Creative activities and curriculum for young children
Mary Mayesky
- 11th ed.
- Stamford : Cengage, c2015.
- xxiv, 600 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
The concept of creativity -- Promoting creativity -- The concept of aesthetics -- Promoting aesthetic experiences -- Children, teachers, and creative activities -- Creative environments -- Play, development, and creativity -- Using technology to promote creativity -- Art and physical-mental growth -- Art and social-emotional growth -- Developmental levels and art -- Program basics : goals, setting up, materials, and strategies -- Two-dimensional activities -- Three-dimensional activities -- Dramatic play and puppetry -- Creative movement -- Creative music -- Creative languag experiences -- Creative science -- Creative mathematics -- Creative food experiences -- Creative social studies -- Appendix A: Gross- and fine-motor skills -- Appendix B: Language development objectives and activities for infants and toddlers -- Appendix C: Art talk summary -- Appendix D: Exhibitions and displays -- Appendix E: Recycled materials -- Appendix F: Criteria for selecting play equipment for young children.
Filled with activities for young children, this book encourages you to exercise your own creativity as well as learn how to help young children do the same. It includes hundreds of activities, research, recipes, finger plays, information on how to select children's books, and more.
9781285428178
2013938468
Creative activities and seat work Early childhood education--United States--Activity programs Child development--United States