CD21

Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6

Creative Experiences

• Modes of Creative Expression– Play: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– Language: – Music and Movement:– Art: painting, sculpting, constructing, printing

Facilitating Creative Expression

• Daily schedule– Time-based– Activity-based– Child-based

• Environment and room set-up– Learning centers– Outside areas

• Materials– Self-serve– Rotating toys and materials– Seasonal or traditional

Art and the Developing Child

• Developmental profiles (domains)– Physical development– Social development– Emotional development– Cognitive development– Creative development

Activity: Making Playdough

Artistic Development

• Explaining children’s art• Theories of art development

– Physical, emotional, perceptual, cognitive, general– Jean Piaget, Howard Gardner, John Schirrmacher

• Developmental stages– Scribbles– Diagrams– Mandala– Sun figures– Pictorial

The Elements of Art

LineColor

Mass and volumeDesign and composition

PatternSpace

Balance and symmetryTexture

Line and color: Geometric Fill-insPaper, ruler, 5 crayons Color: Color Wheel

Paper plate, paint brush, paint Mass/volume: Soft Sculpture

Foam tray, shaving cream, digital cameraDesign: Foam Quilting

Foam shapes, scissors, glue stick, file folderPattern: BraceletBeads, pipe cleaner

Space: String PaintingString, paint in tray, large paper

Balance: SnowflakePaper, scissors

Texture: Leaf RubbingPaper, crayons, leaves