plans, examples of activities, and photographs of children working and interacting with each other and with works of art.

Contents:

Why teach through art?

Art activities for young children

Talking with children about art

Concepts in art

Concepts in the early childhood curriculum

The next steps.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780807750070

0807750077

9780807750087

0807750085

OCLC:

324776991